According to the French News Service, the trial of the three three executives of the former Ubesoft executives began this week in the French Bobagini criminal court French Info For,,,,,,,,,, for,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,, for,,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,,,, for,, for,.Google translation) Former Chief Creative Officer Serge Haskoet, former Vice President of Editorial and Creative Services, Tommy Francosis, and former Game Director Galom Patrick, was accused of “ethical and sexual harassment” after reports of abuse at a systemic workplace in Ubisoft.
In the five -day hearing, Haskoit, Francois and Galloma will be tested on the basis of allegations of six women, three men and two trade unions. Former executives denied all the allegations.
Reporting from France Info before The testimony alleges that Francois insulted and commented on the appearance of female employees, and repeatedly showed pornography at the Open Plan Plan’s Ubesoft Offices. The Francois is also being prosecuted for alleged sexual abuse, after which the Christmas party was accused of trying to forcibly kiss a stopped Ubesoft employee.
Haskoit has been accused of sexual misconduct as well as racist and Islamophobic behavior. A Muslim employee has alleged that after the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, he was asked if he was “intended to join ISIS”, and later found that his computer wallpaper was transformed into photos of Bacon Sandwich during Ramadan.
Patrix is accused of sexually harassing and working space (by virtue) Benefactor), Which allegedly forced offices and employees to throw goods, hit the walls of the office, to pull a woman’s notebook in a meeting and to light a man’s beard.
In the testimony collected by the internal Ubesoft Audit in 2020, black employees are also mentioned to be the target of ethnic dirt, women are told that their organizations are “rape invitations”, and junior male staff members are targeted if they are sexually assaulted.
The internal audit of Ubesoft describes the “institutional school environment” and habitual humiliation, where by 2020 “there was no HR policy.” An interviewed Ubesoft Manager said that the executives worked with the immunity, alleging that at one point, Haskot and the Francois increased the “harassment” in front of the HR offices in Ubisoft.
All three executives refuse any wrongdoing. Following 2020 reports, Ubisoft dismissed both Francois and Patrics. Haskot resigned from the company after the allegations surfaced. In 2023, the five former Ubesoft employees arrested as part of the Judicial Police Investigation in Paris included Haskot and Francos.
In 2022, Ubisoft CEO Yos Galmut rejected criticism that the publisher had made only nominal reforms after allegations of harassment against his senior staff in 2020. “We have done a lot and I think we are a company that can be proud of ourselves,” said Gelmot, “Gelmot said,” Ubesft has “worked rapidly in some people’s jobs”, while other senior employees were “properly disciplined and individually.”
Ubesoft employee groups and affiliated trade unions have maintained that efforts to correct the culture of the publisher’s company are “carefully limited.”
Through his lawyer, French Video Game Workers Union stjv– One of the two trade unions is filing a civil suit against former US executives. This week’s trial is very limited. The lawyer said, “Umarrata has become an administrative procedure,” the lawyer said. “This case should have been from Ubisft as well.”
