Ubisoft CEO Guillemot to appear in October court over harassment case

Yves Guillemot, the chief executive of Ubisoft, has been summoned to appear before a French court in October, as part of the fallout from a workplace-harassment case that culminated in June with convictions against three former Ubisoft executives. The summons, issued by a trade union and four civil plaintiffs involved in the original trial, calls Guillemot to the Bobigny District Court on October 1. The case centers on the same facts as the June judgment, even as prosecutors concluded there were no grounds to bring criminal proceedings against Ubisoft or its management. Ubisoft said it would cooperate with the justice system as it has done for the past five years.

In June, three senior Ubisoft executives were found guilty of harassment-related offenses. Serge Hascoët, formerly the chief creative officer, received an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a substantial fine for psychological harassment and complicity in sexual harassment. Testimony and an internal Ubisoft investigation documented a pattern of racial slurs and Islamophobic pranks directed at employees. Tommy François, the former vice president of editorial and creative services, was convicted of sexual misconduct...