Activision Blizzard is being sued for wrongful death by the family of an employee that died by suicide after allegedly being sexually harassed.
As reported by the Washington Post, the family of 32-year-old Activision Blizzard finance manager Kerri Moynihan, who was found dead during a company retreat in 2017, are claiming sexual harassment was a “significant factor” in her suicide.
Moynihan’s death was one of many disturbing incidents referenced in last year’s State of California lawsuit, which called Activision Blizzard “a breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women” and spoke of a “frat boy culture” at the company where “women were subjected to numerous sexual comments and advances, groping and unwanted physical touching, and other forms of harassment.”
The California lawsuit also specifically alleged that male co-workers had passed around a picture of Moynihan’s vagina during the business retreat prior to her suicide (although she was not directly named in the filing), and referenced a “male supervisor” who was claimed to have brought sex toys with him on the trip.