Nintendo denies firing Alison Rapp due to pressure from a hate group

Earlier today, former Nintendo employee Alison Rapp revealed that Nintendo had “terminated” her employment. Now, the company is elaborating on why they came to that decision.

Rapp, a member of Nintendo of America’s Treehouse localization team, no longer works for the company as of today, and the publisher says that’s because she held a second job in conflict with Nintendo’s corporate culture. She has spent the last several months fending off a targeted attack from a hate group that congregates on forums like 4Chan and Reddit. In her tweets today, Rapp suggested that Nintendo decided to part ways with her because of these attacks.