Former Bungie director Chris Barratt filed a lawsuit against his former employer, but Sony rejected it.
Former Marathon reboot director Chris Barrett filed a lawsuit against Bungie and Sony in December 2024. for “intentional destruction[ing his] reputation by falsely and publicly claiming that they “investigated” Barrett and “discovered” that he had engaged in sexual misconduct” and avoided paying him a $45 million settlement.
Barrett was reportedly fired from Bungie that same year. following an internal investigation into inappropriate behavior towards female colleagues. In court papers, Barrett's lawyers say his former employer “didn't care that any of this was true; they had blatant motives for their brazen scheme” and only wanted to “shift the blame and divert attention from their major business failures.”
Now, according to Game postBarratt's case was dismissed by the Delaware Court of Chancery “for lack of jurisdiction” for monetary damages.
“The Court of Chancery is a court of limited jurisdiction,” the decision states. “It has subject matter jurisdiction only when “(1) one or more of the plaintiff's claims for relief are equitable in nature, (2) the plaintiff claims relief that is equitable in nature, or (3) subject matter jurisdiction is granted by law.”
“On October 13, 2025, the court issued an order to show why the case should not be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Only the defendants argued that subject matter jurisdiction existed. The officer was happy to take the case to a higher court.
“Under Chancery Court rule, this court must dismiss a claim if it lacks subject matter jurisdiction. This court has an independent obligation to evaluate whether subject matter jurisdiction exists,” the documents added.
Barratt can now take the case to the Delaware Supreme Court.
