Chris Avellone defends himself against allegations of harassment -apkrig
A year ago, on Twitteru Karissy Barrows there were reports in which game screenwriter Chris Avellone was identified as a sexual predator who was supposed to harass several women with his inappropriate behavior and behavior. Shortly after the incidents began to be addressed in the media, she ended her collaboration with Avellon at Techland, Hard Suit Labs and Gato, where she worked on Dying Light 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, respectively. The Waylanders. Avellone apologized to his ex-girlfriend Jackie, Karissa Barrows’ friend, and fell silent for a year. He now comes up with a long statement in which he denies the allegations and claims that he will defend himself in court due to unsubstantiated slander.
“My name is Chris Avellone. I’m a game screenwriter. I’ve worked on Star Wars, Fallout, Dying Light 2 and many other games, “begins a post on the developer’s blog. It follows a series of tweets in which he describes the whole situation from his point of view and explains what he dealt with in the past year and why. According to Avellone, he tried to convince himself that the false accusations from Karissa Barrows and other women arose from a mistaken sense of self-righteousness. As Avellone claims, Karissa and another of her friends – Kelly – wanted “justice” for Jackie, which he broke up with years ago after realizing that a long-distance relationship didn’t make sense. “Motivation for these attacks [vůči mojí osobě] they seemed simple. Karissa and Kelly were angry that I broke up with Jackie less than seven years ago. It was a woman introduced to me by Karissa at the bar during Dragon Con, where I first met Karissa the year before. And it would be strange if she introduced me to her friend, if she thought of me as a sexual predator, “Avellone says of one of the many contradictions in the allegations.
At the end of 2020, Karissa began deleting much of her past Twitter posts, deleting more than 60,000 tweets, Avellone said.
A year ago, Barrows claimed that Avellone forced her to have sex in a hotel room during the first meeting, where her roommate slept, which the screenwriter denies. “At the end of the evening, I accompanied two other colleagues to Karissa. When we reached the door, I wanted to kiss her, she repaid me, and we kissed enthusiastically in the hallway in front of her room. But after a few minutes, Karissa told me that it wasn’t a good idea, so I stopped and left, “says Avellone. The following evenings were to continue to meet at parties during Dragon Con, which Avellone also supports with a joint photo, which Barrows herself posted on her Twitter. Plus, Chris Avellone is “one of the last gentlemen on earth (still drinking).” To the screenwriter, this post seems like something one would probably not share if sexual harassment were to occur the day before, and suggests that there are more similar conflicting tweets directly from Barrows. “At the end of 2020, Karissa began deleting much of her past Twitter posts, deleting more than 60,000 tweets, and did so shortly after some older posts disputed her original allegations,” adds Avellone.
Realize that I am describing only a very small part of the whole story, and what I am sharing is only a fraction of the facts, correspondence, photographs, and testimonies I have collected over the course of one year.
According to the screenwriter, the trigger for the false accusations of sexual harassment was an interview for IGN, which initially did not want to film Avellone at all, and he did not like the fact that one of his colleagues had cut it out. But it was not the content of the interview, but the very fact that Avellone was given space for IGN, which for Karissa – not moving in the video game industry – was a confirmation that Avellone is still busy with games and thriving. “Remember, I’m only describing a very small part of the whole story, and what I’m sharing is a fraction of the facts, correspondence, photos, and testimonies I’ve gathered over the course of a year,” says Chris Avellone, confirming that he wants to go with the case. in court. “When Karissa’s allegations are discussed in court, he will put another statement in a different light. With a little work, they can easily be proven to be untrue, “believes the developer. However, the question arises why he did not speak earlier and most importantly – why he apologized to his ex-girlfriend a year ago.
“After the first night Karissa and Kelly attacked me on Twitter (Friday, June 19, 2020), I decided not to react for several reasons. I am responsible for many things, even if they are not what Karissa accused me of. I wasn’t always kind to her friend Jackie and others. I hurt their feelings, but this one crime he doesn’t deserve a fabricated charge of sexual assault, “says Avellone. “When Jackie and I broke up uncomfortably in 2014, I apologized to her, and in 2020 I did it (unreasonably) again. When someone tells me that I hurt him, my first instinct is to fix it, because that’s how I was raised and that’s how I try to perform in everyday life, “adds the screenwriter. However, according to his words, he continues to believe that the truth will come out and he hopes that his name will be cleared. In his personal statement, he also thinks about his profession and the change, which allegedly came from any co-workers at the time and influenced his future engagement.
Karissa Barrows did not comment on Chris Avelnee’s position and limited her Twitter to approved followers.
