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Ex-Ubisoft staff detained by police over sexual misconduct claims - report
04.10.2023 - 13:35 / eurogamer.net / Yves Guillemot / Tommy François / Ubisoft
Five former Ubisoft staff members have been detained by police and questioned over allegations of sexual misconduct while employees of the company.
These ex-employees included the company's now-disgraced chief creative officer Serge Hascoët, once the right-hand man to Ubisoft's overall boss Yves Guillemot, as well as its former editoral boss Tommy François, French newspaper Libération reported today.
The five ex-Ubisoft employees were reportedly picked up by police over the past 24 hours and questioned at a police station in Paris. The action comes three years after claims of sexual misconduct involving Hascoët, François and others came to light, as part of a wave of allegations that rocked Ubisoft in the summer of 2020. Both Hascoët and François departed the company shortly afterwards.
Libération says it collected testimonies from 20 staff that described a «toxic culture» within Ubisoft's editorial division, and allegations of «moral and sexual harassment and sexual assault».
The article also mentions an alleged instance of sexual assault at a Ubisoft party, details of which were first reported in July 2020, where it is claimed François tried to forcibly kiss a female employee.
Eurogamer has contacted Ubisoft for comment.
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