A lawsuit claims that the CEO of Unity has sexually harassed the former vice president

A lawsuit filed on June 5 in the San Francisco Superior Court accuses Unity of retaliation against a former employee after she alleged that CEO John Riccitiello had badually sponsored her, as well as her husband. other female employees.

The lawsuit brought by Anne Evans, former director of recruitment at Unity, seeks damages for retaliation, unfair dismissal and non-prevention of discrimination in the workplace.

The complaint begins with several allegations in 2017 that Riccitiello allegedly offered badually to several female employees, claiming that Riccitiello and other senior executives would frequently make obscene bad comments about the workplace. Evans expressed concern about this behavior in a survey of companies in 2018 and said other employees had filed similar complaints.

Evans' complaint then states that she reported an alleged unethical access to Unity's survey data for a separate survey conducted by Unity in 2019. Evans said that after the 39. Investigating his complaint, Unity had dismissed him for violating company policy by accepting gifts from another employee whose Evans reportedly reported incorrect access to the results of the investigation. survey mentioned above.

The lawsuit argues that "there is no policy, written or otherwise, regarding the granting or acceptance of gifts among employees", and concludes by stating that this termination had a retaliatory character.

In a statement to Gamasutra, Unity said it would fight the allegations:

"Unity intends to vigorously defend against the false allegations of Anne Evans. Following a third-party investigation highlighting facts that alleged that Evans had committed a serious misconduct and established several cases in which she had demonstrated a flagrant breach of judgment, Unity terminated his employment. This was an undesirable result for Evans and we worked with her on the details of her departure when she filed a lawsuit involving false and prejudicial claims against the company, our CEO and a number of our employees. Prior to and throughout the investigation, Ms. Evans had many opportunities to voice her concerns about her experience in the business through confidential and objective mechanisms, without ever doing so. We take these issues seriously at Unity, as we did when we saw the concerns about Evans. We do not tolerate harbadment and we have policies in place to improve workplace relationships. "

You can see the full trial below.

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