Former Crowder employees are now in revolt - Kotaku In Action 2

Former Crowder employees are now in revolt (twitter.com)

posted 244 days ago by The_Shadow_of_Intent 244 days ago by The_Shadow_of_Intent +27 / -3

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent [S] 25 points 244 days ago +25 / -0

Technically it's one former employee, Not-Gay Jared, but Quarter Black Garrett has endorsed his video.

Cliffsnotes:

quitting Crowder's show was extremely acrimonious, they wanted him to agree not to work in any media anywhere and not in the US for two years
Crowder claimed ownership of Jared's twitter account and his personal film equipment
Crowder's lawyers got him fired from his next job due to claimed violations of a noncompete clause
they have also served him with a lawsuit this last fall for some other reason, it's not clear exactly what
Jared claims to have extensive documentation of abusive behavior on set
he is now soliciting legal fees to fight Crowder's lawsuit

Doesn't sound great. It's hard to think of any legitimate reason to turn the legal guns on a former employee in this case.

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– AntonioOfVenice 5 points 244 days ago +10 / -5

This is standard practice. Non-competes are (unfortunately) very common. I find it very unfortunate that Jared is trying to take down Crowder.

Is there any way we can contribute to Crowder?

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– Guy_Incognito76 3 points 243 days ago +3 / -0

Non-competes have to be pretty narrowly written. They would have to show that Jared working for another company would directly harm Crowder's revenue, and since Jared isn't "Talent" that seems dubious.

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