Activision Blizzard sued for \u201cwrongful death\u201d as family claims sexual harassment led to employee suicide Activision Blizzard \/ PixabayActivision Blizzard has been sued for \u201cwrongful death\u201d by a former employee\u2019s family, who are reportedly alleging that workplace sexual harassment led to the employee\u2019s suicide in 2017. In July 2021, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (CDFEH) filed a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard accusing the company of allowing \u201csexual harassment with no repercussion.\u201d That filing also referenced a female employee\u2019s suicide in 2017, which is now the focus of its own lawsuit \u2013 as reported by the Washington Post\u2018s Gus Garcia-Roberts and Shannon Liao. According to the new WP report, the victim\u2019s parents are filing a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard. Their complaint \u201cclaims that sexual harassment was a \u2018significant factor\u2019 leading to her suicide.\u201d Activision Blizzard sued by family of employee who died of suicide BREAKING: Activision Blizzard has been sued for wrongful death by the family of the woman who committed suicide and was named in the California state agency lawsuit from last July. https:\/\/t.co\/yqZD5yC9Xt \u2014 Shannon Liao (@Shannon_Liao) March 4, 2022 In the original CDFEH lawsuit, it was alleged that the employee \u2013 Kerri Moynihan \u2013 was the subject of sexual harassment by a male supervisor. As the complaint explained, inappropriate pictures of her were allegedly shared around a holiday party and the supervisor brought inappropriate items with them on a business trip prior to her death. According to WP, the family\u2019s lawsuit both accuses workplace sexual harassment for leading to Moynihan\u2019s death and claims the supervisor, Greg Restituito, \u201clied to detectives about his relationship with her.\u201d Further, the lawsuit alleges that Activision Blizzard denied police access to Moynihan or Restituito\u2019s company-issued laptops or cellphones. The Post were unable to reach Restuito, who stopped working for Activision Blizzard in May 2017 (a month after Moynihan\u2019s death) for comment. They did reach the company, though, who explained that they \u201cwill address the complaint through the legal process as appropriate.\u201d This is the latest in a series of legal developments for Activision Blizzard, who are still contending with the CDFEH lawsuit and a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into CEO Bobby Kotick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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