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Sean Hollister
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney accused Google of planting a second Fortnite story, too.

“Do you plan to share your findings on Google leaking the contents of our private discussion to Abner Li,” Sweeney asked Google partnerships boss Don Harrison in an April 2020 email.

The story was this one, and I’ve long been curious if it was the seed that grew into this entire Google lawsuit.

Here’s the other story Epic accused Google of planting.

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