EDIT: Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has issued a statement about his involvement in the "BlizzCon Cosby Crew" In short, his explanation was that the Cosby Suite name came from an old portrait of...
In short, his explanation was that the Cosby Suite name came from an old portrait of Cosby they once found in a flea market and that GC wasn't personally aware of the allegations against Cosby until after he left Blizzard. He also states that he didn't personally witness any sexual harassment nor assault but would have stepped in to stop it if he saw it.
It's... plausible. Sexual allegations against Cosby wouldn't be widely known until a few years later.
Fucking hell.
I thought the Cosby Suite was just a nickname for Afrasiabi's office spread around from horror-stories that had been passed through the company.
Of all the evidence to come out from this sexual harassment lawsuit, I was not expecting photographs, social media posts and a group chat featuring several current & former Blizzard employees regarding the Cosby Suite to come out this soon. I thought the California DFEH may have dropped this bombshell in the courtroom but no, journalists got hold of it already.
This is damning. This is so damning that it's basically destroyed the careers of anybody involved. There is a fucking HUMAN RESOURCES REP in this group.
EDIT: Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street has issued a statement about his involvement in the "BlizzCon Cosby Crew"
In short, his explanation was that the Cosby Suite name came from an old portrait of Cosby they once found in a flea market and that GC wasn't personally aware of the allegations against Cosby until after he left Blizzard. He also states that he didn't personally witness any sexual harassment nor assault but would have stepped in to stop it if he saw it.
It's... plausible. Sexual allegations against Cosby wouldn't be widely known until a few years later.
Fucking hell.
I thought the Cosby Suite was just a nickname for Afrasiabi's office spread around from horror-stories that had been passed through the company.
Of all the evidence to come out from this sexual harassment lawsuit, I was not expecting photographs, social media posts and a group chat featuring several current & former Blizzard employees regarding the Cosby Suite to come out this soon. I thought the California DFEH may have dropped this bombshell in the courtroom but no, journalists got hold of it already.
This is damning. This is so damning that it's basically destroyed the careers of anybody involved. There is a fucking HUMAN RESOURCES REP in this group.
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