Bungie has received a significant lawsuit towards a racist Future participant who doxxed and harassed its workers and their households. The developer had the e-book thrown at one Jesse James Comer, who now owes almost $500,000 to Bungie after being discovered responsible of terrorizing workers at their houses. Comer has additionally been barred from making any contact with Bungie workers going ahead.
Bungie’s lawsuit towards Future participant units new precedent
Kathryn Tewson, who was a part of the group that helped Bungie monitor down Comer, posted concerning the authorized win on Twitter. In response to the lawsuit, Comer left threatening voice mails for a Bungie worker who shouldn’t be being named, uncovered their house deal with and arrange undesirable deliveries, and continued his harassment marketing campaign towards different workers — all as a result of Bungie highlighted a black content material creator on Twitter.
Comer not solely threatened to kill workers but in addition left racist voice messages and demanded that Bungie launch Future DLC through which gamers can kill black individuals. To execute his harassment marketing campaign, Comer used the TextNow nameless telephone service. Final August, a decide ordered TextNow to disclose Comer’s identification given his harrowing conduct.
In response to Tewson, Comer wasn’t as daring in actual life and determined to not present up in court docket. The decide acknowledged that his conduct wasn’t merely on-line trolling or a prank, and dominated in favor of Bungie, setting a brand new instance towards the doxxing and harassment tradition that always plagues the gaming neighborhood on-line.