Sony shoots back to court in the ongoing lawsuit between Bungie and the former Marathon Director Christopher Barrett. Bungie veteran sued the studio at the end of 2024 after he was released due to the alleged improper behavior. In his lawsuit he called the investigation “fiction”. Now Sony replied and published terrifying text messages, which Barrett sent to women.
In March 2024, Barrett, then creative director of Bungie, was released after an internal investigation into the claims that he sent inappropriate and “disturbing” messages to many subordinate women -workers in the studio standing behind Destiny AND Halo. Barrett suffered retaliation in December 2024. In the lawsuit, he called Bungie’s investigation “fiction”, refused to commit any crimes, and suggested that Sony solved his work as part of a trick to refuse him over $ 40 million, which in another 2022. Last week, last week, Sony has submitted its own legal response And he divided the evidence of Barrett’s texts to many women.
As reported Game file February 19The 128-page Sony notification includes nine Barrett text messages allegedly sent employees in Bungie. Sony lawyers claim that these messages show “a template of improper behavior”. The document was submitted last week, according to Game file.
In another message, Barrett called the woman “Saint Grail” and added:
I don’t hit you. I hope it doesn’t seem so. I am married. But I can be honest. You are 0.000001 and treat yourself better forever.
The woman replied that her boyfriend treats her “very well” and the former director of Bungie replied: “Better, because I would hit you, if not.”
Barrett’s lawyer sent this statement to Game file:
Sony continues dishonest cherries by choosing text messages and alleged conversations, and submits unjustified and justified statements to defy Christopher and justify him to avoid paying him what he had to blame for on the basis of his employment contracts. He says that Sony does not contain full text messages as exhibits or full content of these conversations, and nothing in Sony’s response is a legitimate legal or factual basis to end Christopher because of the cause.
“Christopher is convinced that after presenting all evidence, it will be clear that Sony was involved in the plan of his role and capital awards, which he earned in 25 years of true service to the company,” said Barretta’s lawyer.
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