More Disturbing Allegations Have Risen in New Activision Lawsuit
Now that we’re well into the new year, we’ve got new games, new updates- and new lawsuits. This new lawsuit, which has been placed against Activision Blizzard, brings new details to light, and some of them are quite disturbing.
This suit comes from the law firm office of Lisa Bloom, who is also representing another sexual harassment lawsuit against the company, by the name of Christine. These are different defendants though, as they are currently known as “[Jane] Does 1 through 25”.
Most of this case revolves around a specific former employee, Mark Skorupa. Skorupa, now working in Microsoft, has been accused of making sexual comments and advances of one Jane Doe, who had been hired as a senior administrative assistant to Skorupa, since day one. He had even placed his hand on her lap during the first day and gave her long, unwelcome embraces. He also harassed another employee that worked in the IT department.
The reason the company is also brought into the lawsuit, and not just Skorupa, is because there was a pattern of dismissal and retaliation in the form of blocking from promotion and pay decreases and dismissals. According to the suit, HR “dismissed Ms. Doe’s sexual misconduct complaints, saying that it was just her leadership being nice and trying to be friends with her. 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.”
Not to mention, that even after Blizzard promised that things would change, Jane Doe has been feeling the effects of the toxic work environment. According to Doe, she had been passed over a promotion, and the company lied when asked for the reason, saying that she had been fired.
There are other details of this case- where another Jane Doe was propositioned, and a senior manager tried to kiss the same Doe.
Currently, Blizzard has declined comments on the matter.