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Riot Games CEO is being investigated after a former employee accused him of sexual harassment.
The lawsuit claims Nicolò Laurent harassed the employee throughout her nearly three-year career.
The company disputed her claims that it fired her after she reported Laurent s behavior to HR. League of Legends publisher Riot Games is investigating its own CEO after a former employee accused the company of wrongfully terminat[ing] her employment after she complained about alleged sexual advances he made towards her.
Sharon O Donnell worked as an executive assistant for the video games developer from October 2017 to July 2020. She said she was subject to sexual harassment from CEO Nicolo Laurent throughout her employment, according to a lawsuit filed against the company January.
Riot Games CEO Nicolas Laurent accused of gender-based harassment, misconduct in new lawsuit
Mikhail Klimentov, The Washington Post
Feb. 9, 2021
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A lawsuit filed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in January by Sharon O Donnell, a former executive assistant at Riot Games, accuses Riot CEO Nicolas Laurent of creating a hostile work environment, with allegations ranging from unwanted sexual advances to demeaning comments about O Donnell s tone and femininity. The filing alleges that O Donnell, who reported to Laurent, was stripped of duties at work and eventually terminated in July of 2020 for not reciprocating his advances.
In a statement, Riot disputed that characterization of O Donnell s termination from the company.