A former winner of TV's The Apprentice has lost her claim of constructive dismissal against Alan Sugar.
Stella English, 34, who earned £100,000 a year, claimed she had no real role at Lord Sugar's IT firm, Viglen.
Lord Sugar told the employment tribunal at the East London Tribunal Centre he had no case to answer and Ms English was effectively blackmailing him.
Following the ruling, he tweeted: "A victory for the law against the claim culture."
The tribunal panel ruled unanimously in the businessman's favour.
'Desperate for money'Ms English, from Whitstable, Kent, told the tribunal she was given a desk and a phone but no specific duties during a four-month probationary period.
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Lord Sugar: "There was never a case to answer"
She said her boss Bordan Tkachuk looked at her with "contempt" on her first day and said: "There is no job."
Ms English said she carried out basic administrative tasks but did not say anything to Lord Sugar because she "did not want to be a troublemaker".
The 2010 Apprentice winner resigned from Viglen in May 2011 and then felt pressurised into taking up a new position at Lord Sugar's internet set-top box company YouView, she told the hearing.
Lord Sugar said he was trying to help her out by offering her a new position because she had complained of being "desperate for money".
He told the hearing there was no full-time position available at YouView and it had been explained that contractual work might be possible instead.
'Serial liar'A witness statement from Lord Sugar, read to the hearing, said: "He said he found Ms English an 'untrusting and suspicious person' who was full of conspiracy theories."
Lord Sugar's statement continued: "I believe this claim, together with its publication in the media, is simply an attempt to extract money from me."
He accused his former apprentice of being a "serial liar" during the tribunal and said that, with hindsight, he would have neither hired her nor offered her a second position when she initially resigned.
In a statement after the tribunal's judgement, Lord Sugar said: "There was never a case for us to answer but her need for money and fame meant that the whole system was subjected to this charade.
"I have been cleared of a derisory attempt to smear my name and extract money from me.
"The allegations were without substance, and I believe this case was brought with one intention in mind - the presumption that I would not attend the tribunal, that I would not testify and that I would settle out of court, sending Ms English on her way with a tidy settlement.
"I'm afraid she underestimated me and her reputation is now in tatters."
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