Riot Games CEO Nicolas Laurent has been accused of gender-based harassment in a lawsuit filed by a former executive assistant who was terminated in July 2020
A lawsuit filed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in January by Sharon O'Donnell, a former executive assistant at Riot Games …
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@lulu
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It really kind of breaks my heart to imagine how it feels to work at a company where the CEO is an [alleged] utter creeper. 2500 people whose boss [allegedly] creeps on his admin and retaliates. https://twitter.com/...
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@leadergrev
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A few strange things about this case: - The filing, from January 7, went unnoticed for weeks - Riot Games has issued a forceful denial of the wrongful termination allegation https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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@leadergrev
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To clarify: This is different from the class action suit Riot already faces. January has been a busy month for Riot, on the legal front. A few weeks ago, they succeeded in getting the class action complaints moved to arbitration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
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O'Donnell alleges that Laurent invited her to work at his home when his wife wasn't there, and believes her termination — which came the month that Laurent penned an open letter about positive changes to Riot's culture — was retaliation for saying no. https://www.washingtonpost.c…