Activision Blizzard continues to remove employees amid misconduct allegations
The game publisher was supposed to share a summary of that information publicly before the holidays, according to the report. However, embattled CEO Bobby Kotick is said to have pulled the plug on that over concerns it would make Activision's woes seem even worse.
The spokesperson denied"the assertion regarding Mr. Kotick," as well as claims that employees had filed around 700 reports of misconduct and other issues since July, when Activision wasby the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing . The agency alleged the company fostered a"frat boy" culture where discrimination and sexual harassment were rife.
Former Blizzard president J. Allen Brack, who was accused in the DFEH suit of taking"no effective remedial measures" to mitigate sexual harassment,