Activision Blizzard is facing another sexual harassment lawsuit

pcgamer.com:

Activision Blizzard is facing yet another sexual harassment lawsuit, this one filed by a former employee who alleges that her manager at the company engaged in «sexist and harassing conduct» against her for years after she was hired, threatened her job if she refused to consent to sex, and even threatened to reveal a «compromising photo» she'd shared with him years earlier—and that Activision Blizzard management was aware of the situation but did nothing to address it.

The anonymous plaintiff first met and formed a «virtual friendship» with the defendant, Miguel Vega, in 2009 or 2010—before she began working at Activision Blizzard—during which time «she regrettably sent him compromising photos of herself.» That friendship ended in 2011 when the plaintiff met her future husband, but in 2016 Vega assisted her in getting a job as an independent contractor at the company, which was upgraded to a full-time position in 2020.

The lawsuit(opens in new tab) (via Vice(opens in new tab)) alleges that Vega groped the plaintiff's breasts «around a dozen times» and that he often attempted to kiss her while at work, telling her that «one day it'll happen» or «one day you'll give in» each time she rejected him. At the same time, he regularly «belittled and insulted» the plantiff during meetings, describing her as «a scrub» whose «opinions don't matter,» and that she was failing to perform «a job a monkey could do.»

«Whenever Ms. Doe expressed to him that his comments were deeply hurtful, he'd just dismiss her as being too sensitive and tell her that 'this is how it is when you work a corporate job, a real job',» the lawsuit states.

The suit claims that in 2017, the plaintiff filed a complaint through another manager, but Activision