Details of allegations of sexual harassment that ultimately caused Mark Hurd, now co-president at Oracle (www.oracle.com), to quit as CEO of HP (www.hp.com) are now plastered across the Internet after a letter written on behalf of the complainant was unsealed by the Delaware Supreme Court.

The letter, sent by attorney Gloria Allred for former actress Jodie Fisher, who had been employed by HP on a contract basis to help with customer events, describes various meetings between the two where Hurd "would relentlessly attempt to cajole [Fisher] into having sex."

The letter became the subject of dispute when an HP stockholder, Ernesto Espinoza, filed a suit claiming that shareholders have the right to read the letter, as well as access to other material, as part of efforts to investigate the circumstances of Hurd's resignation.

Though the letter has not yet been made public in electronic records, media outlets including AllThingsD, an affiliate of the Wall Street Journal, obtained it and published it online.

The Delaware Supreme Court weighed in on the issue after a ruling by the state's Court of Chancery, allowing the letter to be made public, was appealed.

"We requested the court keep the letter confidential because, as Ms. Fisher has acknowledged, it is filled with inaccuracies," according to a media statement from Amy Wintersheimer, an employment attorney representing Hurd. "The truth is, there never was any sexual harassment, which HP's investigation confirmed, and there never was any sexual relationship, which Ms. Fisher has confirmed."

In fact, after Hurd and Fisher settled the harassment complaint, Fisher sent Hurd a letter saying that the initial letter sent by Allred had inaccuracies.