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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Three Ubisoft chiefs found guilty of enabling culture of sexual harassment

Serge Hascoët in a doorway
Serge Hascoët, Ubisoft’s second-in-command, was found guilty of psychological harassment and complicity in sexual harassment. Photograph: Xavier Galiana/AFP/Getty

Three former executives at the video game company Ubisoft have been given suspended prison sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment in the workplace at the end of the first big trial to stem from the #MeToo movement in the gaming industry.

The court in Bobigny, north of Paris, had heard how the former executives used their position to bully or sexually harass staff, leaving women terrified and feeling like pieces of meat.

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