Nuked The law firm of entertainment lawyer Lisa Bloom filed the suit on behalf of a plaintiff identified as’Jane Doe’. Jane Doe alleges she has been subject to sexual harassment and discrimination while working at the company.
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Many of the allegations involve Mark skorupa, a former blizzard staffer who is one of the named defendants and a current Microsoft employee. Doe was hired as a senior administrative assistant to support skorupa and another employee in the it department.
The lawsuit alleges that the company retaliated against her for going to HR with complaints of sexual harassment. Hr asked Ms. DOE to keep all of her issues, concerns, recordings, or emails to herself because they could be very damaging to Activision Blizzard.
The lawsuit alleges that skorupa made a number of hurtful comments toward Doe, that the company demoted her. In one example, she interviewed for a role, but the lawsuit says the company hired a’less-qualified receptionist’.
Doe wrote to former blizzard president J. Allen brack about the harassment and retaliation. Soon after, she was offered a new job, though one with’a significant decrease in pay’.
The suit states that DOE spoke at a press conference on December 8th about her experiences. She indicated that DOE is possibly the woman who identified herself as’Christine’.
There are more allegations in the lawsuit itself, which you can read here or at the bottom of this article. There are also claims in the suit itself.
Activision Blizzard has been under intense scrutiny for its workplace culture since the state of California filed its sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in July. The lawsuit anonymously referenced an employee who committed suicide during a company retreat.
The Wall Street Journal report alleged CEO Bobby Kotick had been aware of sexual misconduct allegations at the company, though he has remained in the role.
Microsoft, which plans to acquire Activision in a deal worth nearly $ 70 billion, declined to comment. The Microsoft company plans to buy the Activision in an estimated $ 70billion.
