Activision Blizzard has reportedly settled the California Civil Rights Department’s case alleging a culture of sexual harassment for $50M.
Activision Blizzard has reportedly entered into an agreement with the California Civil Rights Department to settle its 2021 case into the company’s alleged culture of sexual harassment. The initial allegations that the publisher “fostered a pervasive ‘frat boy’ workplace” and female employees were “subjected to constant sexual harassment.”
According to reports from the Wall Street Journal, the state agency withdrew its charges against the company. The settlement agreement between the California Civil Rights Department and Activision Blizzard stipulates that “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations” about “systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard” nor “that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned or tolerated a culture of systemic, harassment, retaliation or discrimination.
