Former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#6FA2H)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge French newspaper Liberation has reported that five ex-Ubisoft employees have been arrested in connection with a sexual harassment investigation by French police.
According to the paper, in 2021, French police received complaints from the Solidaires Informatique union - a French union that serves digital, consulting, and video game workers - and two individuals. After more than a year of investigation involving extensive interviews with around 50 current and former Ubisoft employees, the arrests were carried out over October 3rd and 4th.
Of the five individuals arrested, only two are named - former chief creative officer Serge Hacoset and editorial vice president Tommy Francois, both of whom left the company in 2020.
Francois and...