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Rooster Teeth, a gaming-oriented digital content creator and fan community owned by Warner Bros Discovery, has apologized for “hate and mistreatment” after complaints were lodged by a former staffer.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Rooster Teeth issued an open statement of apology for “hateful and hurtful” conduct toward employees over the years, coming after a former staff member detailed her experiences of being harassed, underpaid and marginalized at the company. The company, the fandom/gaming/sci-fi entertainment division of Warner Bros. Discovery, responded this past weekend to the allegations — but had not explicitly apologized. “As a company, we sincerely apologize for the hateful and harmful behavior that occurred in the past. We must do better. We are sorry,” Rooster Teeth wrote in a Twitter thread Tuesday evening. “Hate and mistreatment have no place here,” the company said. “We’ve been committed to change to avoid repetition and to remain accountable” RT added that it has encouraged staff to reach out directly to its HR department or use its internal anonymous reporting tool to flag problems.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Rooster Teeth, Warner Bros. Discovery’s fandom, sci-fi and gaming entertainment division, came under fire from a former employee who said she was mistreated during her time at the company — including being verbally harassed and severely underpaid. Kdin Jenzen, who worked at Rooster Teeth from 2013 until leaving earlier this year, published a 2,257-word blog post Saturday detailing her experience at the company. Jenzen was a producer and director who mainly worked in RT’s Achievement Hunter games group. Within a few weeks of starting at Rooster Teeth, Jenzen wrote, “Every day I came into work I was called ‘Fggt’ — but they could not use that name in content so when anyone was recording I was called ‘Fugz’ instead.” Janzen said they reported the use of the nickname for years to HR, but “nothing was ever done about it.”