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It seems that it is “now or never” for anyone who wants justice to be done around the cases of harassment and abuse in Activision-Blizzard because along with the request to intensify the investigations against Bobby Kotick and the directors of the company, it was recently confirmed that a new lawsuit was filed, this time by the relatives of a worker who, unfortunately, committed suicide in 2017.
Parents of Kerri Moynihan hold Activision-Blizzard responsible for her suicide
According to information from The Washington PostKerri Moynihan’s parents filed a lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard blaming the company for allowing a harassing and abusive work environment that led to her suicide in 2017 and for protecting one of its managers at the time, Greg Restituito, According to the information, Kerri Moynihan’s case is the one referred to in the lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) in its lawsuit against the North American company of video game.
In this regard, the situations prior to the suicide of Kerri Moynihan are cited, who until before the unfortunate event was the finance manager of Activision-Blizzard and was in charge of Greg Restituito, the company’s finance director. The suit alleges harassment of Moynihan at Activision-Blizzard, including the distribution of intimate photos without her authorization during a company party. Then, during a retreat at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa resort in 2017, the 32-year-old worker killed herself.
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Kerri Moynihan’s case cited in lawsuit that sparked labor scandal
At that time, the investigations were directed towards the figure of Greg Restituito, who was rumored to have harassed Kerri Moynihan to death, but when the police requested a review of the telephone and computer equipment of both workers, Activision-Blizzard He replied that they had lost their way.
Given that it was a suicide and the obstruction of the investigations, Kerri Moynihan’s parents were left with the family tragedy. However, the DFEH lawsuit, where the name of their daughter was not revealed, confirmed that the case of harassment that had ended in suicide was about her, so they began to connect the dots and realized everything that happened. , obtaining enough elements to initiate a lawsuit against Activision-Blizzard and reactivate the investigations against Greg Restituito.
It should be remembered that at the beginning of the labor scandal, a representative of Activision-Blizzard shared a statement in which the company had the luxury of criticizing the work of the DFEH and the reference to the suicide of the worker: “” The law required them to investigate properly and had good faith discussions with us to better understand and resolve any claims or concerns before litigation, but they did not. Instead, they rushed to file an inaccurate complaint, as we will demonstrate in court. We are disgusted by the DFEH’s reprehensible conduct of dragging into the complaint the tragic suicide of an employee whose death has nothing to do with this case and without regard to her grieving family.While we consider this behavior to be disgraceful and unprofessional, it is unfortunately a example of how they have behaved throughout their investigation. It is this kind of irresponsible behavior of state bureaucrats who are not accountable This is what is driving many of the best companies out of the state of California.”
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