Former Bungie developer Christopher Barrett filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Sony last year and now the conglomerate has hit back in the court with claims of their own.
According to Sony’s filed filings, Barrett “attempted to create an unprofessional level of intimacy with his victims” and exchanged texts with female Bungie workers that “reveal his pattern of misconduct.”
Barrett holds firm on his claims that Sony fired him to avoid paying incentives of around $84 million that were “charged up” when Sony paid $3.7 billion to acquire Bungie. According to him, Sony’s claims have been drawn from instances from conversation that infer different meanings than what he originally intended to.
As things stand, Sony and Barrett are at a stalemate in court as we have no idea where is the lawsuit flowing. As we come across future hearings, we can get more insight as to how the lawsuit will shape and this might be a historic win if Barrett comes out ahead.
Update:
We received the following statement from the counsel of Christopher Barrett:
Sony continues to disingenuously cherry pick text messages and alleged conversations and make unsupported and conclusory statements to defame Christopher and justify terminating him to avoid paying him what he was owed under his employment agreements. It is telling that Sony does not include the full text messages as exhibits, or the full content of these conversations, and nothing in Sony’s response provides a legitimate legal or factual basis to terminate Christopher for cause. Christopher is confident that when all the evidence is presented, it will be clear that Sony engaged in a scheme to strip him of his role and the equity awards he earned for his 25 years of loyal service to the company.
Christopher Barrett’s counsel