Activision Blizzard Sued for Death of Employee Victim of Sexual Violence

Thursday 3 March 2022 Activision Blizzard sued by the family of a former employee who died by suicide in 2017. 

It is known that the employee was one of the victims of a series of sexual violence cases committed by high-ranking officials from the company video games the.

It is known that various problems have been exposed in recent years and the company has faced various problems related to sexual violence and bullying.

Kerri Moynihan Death Lawsuit

Various problems are being faced by the company games big Activision Blizzard.

Various cases ranging from sexual violence, one-sided dismissals, and strikes are part of the problem for this Diablo and Warcraft development company.

Parents of a former manager finance Activision Blizzard, Kerri Moynihan, sued the developer games in a court in Los Angeles last Thursday.

Janet and Paul Moynihan, parents of Kerri Moynihan reported a lawsuit related to sexual problems that occurred.

The suicide case of Kerri Moynihan in 2017 was accused because it was the result of sexual harassment that occurred in the company environment

It is known that a 32-year-old woman died by suicide during one of the company's travel activities. 

Kerri Moynihan was found dead in a hotel room at the Grand Californian Hotel & Spa Disneyland in April 2017 after taking her own life.

Moynihan started working in 2011 as an accountant. In 2016, he was promoted to finance manager supporting the company's Latin American operations.

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Details Regarding Lawsuit Regarding Activision Blizzard Matters

The lawsuit related to Kerri Moynihan's death refers to the Activision Blizzard problem which was finally revealed in 2021.

An attorney representing Paul and Janet Moynihan did not provide details of what the lawsuit included.

The information obtained is that the Moynihan family filed a lawsuit referring to Activision Blizzard's workplace which was allegedly "hostile, intimidating, offensive and abusive". 

The family alleges that Activision Blizzard was responsible for failing to prevent the harassment that led to Kerri Moynihan's suicide. 

Moynihan's death was actually referred to in the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) lawsuit that was filed in 2021, although it did not explicitly mention Moynihan's name.

The lawsuit alleges that a female employee died by suicide on a company trip to Disneyland due to sexual assault by the deceased's superior.

It is alleged that Moynihan also faced sexual harassment at work before the trip took place.

Various incidents such as the distribution of inappropriate photos that were victimized by Moynihan were circulated at a company party several years ago.

At the time of the DFEH filing, the company said the allegations in the lawsuit were false and unfounded.

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Contents of the DFEH Lawsuit Regarding the Kerri Moynihan Case in 2017

The lawsuit filed by DFEH accuses Greg Restituito of being Moynihan's manager. 

Restituito was accused of lying to investigators about having a sexual relationship with Moynihan. 

According to the lawsuit, during the course of the investigation the company also refused to give Moynihan's work laptop to police, and denied police access to Restituito's work cellphone, saying it had been "wiped." 

Restituito served as senior finance director from May 2016 to May 2017.

Through a spokesman for the company, it is known that at the time the incident took place, it only conveyed its condolences and promised to deal with the matter through the legal process.

However, up to 4 years after the incident, Activision Blizzard had not followed up. 

In the months since the DFEH lawsuit, Activision Blizzard workers have asked CEO Bobby Kotick to resign.

It was revealed that Kotick knew and agreed to various violations ranging from employee bullying to sexual harassment that occurred at Activision Blizzard. 

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Summary of Activision Blizzard Cases and Problems

Reports from various media in 2021 said that Bobby Kotick as CEO of Activision Blizzard knows that there have been various cases of sexual violations in his company that have occurred over the years.

Bobby Kotick was discovered by email regarding a female employee at Sledgehammer Games who was raped by one of his employees, Javier Panameno in 2017. 

The victim has reached a settlement with Activision Blizzard but it's unclear the details of the agreement between the two parties. 

Kotick is also known to have committed various cases of harassment from one of his assistants to a private jet flight attendant in 2006-2007.

The case has spread, starting from 30 female employees in the Activision Esports department who reportedly sent an email to the head of the department saying that they had been bullied and sexually assaulted.  

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Cases of unilateral dismissal of dozens of employees and the departure of high-ranking Activision Blizzards such as Jessica Gonzales and Jen Oneal.

High-ranking names from Activision Blizzard such as Dan Bunting and Ben Kilgore were also dragged into the sexual violence case.

This case has resulted in various public criticisms and also from various parties such as Nintendo, Playstation, and . It is known that Activision Blizzard employees have gone on strike many times.

Call it Raven Software's QA department and Treyrach's QA which is known to be an important part of all games Activision Blizzard joined the strike.

Activision Blizzard was also sued by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year before agreeing to a $18 million settlement. 

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In January, Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, marking the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history although its shares took a nosedive as a result of the acquisition being made amidst turmoil.