EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
  • zweieuro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    6 months ago

    […]Plants vs. Zombies Jordan Adams, and Director Partnerships at EAX Matthew Angeleri.

    Adams would also send female coworkers pornographic videos and even reference them in EA Slack conversations

    While that seemed like an act of goodwill, Angeleri privately sexually harassed said female coworkers and even followed it up with videos of himself having lewd acts performed on himself.

    Why the article can’t just state what the allegations are and at whom is just annoying, so here you go.

    What confuses me a bit is the sentence just before the allegations to Angeleri:

    As for Matthew Angeleri, he invited his female coworkers to stay at his home with his wife while visiting Vegas where they were given free room and lodging. While that seemed like an act of goodwill, Angeleri privately sexually harassed said female coworkers and even followed it up with videos of himself having lewd acts performed on himself.

    Like… What? What is the logical connection between these two sentences? There could be months or years between those two events? How do these two relate? This reads as two completely separate events. So one could just be an act of goodwill and afterwards he decided to be a prick. Or, first the was a prick and then felt bad and offered the coworker a place to stay?

    And if the two events were concurrent that makes it immensely more creepy.

    • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      6 months ago

      I kinda reads to me like he gave them the place to stay, and then used that as a “Hey, remember how I helped you out? You owe me.”

      • zweieuro@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        6 months ago

        Which would also be worse than the events being unrelated. In the simplest case it’d be guilt-tripping ( you owe me!) or at worst some sort of odd blackmail.

  • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
    5·
    6 months ago

    Jordan Adams is the Development Director at Electronic Arts (EA) working on the Plants vs. Zombies mobile game franchise. According to reports, EA conducted an internal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Adams over a 2.5 month period.[1][3][4][5] The investigation found that Adams had video called female co-workers and performed lewd acts on himself, sent them pornographic videos, and made explicit references in EA’s Slack conversations.[1][3][5] Despite the findings, EA reportedly closed the investigation, citing that the events occurred outside of work between consenting adults, and that Adams did not repeat the behavior once the investigation began.[1][3][5] However, the victims still had to work with Adams after the investigation concluded.[1][3][5]

    Citations: [1] Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA … - MP1st https://mp1st.com/news/report-sexual-misconduct-investigation-conducted-at-ea-suspects-named-and-what-they-did-revealed [2] Jordan Adams on LinkedIn: I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new … https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jordan-adams-project-manager_im-happy-to-share-that-im-starting-a-new-activity-6937891606163316736-Zgaq [3] Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA … - NeoGAF https://www.neogaf.com/threads/report-sexual-misconduct-investigation-conducted-at-ea-suspects-named-and-what-they-did-revealed.1670447/ [4] Robert Bowling (@fourzerotwo) / X https://twitter.com/fourzerotwo?lang=en [5] EA Senior Devs at Center of Sexual Misconduct Investigation https://xpgained.co.uk/news/ea-senior-devs-at-center-of-sexual-misconduct-investigation/