Serge Hascoet, the company’s former chief creative officer, said that he had been unaware of incidents that prompted several employees to complain of regular public humiliation and hazing.
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”.
Hascoet resigned from his post as chief creative officer after the allegations surfaced in the media.
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.
Francois is additionally being prosecuted for an attempted sexual assault.
Asked about the felt-pen allegation involving Francois, Hascoet said: “I don’t remember that episode at all.”
In Monday’s hearing, several women who worked under Hascoet testified that he made them run personal errands for him, including picking up his daughter from school.
The trial runs to Friday.
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