Riot Games investigating CEO following gender discrimination lawsuit
Riot Games, makers of League of Legends and Valorant, has begun an internal investigation of its CEO in light of a civil lawsuit, filed by a former employee and alleging wrongful termination and gender discrimination.
Riot’s Board of Directors has hired an outside law firm to examine CEO Nicolo Laurent, who joined the company in 2009 and has been its CEO since 2017. A lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in early January by former executive assistant Sharon O’Donnell, alleges Laurent propositioned her then had her fired after she reported it to Riot’s human resources department. Gaming news website Daily Esports first reported the case on Tuesday.
“One subject we can address immediately is the plaintiff’s claim about their separation from Riot,” the company told Polygon. “The plaintiff was dismissed from the company over seven months ago based on multiple well-documented complaints from a variety of people. Any suggestion otherwise is simply false.”
Riot’s statement says that Laurent is cooperating with the investigation and supporting the board’s investigation.
O’Donnell’s lawsuit said Laurent invited her to travel with him and work from his home — pointedly mentioning that his wife would not be there. O’Donnell’s suit says Laurent asked her if she “could handle him when they were alone at his house.”
https://www.polygon.com/2021/2/9/22274969/riot-games-lawsuit-gender-discrimination-sexual-harassment-ceo
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Riot Games investigating CEO following gender discrimination lawsuit 
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EA is a role that requires deep trust, not operational/hourly. It's a salaried role 100%.
In regards to the other accusations, hard to say. But I personally don't believe.
These guys are just a bunch of bros and Riot will always just be like that until the top brass get changed out. I know a lot of folks who work at Riot and the only reason they're there is for the salary but they're all looking for a way out.