{"id":18597,"date":"2021-06-26T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/chris-avellone-breaks-silence-on-sexual-assault-allegations-will-take-case-to-court"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:06:43","slug":"chris-avellone-breaks-silence-on-sexual-assault-allegations-will-take-case-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/chris-avellone-breaks-silence-on-sexual-assault-allegations-will-take-case-to-court","title":{"rendered":"Chris Avellone breaks silence on sexual assault allegations, will take case to court"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renowned RPG writer Chris Avellone, best-known for his work on the Fallout series, has ended his year-long silence following the allegations of sexual assault made against him in June 2020.<\/p>\n

Avellone has been accused of being a “sexual predator” by several women, who claim he has sexually assaulted them on multiple occasions in the past.<\/p>\n

Specifically, a woman named Karissa accused Avellone that in 2012, during a convention in Atlanta called “Dragon Con”, he had gotten her drunk then sexually assaulted her, while one of her friends, named Kelly, claimed that Chris touched her inappropriately and propositioned her.<\/p>\n

The accusations were made on 19th June 2020 and soon after, Avellone was removed from all the projects he has been working on at the time, including Dying Light 2<\/a> and The Waylanders.<\/p>\n

Following the accusations, Avellone went radio silent and remained inactive on social media for a full year.<\/p>\n

It turns out that Avellone has spent his time away from the public eye collecting material for his defence, as he plans to bring his case to court.<\/p>\n

\"ChrisAvellone claims that everything he had with Karissa was consensual. (Picture: Avellone\/Karissa)<\/span><\/p>\n

Avellone released a statement on 26th June, in which he gives his side of the story, including a detailed explanation of his history with Karissa and Jackie, his views on some issues in the gaming industry, and more.<\/p>\n

Avellone claims that Karissa’s accusations are the result of a bad breakup he had had with her friend Jackie. Chris states that they were seeing each other for a year, but claims that it wasn’t serious.<\/p>\n

“We were not boyfriend\/girlfriend. We stopped seeing each other 7 years ago. I had to break it off, in no small part to Karissa continually, angrily inserting herself into our relationship — which Jackie encouraged,” Chris wrote.<\/p>\n