Activision Blizzard Hit By New Lawsuit From Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment And Discrimination

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Activision Blizzard, which is already embroiled in multiple lawsuits from former and current employees detailing sexual harassment, discrimination against women and other marginalized groups, and more, has been hit with another lawsuit. 

This news comes by way of Bloomberg, which reports that the company behind franchises like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft had a lawsuit filed against it Wednesday by a current employee who alleges rampant sexism amongst other things. The suit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by attorney Lisa Bloom, who held a public press conference in December regarding the company’s sexual harassment, on behalf of a current employee, referred to as “Jane Doe” in court documents. 

“For years, Activision Blizzard’s open ‘frat boy’ environment fostered rampant sexism, harassment, and discrimination with 700 reported incidents occurring under CEO Robert Kotick’s watch,” the lawsuit reads, according to Bloomberg. 

Jane Doe says they experienced sexual harassment and discrimination at Activision Blizzard and were retaliated against after filing complaints about what they had gone through. Jane Doe alleges in the lawsuit that on her first day of work, she had to attend an “initiation lunch,” during which she was pressured to take shots of tequila and told by leadership at the lunch that she needed to share “an embarrassing secret” to everyone. Furthermore, they said they were pressured to drink alcohol at work and participate in “cube crawls,” where women endured sexual harassment. 

They also had to stay late at work to participate in a game called “Jackbox,” Bloomberg reports, where they had to suggest “creative answers” to different questions, most of which were sexual in nature. As a