Obviously, if true (and it likely is) there are quite a few heads that need to roll and a corporate cleaning of the Playstation HR department is in order (and likely an executive or two who may have ordered them to offer hush money) but I do have to admit that I find myself a bit wary of the mob mentality I've seen in some of the other forums. While the employee's claim must be taken with the utmost seriousness and seen as sincere, that does not mean that we should not wait for more evidence to emerge before deciding upon what the truth might be. I understand that the court of public opinion is different from the court of law, and that victims who report these cases are far likelier to be telling the truth than not, yet still, especially as an American, I feel that people need to be able to defend themselves fairly from any accusation before they are judged for it. 

I meant 20k payoff to just get a poor employee to leave not in terms of sexual harassment.

Again who knows, but who says it was 20k, or 20k was including payoff or bonues, or... now im speculating, but to me rather than tweet it and leave it at that, they should be going to the police. 

That money is absolutely nothing, besides if he took it he'd seen it as him giving up and letting the sexual harassment be justified in a sense, which I wouldn't do either.

It would matter to me. 

Dont think they'll comment unless its taken to court. Really rather than using social media which to me rings alarm bells, its got to go to court. That's the only way that real justice can take place... I have trust issues about anyone who uses social media to state something this serious to their followers but is unable to go to the police.

I believe every accusation should be taken seriously. Why doubt every person and think they're lying?

If he is lying, then we can simply move on. If he's saying the truth, then it'll be one of many sexual assaults that have been hidden for far too long

There's alot of cases where it's false and the person made the accusation for money or to get attention of some sort. I'm always skeptical of this stuff by default. What's weird in this situation is that he was "fired immediately after making the accusation" and was given just 20k as hush money by sony. 

I agree that every accusation should be taken seriously but there's such a thing as due process. You can't just take their word for it and form a lynch mob. It has to be investigated and proven true before you treat a person as guilty. If he's lying about this for whatever reason, he should be sued for defamation/damages and sent to jail for falsifying a report of sexual assualt/rape. 

So.... just like pretty much every other video game studio on the planet. I've slept under my desk more than one occassion. It's the norm for the industry, not the exception.