A few of Disco Elysium’s key members of improvement workers have filed a lawsuit accusing ZA/UM execs of fraud.
As reported by the Estonian Ekspress – noticed by PC Gamer – sport director Robert Kurvitz and artwork director Aleksander Rostov, in addition to the title’s govt producer Kaur Kender, declare that ZA/UM CEO Ilmar Kompus and former govt producer Tõnis Haavel bought a majority stake within the studio utilizing its personal cash.
The builders declare that 4 idea sketches for a sequel to Disco Elysium had been apparently purchased by Tütreke, a shell firm that’s managed by Kompus, for €1 ($1.05). They had been then bought again to ZA/UM for €4.8 million ($5 million). This cash was set to fund the sequel.
That is additionally the cash that Kurvitz and co. reckon that Kompus and Haavel used to purchase out the stake of investor Margue Linnamäe again in 2021.
The accusation that ZA/UM execs fraudulently purchased the remaining shares within the studio is just not new; Kurvitz and Rostov made them in a Medium publish earlier this 12 months, although that is the primary time that the specifics of the case have been detailed.
Kender has filed a lawsuit towards Kompus, claiming that the CEO “cheated” him out of round €1 million ($1.05 million). On account of this declare, Kompus’ stake within the studio has been frozen till the case is resolved.
Earlier in November, ZA/UM mentioned that the accusations levelled towards it had been “baseless claims and falsehoods”.
Kurvitz and Rostov had been amongst workers pressured out of ZA/UM in 2021, whereas Kender left the studio earlier this 12 months.
