Bobby Kotick threatened to have his former assistant killed [0]

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant [1]

Activision's Bobby Kotick Didn't Just Know, He Also Was Shitty To Women [2]

Activision Blizzard CEO Brushes Off Company’s Harassment Issues—Argues There Is No ‘Systemic’ Problem [3]

[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-...

[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kot...

[2] https://kotaku.com/report-activisions-bobby-kotick-didnt-jus...

[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/05/31/act...

I mean, there is the rather extensive "Sexual harassment investigation" section of his wikipedia page where he paid $1.4 million as part of a jury verdict in a case of sexual harassment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick#Sexual_harassment...

there was a sexual harassment lawsuit against him which he lost

https://kotaku.com/activision-boss-loses-legal-battle-over-s...

separately it was highly reported that he left death threats on his secretary's answering machine

https://www.businessinsider.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-...

which the company apologised for

he's obviously a very shrewd businessman, but my god, you've got to be thick to leave death threats on an answering machine

I suppose literally anything is legally actionable in the sense you can write anything on a lawsuit and pay the filing fee - but you’d be highly unlikely to come even close to winning on these grounds in the US.

I always get surprised reading hn and seeing comments defending the indefensible, like you could not take 3 seconds out of your time to google all the scandals he's been in?