Eclipse CEO Neel Somani said Thursday he is stepping back from the Layer 2 project shortly after a flurry of sexual harassment allegations against him resurfaced. 

Somani denied any misconduct in a post on X, adding that the role reduction is temporary. The announcement came roughly a day after allegations of the Layer 2 founder's sexual misconduct swirled on X.

“I'll be temporarily reducing my role as a public face for Eclipse,” Somani said Thursday. “It isn't fair for the team at Eclipse, our investors, or our ecosystem of developers to have this situation weighing on their reputations.”

For its part, Eclipse said in a post on X that it will share more background and details about the senior leaders at Eclipse in the coming days.

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