Sony has lastly responded to a lawsuit filed by former Bungie staffer Christopher Barrett.
Barrett initially left Bungie in March 2024 however it was later revealed that this was resulting from allegations of improper behaviour in the direction of feminine subordinates on the studio. He has since filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful dismissal searching for damages of $200 million as his departure denied him $45 million that he was set to obtain as a part of Sony’s buy of Bungie again in 2022.
Sony’s submitting reiterates that Barrett was let go resulting from him allegedly targetting “a lower-level, feminine worker he wasn’t working with straight, initially engaged in pleasant dialog, and progressively pushed boundaries with the worker by making delicate references to her bodily look or expressing his curiosity in her romantically. Barrett tried to create an unprofessional degree of intimacy along with his victims.”
Sony’s submitting additionally options segments from texts and direct messages despatched by Barrett to his alleged victims.
“Sony continues to disingenuously cherry decide textual content messages and alleged conversations and make unsupported and conclusory statements to defame Christopher and justify terminating him to keep away from paying him what he was owed beneath his employment agreements,” Barrett’s legal professionals advised Recreation File in response Sony’s authorized submitting.
“It’s telling that Sony doesn’t embrace the total textual content messages as displays, or the total content material of those conversations, and nothing in Sony’s response supplies a authentic authorized or factual foundation to terminate Christopher for trigger.
“Christopher is assured that when all of the proof is offered, it will likely be clear that Sony engaged in a scheme to strip him of his function and the fairness awards he earned for his 25 years of loyal service to the corporate.”
