Former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation

In line with the paper, in 2021, French police obtained complaints from the Solidaires Informatique union — a French union that serves digital, consulting, and online game employees — and two people. After greater than a 12 months of investigation involving in depth interviews with round 50 present and former Ubisoft staff, the arrests have been carried out over October third and 4th.

Of the 5 people arrested, solely two are named — former chief artistic officer Serge Hacosët and editorial vp Tommy François, each of whom left the corporate in 2020.

Within the Libération report, victims’ lawyer Maude Beckers mentioned that “the case could be very specific as a result of past easy particular person habits, it reveals systemic sexual violence.”

The Verge has reached out to Ubisoft for remark.