Amidst legal battle, Gearbox CEO says he left USB stick of porn at Medieval Times [Updated]

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, recreated in a photo illustration of the game Borderlands's cover art. (credit: Photo illustration by Aurich Lawson) A pair of lawsuits filed in Collin County and Dallas County District Courts late last year came to light on Friday, each revolving around an apparently nasty dispute between the former general counsel of Gearbox Studios (makers of the Borderlands and Aliens: Colonial Marines game series) and its CEO, Randy Pitchford. A November filing by Gearbox, uncovered by Kotaku's Jason Schreier, alleged that the company's former general counsel, Wade Callender, "exploit[ed] Gearbox’s generosity and trust for his own personal gain." Callender's own countersuit, filed in the same court one month later, went quite a bit further. Callender's suit alleges that Pitchford "breached his fiduciary duties by exploiting Gearbox employees and property to fund Pitchford’s private cravings," and one…

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