I’m sure the additional information was the fact he hired an attorney.

“Additional information” eh? More like “Oh shit, everyone took this even worse than we thought, let’s pretend we’re the good guys again and make him eligible.”

That’s the detail you’re hung up on? Statements are being made via Twitter, of freaking course they’re not delving into every nuance of how HR decided she was also to blame in a dude sexually harassing her.

Dear God.

I love the defense

She was made to sign a document claiming responsibility for HER inappropriate behavior. That’s not mindblowingly-inappropriate enough?!

I think this is more about IGN’s and specifically HR’s response to the incident, than the actual incident itself.

I assume the accuser is innocent of lying until proven otherwise.

First, an actual apology and some people getting in trouble for their roles in what happened. I’m not a person to hold a grudge against someone forever if they apologize so IGN will have to prove to me that they are taking steps to make sure this happens less often.

Vince’s comments were totally inappropriate, but the bigger issue is definitely IGN’s response, which is incredibly disturbing. Basically telling her to shut up “or else” is so scummy.

Yes, the floodgate has opened and the stories are coming out. We haven’t heard as many of them in the video game industry yet, but they’re coming. Kotaku is actively working on several investigations right now that will hopefully lead to more harassment getting exposed. (And of course, if anyone reading this has any…

When I was raped at my college, I was asked to sign a similar document by the administration that basically said that I had also acted inappropriately and was forbidden to have any contact with my abuser. You might think “Why would you want to have any contact with him?” I did not, but that also meant that if say he…

Props for reporting on this - I wouldn’t have heard about it otherwise. It’s good to see that most industries are pulling back the shades on sexual harassment and assault right now.

Good.

It takes a spine of steel to stand up to an employer. Irrespective of your position in life, telling the person (or people) who cut your checks, “Get this shit sorted, or you can fuck off” is always a gamble.

Good on the folks at IGN for having the strength of character to stand up to this shit, and to stand in…

In her Twitter post Kallie also mentioned that she was informed she would be terminated if “it happened again.” That is some next level disgusting response to a very serious claim.

a common thread in these recent stories seems to be how poorly HR departments handle claims and really only serve the company’s best interests rather than its employees. Hopefully these shitty incidents will spark some change.

That HR response is beyond disturbing. Like they live on another planet.

I’m super proud of them for it.

I’m not a Colts fan, so this isn’t coming from a place of bias. I honestly feel so bad for Andrew Luck. He seems like a genuinely nice guy who has tried hard to be a positive person, a good teammate, and a role model. It sucks seeing this happen to him. Why can’t someone I hate get hurt and then betrayed by his team?!

Yup, my reaction exactly. “I hope he wasn’t brown/black/Muslim, or, anti-Trump.”