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Activision files lengthy defence in Call of Duty lawsuit that accused it of "grooming" Uvalde school shooter
Activision Blizzard has submitted a lengthy defence in response to a number of lawsuits filed last year in which the fa…
Activision Blizzard has submitted a lengthy defence in response to a number of lawsuits filed last year in which the families of those killed in the 2022 Uvalde school shooting accused the publisher of "grooming" the 18-year-old perpetrator through Call of Dury. Families of those impacted during the tragedy later filed lawsuits in Texas and California against Activision (after it emerged the shooter had played Call of Duty), alongside Instagram owner Meta and gun manufacturer Daniel Defense. Activision's submissions also include a 35-page declaration from Notre Dame media studies professor Matthew Thomas Payne, arguing the Call of Duty series "flows from the same military realism tradition that has been explored for decades in critically acclaimed war movies and television shows" - and is far from the "training camp for mass shooters" in which "teenage boys learn to kill with frightening skill and ease" described in the Uvalde families' lawsuit.
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