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Chahal was arrested in 2013 and charged with 45 felonies following an attack on his then-girlfriend.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Makarechi |first1=Kia |date=April 28, 2014 |title=RadiumOne C.E.O. Finally Fired After Domestic-Violence Case |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/04/radiumone-ceo-gurbaksh-chahal-fired |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803140739/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/04/radiumone-ceo-gurbaksh-chahal-fired |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=September 24, 2022 |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref> Video footage of the assault, taken by a camera in Chahal's bedroom ceiling, showed Chahal smothering the woman with a pillow and hitting and kicking her 117 times over a half hour period.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoge |first1=Patrick |date=April 17, 2014 |title=Ad mogul Gurbaksh "G" Chahal pleads guilty to two misdemeanors, all others dismissed in domestic violence case |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/04/ad-mogul-gurbaksh-g-chahal-pleads-guilty-to-two.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708064802/https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/04/ad-mogul-gurbaksh-g-chahal-pleads-guilty-to-two.html |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |access-date=July 31, 2022 |work=[[San Francisco Business Times]]}}</ref><ref name="The Cut">{{cite news |last1=Landsbaum |first1=Claire |title=Gurbaksh Chahal, a Silicon Valley Mogul Videotaped Kicking His Girlfriend 117 Times, Could Finally Go to Jail |url=https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/domestic-abuser-gurbaksh-chahal-could-go-to-jail.html |work=The Cut |date=August 8, 2016 |language=en-us |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715035630/https://www.thecut.com/2016/08/domestic-abuser-gurbaksh-chahal-could-go-to-jail.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In August 2013, the [[San Francisco District Attorney's Office]] (SFDA) charged Chahal with committing acts of domestic violence against his girlfriend.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lee|first=Newton|title=Facebook Nation |chapter=Personal Total Information Awareness |date=2014|editor-last=Lee|editor-first=Newton|language=en|publisher=Springer|pages=305–345|doi=10.1007/978-1-4939-1740-2_15|isbn=978-1-4939-1740-2}}</ref> The video of the incident was ruled inadmissible in the case as there had been no warrant for its seizure.<ref name="The Cut"/> Chahal proclaimed his innocence<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last1=Alexander |first1=Kurtis |last2=Ho |first2=Vivian |date=August 8, 2013 |title=Internet mogul pleads not guilty to assault |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Internet-mogul-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-4719376.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318143501/https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Internet-mogul-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-4719376.php |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |language=en-US}}</ref> but nevertheless entered into a [[Nolo contendere|no contest]] plea to one charge of domestic violence battery and one charge of [[Battery (crime)|battery]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2014 |title=Internet mogul accused of domestic violence pleads guilty to two misdemeanors |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/internet-mogul-accused-of-domestic-violence-pleads-guilty-to-two-misdemeanors/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131100802/https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/internet-mogul-accused-of-domestic-violence-pleads-guilty-to-two-misdemeanors/ |archive-date=January 31, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020 |website=[[The San Francisco Examiner]] |language=en-US}}</ref> He was sentenced to three years' [[probation]], ordered to pay a fine, and compelled to undergo a 52-week domestic violence training course along with 25 hours of [[community service]].<ref name=":1" /> Subsequently, he was fired from his position as CEO of RadiumOne<ref name="Fortune2014">{{Cite web|last=Primack|first=Dan|date=April 25, 2014|title=It's time for RadiumOne's abusive CEO to go|url=http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/25/its-time-for-radiumone-to-fire-its-abusive-ceo/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601064812/http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/25/its-time-for-radiumone-to-fire-its-abusive-ceo/|archive-date=June 1, 2014|access-date=March 1, 2015|website=Fortune|publisher=CNN Money}}</ref><ref name="Nagle">{{Cite news |last=Elder |first=Jeff |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Tech Firm Tried to Save IPO Amid CEO Scandal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/radiumone-worked-to-save-ipo-amid-scandal-1441837667 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|1710603396}} |access-date=March 2, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324125359/https://www.wsj.com/articles/radiumone-worked-to-save-ipo-amid-scandal-1441837667 |url-status=live }}</ref> (Chahal alleged that his guilty plea was coerced by the board of RadiumOne).<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=July 21, 2014 |title=Gurbaksh Chahal, former CEO fired after domestic violence plea, settles dispute with RadiumOne |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/gurbaksh-chahal-former-ceo-fired-after-domestic-violence-plea-settles-dispute-with-radiumone/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318143458/https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/gurbaksh-chahal-former-ceo-fired-after-domestic-violence-plea-settles-dispute-with-radiumone/ |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |website=[[The San Francisco Examiner]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Weisenthal |first=Joe |title=RADIUMONE CEO: My Board Betrayed Me, Even Though I Made Them A Fortune |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gurbaksh-chahal-blasts-media-board-2014-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127155934/https://www.businessinsider.com/gurbaksh-chahal-blasts-media-board-2014-4 |archive-date=January 27, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020 |website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref>
In 2016, after he committed acts of domestic violence against a second woman, the [[San Francisco County Superior Court]] found Chahal guilty of violating the terms of his September 2014 probation.<ref name="sentencing">{{Cite news |last=Rainey |first=Libby |date=August 12, 2016 |title=Tech mogul Gurbaksh Chahal gets 1 year in domestic violence case |url=http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SF-judge-to-decide-fate-of-Gurbaksh-Chahal-in-9139376.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103220434/http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SF-judge-to-decide-fate-of-Gurbaksh-Chahal-in-9139376.php |archive-date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=November 1, 2016 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> The court sentenced him to one year in jail; he resigned from his position as CEO of Gravity4.<ref name="sentencing" /> The California State Appeals Court upheld the verdict in April 2018<ref name="sfgate.com">{{Cite news |last=Ma |first=Annie |date=April 28, 2018 |title=Court upholds ruling against SF tech mogul Chahal in domestic violence case |url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Court-upholds-ruling-against-SF-tech-mogul-Chahal-12870668.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304011417/https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Court-upholds-ruling-against-SF-tech-mogul-Chahal-12870668.php |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=January 25, 2020 |work=[[SFGate]]}}</ref> and Chahal served six months in [[San Francisco County Jails|San Francisco County Jail]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Daly |first=Michael |date=September 3, 2018 |title=O.J.'s Lawyer and the Woman-Abusing Princeling of Silicon Valley |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/ojs-lawyer-and-the-woman-abusing-princeling-of-silicon-valley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040829/https://www.thedailybeast.com/ojs-lawyer-and-the-woman-abusing-princeling-of-silicon-valley |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |via=www.thedailybeast.com}}</ref>
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