Chris Avellon defends himself against accusations of sexual harassment and files suit


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Last year, there was a sexual harassment scandal surrounding Chris Avellon, a well-known writer who has worked on video game series, such as star WarsAnd the Dungeons & Dragons s dying light. After a long period of silence believing he was doing the right thing, Chris Avellon broke the silence, denied his involvement in an alleged sexual assault and revealed that he would proceed legally.

In mid-2020, Carissa Barrows and more young people raised their voices against Avellon and launched multiple accusations of sexual harassment and abuse. Key data came from Barrows, who accused Avellon of inappropriate sexual behavior and sexual assault.

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Avellone raised the issue slightly via Twitter after the allegations. In his defence, Chris Avellon stated that he is not talking to silence young Carissa and Kelly (another woman involved), but rather, to make them talk more about what happened.

The developer states that other people have taken Karissa’s statements as true and through repetition have made them seem true: «Whether they did it on purpose or out of ignorance, it doesn’t matter. It’s not true,» Avellon said.

And so, nearly a year after the original statements were made, the writer has just shared his version of events (by far the most comprehensive and detailed of the case) and revealed that he chose to take the legal path after considering the influences and events. Listen to the «lies» of the young women involved.

What happened in the Avellon case?

The story is a bit long, and a lot of what we’ll share next will be according to Avillon. It all started at the 2012 conference, when Avellon and Karissa met.

Carissa claimed he knew who he was at the time, but Avellon says he didn’t know who he was when he met him, and that he never worked with people he allegedly wronged in these events with Carissa, Kelly, and other people in the case. Avellone had not only invited drinks to Karissa, but to everyone in the place.

The truth that sparked accusations of harassment and abuse occurred the same night, when Avellon and other writers escorted her to her room, according to Carissa, where Avellone took the opportunity to kiss her without her consent while drunk, a technique she had similarly applied on other days with other girls during the conference.

Avellone claimed that he never violated someone’s consent and explained in his account in great detail that in fact, they both kissed outside the 2012 Dragon Con hotel room, but with mutual consent and enthusiasm on both sides.

A year later, Carissa invited Chris Avellon to meet Jackie, a mutual friend. Avellone and Jackie had a romantic relationship (but not courtship, according to Avellone), but 7 years ago it ended.

The developer has always confirmed that he does not have a formal relationship with Jackie and has warned him that he cannot give her more time due to the long hours and pressure. However, according to Avellone, Jackie reported something different to her friends, who said in their statements that they were dating.

After problems with Jackie arose, the relationship became negative and hostile to Carissa towards him, so Avellon decided to stop talking to him.

He later decides to cut ties with Jackie due to Carissa’s interference in Avellon and Jackie’s relationship, apart from the fact that she kept sending him threatening messages. Avellon doesn’t understand why Carissa wants that relationship. He attributes the kind of unhappiness it caused to him to the point that it prompted him to end the relationship, something Avellon eventually points out with regret to the fact that there is pain in both Jackie and him.

For these reasons and for the pain Jackie caused, the developer believed that her friends made these statements, out of revenge. He admitted that he felt guilty, not because of Kressa’s «lies», but because of leaving Jackie, which is why he apologized to the young woman again after the sayings appeared, a move he considers wrong today, because this guilt has been perverted. I worked to support Carissa’s false statements.

Avellon reveals inconsistencies in the accusations

Avellon noted that by the end of 2020, Carissa was deleting several tweets, nearly 60,000, after there were some inconsistencies between her and her last statements at the time.

The writer also noted some irregularities in other people’s accusations, such as the accusations of Christy’s Dina, who was supposed to share a night with him, while he was actually on another continent.

In his answer I attached several photos with Carissa that were deleted, worse than I was able to archive. In one in 2014 (after the alleged abuse of Avellone in 2012) Carissa was seen stating that, unlike her cosplay or gaming friends, she had never been sexually harassed.

Similarly, Avellon revealed inconsistencies in Kelly’s statements. According to Avellon, this account was difficult to deny, because of the type of information, but it was achieved thanks to the alleged witnesses cited by Kelly, who admitted to Avellon not knowing anything about it and denied Kelly’s assertions.

Avillon also highlights the inconsistency it might have to recommend a girl to a guy who offended her as a friend: “It’s not something I would do with a friend of mine,” Avellon said.

Avellone requests damage repair for damages

As mentioned, Avellon allowed the affected parties to listen and said that because of the moral damage, he took a break from the internet and supported his loved ones, but after about a year decided to take the legal path. During this period, Avellon collected more evidence than he provided in his long version.

The creator thought that with the way he handled the case, he did the right thing, but then realized that no, and that these attacks were done «maliciously» and that he would defend himself.

«When you remove someone, you need to be careful about how much of your life you have shared on social media in relation to your allegations…and if you have shared conflicting information, removing it will not help you,» Avellon said.

Thus, Avellon has also sued Carissa, Kelly and other women involved in this case and reiterates that she is not doing so with the intent of silencing the accused, but rather that she speaks more and so the truth emerges.

In addition to defamation, the lawsuit includes a job loss fee. Avellon states that these statements also affected him in his working life, because, as mentioned, almost all studies with which he worked severed relations with him without investigating the case, such as Techland or Wild Cat. Even Electronic Arts stated that it had no plans to work with Chris Avellon after these allegations, because he took the harassment and abuse very seriously.

Avellone points out that he knew it would work that way, because he knows what companies are like in terms of cancellation culture online. According to him, they do their best to distance themselves from these situations, “even if it means turning your back on someone who has been abolished, even someone you’ve worked with in the trenches for years.” Moreover, this was a move that happened over the weekend and companies didn’t have time to research it before taking a position.

Avellon predicted it wouldn’t be the last time we hear about the issue, but there’s more to come.

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