The Guardian published a report yesterday regarding allegations of harassment and abusive behavior at Rocksteady Studios, the developer of the "Arkham" series. The report arose from a letter sent to management in November 2018, signed by 10 of the 16 women who worked there at the time. The person who shared the letter on the site was one of the signatories, because she believed that despite the fact that nearly two years had passed, nothing essential had changed.

"All that resulted was a one-hour company-wide seminar. 'All participants were asked to sign a statement confirming that they had received the training. We felt it was a way for them to cover their own asses."

Shortly after the Guardian report was published, Kim McCaskill, then a senior writer at Rocksteady, posted a video on YouTube claiming to be the author of the original letter, which she started and worked on with other women at the studio after witnessing sexist and abusive behavior at the studio

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"I started writing this letter because I was experiencing sexism with one particular person, still in the company," MacAskill says in the video." I found a woman crying in the bathroom, and the man repeatedly touched her and sent her messages in the middle of the night, even though I told her to stop."

McCaskill says in the video that neither she nor the other employee was offered support or meaningful attention. She said, "I was hoping that one or two of them would say, 'Actually, I've had the same experience.' All of these women had, all but one. The only two I didn't ask were the two in HR. It was then that I realized how bad things had gotten."

Today, Rocksteady released another letter it received "unsolicited," which showed that seven of the eight signatories (out of ten) on the 2018 letter were still in the studio. The identities of the signatories have not been revealed because "all parties involved do not wish their identities to be made public under any circumstances."

"Recently, in addition to several other accusations, an article was published in The Guardian about this letter sent to the studio head and HR in 2018," the new letter states." We feel that the anonymous source or sources attempted to speak on behalf of all women at Rocksteady and do not feel that this article fairly represents us or the events of that time or since receiving the [2018] letter."

The new letter contradicts McCaskill's claim that Rocksteady's response to the 2018 complaint was a single one-hour training session, which included a series of meetings where female employees were given the opportunity to discuss the challenges they faced and think about ways to resolve them, and where " He states that "immediate action" was taken. These efforts have continued since then, the letter asserts.

"From engagement specific to how our characters are represented to workshops to build confidence in a male-dominated industry, there has been an ongoing effort to ensure that we have a voice within our work and within the studio," the new letter The new letter states. Through all of this, there has been a firm commitment that there will always be an open forum for us to speak up and that issues will be taken seriously."

The letter also takes issue with the publication of the 2018 document in the Guardian, stating that the signatories were assured that the situation would be kept private and that no one remaining at Rocksteady was contacted before it was published: "This is not due to industry secrecy, We feel that we have been compromised by our sources or sources of information because it was made private for personal reasons of all parties involved. 0]

McCaskill said on Twitter that he "sincerely apologizes" to anyone who feels their privacy was violated by the release of the letter, but added, "For me, it was important to speak. We all signed it, the story is true, and [Rocksteady] bears no responsibility," adding.