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Riot Games closes a chapter with sexual harassment lawsuit settlement

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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League of Legends maker Riot Games closed a sorry chapter of its history with the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed against the company for alleged sexual harassment.

The esports and game company has changed its leadership and it has worked hard to put the problems behind it. It remains to be seen how much change it achieves in bringing gender equity to video games and esports.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.