{"id":1188658,"date":"2023-10-04T09:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188658"},"modified":"2023-10-04T09:56:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T13:56:36","slug":"five-former-ubisoft-execs-arrested-following-sexual-harassment-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188658","title":{"rendered":"Five former Ubisoft execs arrested following sexual harassment investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

French police have arrested five former Ubisoft<\/ins><\/a> executives after an investigation into claims of abuse, harassment and discrimination at the company, according to the newspaper Lib\u00e9ration<\/ins><\/em><\/a>. Ex-Chief Creative Officer Serge Hasco\u00ebt and Tommy Fran\u00e7ois, a former vice president of editorial and creative services, were among those taken into custody. Both men left Ubisoft<\/ins><\/a> in 2020 following accusations against them<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n

When asked about the arrests, Ubisoft told GamesIndustry.biz<\/ins><\/em><\/a> that it didn’t have “knowledge of what has been shared and therefore can’t comment.”<\/p>\n

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In 2021, a French workers union and two ex-Ubisoft employees sued the publisher<\/ins><\/a> for allegedly enabling a culture of “institutional sexual harassment.” Solidaires Informatiques claimed that, rather than addressing the issues head on, Ubisoft found it easier to tolerate alleged misconduct. Francois and Hasco\u00ebt were among those named in the suit.<\/p>\n

According to Lib\u00e9ration<\/em>, police spent more than a year investigating the case. They collected testimonies from approximately 50 staffers and former employees. A lawyer for the plaintiffs claimed (according to a translation) that “beyond simple individual behavior, [the case] reveals systemic sexual violence” in an environment where a “‘schoolboy atmosphere’ was tolerated.”<\/p>\n

Several senior employees resigned or were fired<\/ins><\/a> in 2020 after reports emerged of widespread misconduct at the company, including at Ubisoft studios in Montreal<\/ins><\/a> and Toronto<\/ins><\/a>. That summer, CEO Yves Guillemot laid out a plan<\/ins><\/a> to address such issues and clean up a culture of toxicity within the ranks.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/five-former-ubisoft-execs-arrested-following-sexual-harassment-investigation-135636454.html?src=rss
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French police have arrested five former Ubisoft executives after an investigation into claims of abuse, harassment and discrimination at the company, according to the newspaper Lib\u00e9ration. Ex-Chief Creative Officer Serge Hasco\u00ebt and Tommy Fran\u00e7ois, a former vice president of editorial … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1188658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1188658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1188658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1188658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1188658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1188658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}