A destiny 2 A player who doxxed and harassed a Bungie Community Manager has been found liable for nearly $500,000 in damages and fees, a fine example of fooling around and finding out.
According to the official court order of the US state of Washingtonshared on Twitter by paralegal Kathryn Tewson, Jesse James Comer (whom Tewson calls a “racist crap of a man,” and girls, preach) started shortly after this CM (who… (we’re not named here) picked up the work of a blacks out determination
The court documents said Comer, who lives in West Virginia, added a new number to an anonymous texting and calling service before leaving a “vile, bigoted voice message” on what appeared to be a Bungie employee’s personal phone. Comer “repeatedly asked that the [employee] Convince Bungie to create options in their game that only kill people of color.” Comer then began leaving similarly aggressive and racist voice messages for the Bungie employee’s wife.
But since men with fragile egos and too much time to spend on the internet know no boundaries, Comer didn’t stop there. He escalated his harassment campaign by showing the Bungie employee that he knew where they lived. He ordered a “nearly inedible, smelly pizza” from Domino’s, set it to cash on delivery, and noted that the delivery driver “knocked at least five times” because the person taking the delivery would be wearing headphones.
Comer then bragged about his behavior on a Steam group called terr0rgang, which “maintains a number of sound files and noises labeled ‘ear rape’ and allows its users to use these files as part of their terror campaigns.” Comer used these audio files in voicemails just two hours after sending the pizza to the Bungie employee and his wife.
According to the court order, “Bungie was forced to take costly measures to protect the Dos from the threat posed by Comer (who remained unknown and anonymous at the time).” The company dispatched “protective measures” within an hour of the “pizza attack.” for executives” and hired investigators and outside consultants to identify comers.
Everything Bungie did to protect its employees was expensive, and now, according to this court order, Comer must pay the price. This is not only an important case for Bungie and its employees, but for victims of online harassment in general. As Tewson wrote on Twitter, “The law is honestly moving slowly; much slower than technology or culture. With this win, we made a decisive contribution to closing this gap.”
May this be a warning to all racist fuckboys in video games: be prepared to pay for it.
