Chris Avellonethe game writer as Fallout: New Vegas o Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderwas accused by two women in 2020 of being a sexual harasser, an allegation that caused many of the studios he was working with to cut ties with him, including Techland, for whom he was writing the story of Dying Light 2 at the time.
A year following this event, Avellone announced that he had taken legal action once morest the two women who accused him, a dispute that now, almost two years later, has come to an end with Avellone’s victory in court.
The compensation
Avellone has commented that since the accusations were made, it has suffered rejection and prejudice from both the public and companies and therefore you will receive a sum in compensation of up to seven figuresan amount that also includes his attorney’s fee.
The two women who accused Avellone, Karissa Barrows and Kelly Rae Bristolhave published a statement signed by them in which they assure that they were “misinterpreted”.
The Barrows and Bristol statement
“Mr. Avellone has never abused any of us“, can be read in the writing. “We have no record of him sexually abusing any women.. We are not aware of Mr. Avellone’s inappropriate use of corporate funds. Anything we have previously said or written regarding Mr Avellone saying otherwise was not intended.”
“We wanted to support women in the industry. In doing so, our words have been misconstrued, suggesting allegations of misconduct that we did not intend to express. We want the safety of women, minorities, LGBTQIA+ people, and any other community that has been persecuted in the gaming industry.”
“We believe that Mr. Avellone shares the desire to protect these communities. We believe he deserves to fully return to the industry and we support him in this venture.”
For his part, Avellone has publicly called for the privacy of Barrows and Bristol to be respected and that he appreciates the commitment of both to try to solve the problems that exist in the video game industry.