{"id":1188736,"date":"2023-10-04T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188736"},"modified":"2023-10-04T12:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:52:47","slug":"former-ubisoft-executives-reportedly-arrested-over-sexual-harassment-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1188736","title":{"rendered":"Former Ubisoft executives reportedly arrested over sexual harassment allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Five former Ubisoft executives have reportedly been detained for questioning by French authorities, years after they departed from the company amid widespread sexual assault allegations<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to a report from France’s Lib\u00e9ration newspaper<\/a> (as translated by GamesIndustry.biz<\/a>), this week’s arrests by the Bobigny public prosecutor’s office include Ubisoft’s former chief creative officer Serge Hasco\u00ebt and ex-VP of editorial and creative services Tommy Fran\u00e7ois. Hasco\u00ebt resigned from the company in July 2020<\/a>, while Francois left less than a month later<\/a>. A year after those departures, French labor union Solidaires Informatique worked with two of the alleged victims to file a formal complaint<\/a> about the alleged assaults, which seems to have led to this week’s move by French police.<\/p>\n

It’s not immediately clear who else has been caught up in this week’s police actions or whether the former executives will be released from detention after questioning. Other high-profile Ubisoft employees who resigned or were fired amid the 2020 allegations include Assassin’s Creed Valhalla<\/em> director Ashraf Ismail, former Ubisoft Canada managing director Yannis Mallat; former Ubisoft PR director Stone Chin; former Ubisoft global head of HR C\u00e9cile Cornet, and former Ubisoft vice president of editorial Maxime Beland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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