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Activision Blizzard sheds another executive.
The game maker’s chief compliance officer, Frances Townsend, is stepping down a little over a year after rampant sexual assault allegations surfaced at the company. Townsend will instead serve as an advisor to the board and the embattled Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
Last year, Townsend stepped down from her role as the company’s women’s network sponsor after hundreds of employees criticized her response to workers’ harrowing reports, as she claimed it painted an “untrue picture.”
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