Chris Avellone Lawsuit Settled [Mar 26, 2023, 11:48 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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post on Medium by Chris Avellone announces a lawsuit he filed over sexual
predation allegations has been dismissed with prejudice. He says this has
resulted in his attorney's fees being refunded and a "seven-figure payout"
despite describing it as a "confidential settlement." The post shares what is
purported to be a joint statement from Kelly Bristol and Karissa Barrows, two
women who had accused the embattled developer of sexual misconduct. Avellone
filed a libel suit against Barrows, Bristol, and 100 Jane Does
in 2021 after
their
allegations he engaged in sexual predation. Avallone later filed
another suit against just
Barrows for defamation. The backlash immediately cost him work, including his
consultant roles on Dying Light 2 and Bloodlines 2. Chris goes on
to speak about real challenges the industry still needs to face. He also
expresses appreciation for "the willingness of Ms. Barrows and Ms. Bristol to
work with us in addressing issues within the game community," which seems odd.
He asks that everyone respect the privacy of Barrows and Bristol going forward.
Here is the included statement:
“After engaging with Mr. Avellone, we have prepared the following statement:
Mr. Avellone never sexually abused either of us. We have no knowledge that he has ever sexually abused any women. We have no knowledge that Mr. Avellone has ever misused corporate funds. Anything we have previously said or written about Mr. Avellone to the contrary was not our intent. We wanted to support women in the industry. In so doing, our words have been misinterpreted to suggest specific allegations of misconduct that were neither expressed nor intended. We are passionate about the safety, security and agency of women, minorities, LGBTQIA+ persons, and every other community that has seen persecution in the video game industry. We believe Mr. Avellone shares a desire to protect and uplift those communities. We believe that he deserves a full return to the industry and support him in those endeavors.”
- Karissa Barrows, Kelly Rae Bristol
For me, by far the most important question is this:
When are they going to stop adding letters to an already ridiculous acronym? LGBTQIA+?!? What the fuck is that?!? Holy shit.
I'm not throwing shade at all at any of the communities that those letters stand for btw. I am certain that I'm 100% in support of all of them (though officially I only know what the first 4 are) but that would completely feel like parody were it not in a legal statement. It is utterly ridiculous, and in a quest to end marginalization of those groups the last thing you want to appear as is ridiculous. Let's come up with a single word that represents all marginalized lifestyles that doesn't sound like a sequence of controller button presses that activated cheat codes on your SNES, k?
Okay, okay, I'm being facetious. That obviously isn't the big takeaway from this story. But my unhinged rant still stands.
When are they going to stop adding letters to an already ridiculous acronym? LGBTQIA+?!? What the fuck is that?!? Holy shit.
I'm not throwing shade at all at any of the communities that those letters stand for btw. I am certain that I'm 100% in support of all of them (though officially I only know what the first 4 are) but that would completely feel like parody were it not in a legal statement. It is utterly ridiculous, and in a quest to end marginalization of those groups the last thing you want to appear as is ridiculous. Let's come up with a single word that represents all marginalized lifestyles that doesn't sound like a sequence of controller button presses that activated cheat codes on your SNES, k?
Okay, okay, I'm being facetious. That obviously isn't the big takeaway from this story. But my unhinged rant still stands.
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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