Former Naughty Dog Employee Claims He Was Sexually Harassed; Naughty Dog Says That No Evidence of Received Allegations Has Been Found
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His working environment became extremely toxic afterward. Following a mental breakdown in February 2016, the former Naughty Dog employee claims that when he told Sony about the harassment, he was fired the very next day. He claims to have been offered $20.000 if he signed a document agreeing to his job as well as to keep his mouth shut about the events. Ballard declined to sign the document but was ashamed to tell people about his departure from Naughty Dog due to the nature of his leave. Down below you’ll find Ballard’s official message from Twitter:David Ballard, a former Naughty Dog environment artist and level layout artist on the Uncharted series and The Last of Us, claims to have been sexually harassed at the studio.
Ballard took to Twitter to claim that he was harassed by a “lead” at the studio in late 2015.