French court convicts ex-Ubisoft executives over culture of workplace harassment | France 24

A court near Paris has found a former Ubisoft [the publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry] executive guilty of attempted sexual assault and handed suspended jail terms to two other former executives for allowing a toxic environment of harassment to prosper at the French gaming giant.

 A French court sentenced three former Ubisoft executives on Wednesday to suspended prison terms for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment at the gaming giant.

Thomas François, a former editorial vice president who was also convicted on a charge of attempted sexual assault, was handed a suspended three-year term, while former chief creative officer Serge Hascoet was given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Former games director Guillaume Patrux received a 12-month suspended sentence.

Source: French court convicts ex-Ubisoft executives over culture of workplace harassment; https://www.france24.com/en/20200714-metoo-fallout-at-french-video-game-company-ubisoft-could-signal-industry-shift

 

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