Ex-Ubisoft exec denies seeing harassment, admits ‘misplaced’ sexual remarks in trial

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Ex-Ubisoft exec denies seeing harassment, admits ‘misplaced’ sexual remarks in trial
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BOBIGNY (France), June 4 — A former executive at French video game giant Ubisoft, on trial with two others for alleged sexual and psychological harassment of employees, denied on...

Serge Hascoet, former creative director of Ubisoft , exits the courtroom after the trial of French video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment former executives for harrasment and sexual assault at the courthouse in Bobigny, suburb of Paris, on June 2, 2025. — AFP picBOBIGNY , June 4 — A former executive at French video game giant Ubisoft , on trial with two others for alleged sexual and psychological harassment of employees, denied on Tuesday witnessing any abuse in the office.

Overall, the atmosphere in Ubisoft’s open-plan offices in the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil was “studious and focused on work”, Hascoet insisted, although he said that “water fights” did break out “when it got hot”. Francois is the focus of the most damning claims of systematic psychological and sexual harassment over years, including watching pornographic films in the office and commented on women employees’ appearance.

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