Fresh details of the legal battle between Disco Elyisum creatives and their former bosses have emerged, as part of a he…
These drawings - apparently of a man in a scarf - were reportedly sold for just £1 to a shell company owned by ZA/UM's new Estonian management, who then sold them back to ZA/UM as part of a €4.8m deal for control of the company. This is the alleged incident which Kurvitz and Rostov have in the past claimed to be fraudulent.
The suggestion is that Kompus and Haavel had intended this deal to be a stepping stone to them selling the company on to a tech giant, with Microsoft and Tencent in the frame. But the deal did not materialise, and employees began to ask questions on what was happening in the interim. Last month, in an Estonian court, Disco Elysium's former executive producer and marketing manager Kaur Kender entered the fray. Kender has also been fired from ZA/UM, allegedly also for trying to ask questions of its new management.
Kender claims that as a partner in ZA/UM, his firing left him without his share of the company - worth €1m. Kender argued successfully that the court should seize the controlling stake of ZA/UM owned by Kompus to avoid it being sold on and its value being lost overseas. As for Haavel, Kender claims he has also quietly become involved in a ZA/UM subsidiary which owns Disco Elysium's intellectual proprty rights, while also being €11.2m in debt. This debt stems from Haavel's past conviction for investment fraud.Eurogamer has contacted ZA/UM itself and will update when there's any further development.Get your first month for £1 when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription.
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