A lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court on June 5th accuses Unity of retaliating against a former employee after she alleged that CEO John Riccitiello sexually propositioned her and other female employees on multiple occasions.
The lawsuit filed by former Unity recruiting director Anne Evans seeks damages for retaliation, wrongful termination, and a failure to prevent discrimination in the workplace.
The complaint begins by recounting multiple instances in 2017 where Riccitiello allegedly sexually propositioned several female employees and states that Riccitiello and other senior executives would make lewd sexual comments in the workplace on frequent occasions. Evans expressed concern over this behavior in a company survey filed in 2018 and says other employees made similar complaints.
Evans’ suit then states that she reported an alleged unethical access of Unity survey data for a separate survey Unity ran in 2019. Evans says after the investigation of her complaint, Unity terminated her for violating company policy by accepting gifts from another employee who Evans reported for improperly accessing the aforementioned survey results.
The suit argues that “there is no policy, written or otherwise, addressing the giving or accepting of gifts among employees,” and concludes by stating that this termination was retaliatory in nature.
In a statement to Gamasutra, Unity said it would fight the allegations:
You can view the full lawsuit below.
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