Sexism scandal: Riot Games pays 100 million dollars

The US developer Riot Games, known for the computer game “League of Legends”, pays 100 million dollars (around 88 million euros) on allegations of discrimination and harassment of women. Of this, $ 80 million is earmarked for compensation for more than 2,300 current and former employees.

20 million are intended to pay legal fees for women, the company and the California authorities announced. The agreement has yet to be approved by a court. The allegations against the computer game developer were loud in 2018. Initially, two women denounced discrimination, sexual harassment as well as sexist and insulting statements in everyday work at Riot Games and sued the company. Riot Games initially wanted to pay 10 million. The computer game developer initially wanted to settle the class action with a payment of 10 million dollars. But then the California authorities intervened. They argued that the women concerned could be entitled to a total of $ 400 million, and the $ 100 million settlement now reached provides payments to all women who worked for Riot Games in California as of November 2014. The company said on Monday that after the allegations became known three years ago, it had “corrected course” and worked on a “better” Riot Games. “While we’re proud of how far we’ve come since 2018, we also have to take responsibility for the past.” An independent investigation commissioned by the company in March concluded that there was no evidence to support the allegations, and there has been an increasing number of complaints about the way women are treated in the industry in recent years. In the summer – krone.at reported – the “Call of Duty” and “World of Warcraft” developer Activision Blizzard was shaken by allegations of discrimination and harassment of female employees.

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