According to the report, the incident occurred since 2017, but Bunting was protected by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision.
The Treyarch studio co-director, Dan Bunting, has resigned from his post after an investigation into sexual harassment towards an employee of the same company. Wall Street Journal confirms, that the incident in question occurred in 2017, but current Activision CEO Bobby Kotick stopped Bunting’s recommended departure on that occasion.
The incident happened in 2017, but Bunting was forgivenAfter what happened on that occasion, the 18-year-old Call of Duty veteran had, according to the same WSJ report, several sessions of therapy. Later, it was decided that he could stay with the company.
“After considering potential actions following that investigation, the company decided not to terminate Mr. Bunting’s contract, and instead implement other disciplinary measures“read the words of an Activision spokesperson in the same article.
However, and confirmed just now, Bunting decided give up. WSJ chose to analyze this case recently, which could be the cause of the sudden decision of the now ex-director of Treyarch, who until now has not mentioned anything about it.
Bobby Kotick has his company against him, as many employees ask for a replacement for the current CEO of the company. However, Kotick reaffirmed himself, reacting to the latest allegations of workplace harassment.
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