Activision Blizzard has been hit with yet another lawsuit, this time alleging the company’s “frat boy” environment fostered “rampant sexism” that led to a current employee experiencing sexual harassment and discrimination and being “retaliated against” for speaking up.
As reported by Bloomberg, the lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Country Superior Court on behalf of this employee who is going by “Jane Doe” by attorney Lisa Bloom.
“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.
Doe began work at Activision Blizzard in 2017 as a senior administrative assistant to executives in the IT department and the troubles started on her first day. During an “initiation lunch,” she was pressured to take tequila shots and was told by leadership that she would need to tell all the employees at this lunch “an embarrassing secret.”