sexual harassment Archives

A new report has come out this week alleging that sexual harassment was taking part at Nintendo Of America for years The report comes from Kotaku, which broke the story this morning as they spoke with a number of former and current contracted game testers with stories about incidents at the company during their time[...]

Riot Games has ended a long-standing litigation today as they have paid out a $100 million settlement in a gender discrimination lawsuit.

Now, at least 3 women who worked on the show have accused him of sexual harassment, inappropriate touching and bullying both on set and off They include women who worked in the costume department, at least two runners and an actress They also accused him of badmouthing them to the industry after they turned down[...]

Twitch is currently dealing with some internal issues after the staff called out the company over multiple issues this past week.

A new stunning fact has come to fruition from Ubisoft as a good chunk of the company experienced some form of harassment.

Here's a snippet of the article. The letter, dated November 2018 and signed by 10 of the company's 16 female staff at the time, raised complaints about behaviour including "slurs regarding the transgendered community" and "discussing a woman in a derogatory or sexual manner with other colleagues", and sexual harassment "in the form of unwanted advances,[...]

Word has come out this week that Tommy Francois has officially left Ubisoft after sexual harassment allegations had come out The news is coming from Business Insider, who is reporting that they have seen a copy of an internal email from CEO Yves Guillemot, informing the company's editorial staff that Francois had left the company[...]

Ubisoft's CEO released an internal memo today that's been made public regarding the company investigating allegations of sexual harassment The company posted the entire memo online from Yves Guillemot, addressing the allegations, the investigation, and the company's plans moving forward We have snippets of some of the more important highlights below, which include the interesting[...]

The settlement is another important step forward, and demonstrates our commitment to living up to our values and to making Riot an inclusive environment for the industry's best talent." The company has approximately 2,500 employees at offices around the world and brought in an estimated $1.4 billion in revenue in 2018. The settlement filing also lays out a number[...]

In the post, the actress claims she quit the Nathan Fillion-starrer because of "racial discrimination/racially charged inappropriate comments" as well as instances of bullying and sexual harassment Williamson also alleges that instances of inappropriate behavior by the hair department and a "recurring guest star" were reported to executive producer/showrunner Alexi Hawley but her claims were[...]

Apparently, responding to sexual harassment on Twitter can cost you a sponsorship, as Gabriela Cattuzzo is finding out this week with Razer Kotaku reported earlier this week that the Brazilian Twitch streamer had lost her sponsorship with the company after responding to a tweet in about the only way it should have been responded to[...]

It's not uncommon for allegations of sexual harassment to arise – or rather, be repeated when an individual is gaining prominence And that seems to be happening right now with Scott Lobdell Again He is the current writer on comic books Red Hood: Outlaw and Nightwing for DC Comics, as well as the upcoming Heroes[...]

While CBS' popular Michael Weatherly-starring legal drama Bull appears to be coming back for a fourth season, the show will be doing so minus Steven Spielberg and Amblin Television – who are stepping away from the series in light of sexual harassment allegations against Weatherly by then-co-star Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and[...]

Host of HBO's long-running late-night political "yuk-yuk" fest Real Time with Bill Maher, Bill Maher, didn't make a lot of friends on Friday night.

But this week, all anyone is talking about regarding the former WWE Champion is the current sexual harassment investigation WWE says it's conducting into allegations made about Orton by former WWE writer Court Bauer in a years-old podcast. A transcription of Bauer's statement was posted to Reddit by user /u/CarterVorhees31 This is what it said: Listening to[...]

Harebrained Schemes dismissed designer Tyler Carpenter from the company yesterday after multiple women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against him Waypoint is reporting that Carpenter said he resigned, issuing a statement to them: "My bullshit is not the kind of thing HBS [Harebrained Schemes] stands for or tolerates, and HBS had no idea any of[...]

No more Game of Thrones 'til 2019; Doctor Who is for Brexit voters, too; blasting The Exorcist homophobes; and more from the realm of television this week!

This is a story I've heard various versions of over the last two years but only recently did it solidify and was confirmed to me recently by a number of