Monday Morning Stab Threat from Riot’s Cult.
Dear all,
Please meet the community Riot Games has chosen to build and protect. I receive toxic messages and abuse on a daily basis, and Riot has done nothing to stop it. This morning, I woke up to a message staying Riot will “pay 20K to a crackhead to jump you and kill you instead of paying billions.”
I will not stay silent. These attempts to wear me down only strengthen my commitment to the truth and to justice and my duty to the public.
This is not just a reflection of Riot's player base. It is a reflection of Riot's leadership. The company continues to ignore serious issues, enable retaliation, and silence those who speak up. Riot avoids accountability and hides behind polished branding while enabling real harm.
During a court-ordered meet and confer, Riot’s legal counsel, Josh Geller, made several sweeping and dismissive claims. He stated that the abuse I described does not exist. He claimed I made it all up. He said Riot has never seen evidence of harassment, misconduct, or intellectual property theft, despite over 1,500 pages of court filings. He asserted that Christian Linke never saw my manuscript, that the entire Arcane series was written before the end of 2019, that Riot never accepted manuscript submissions for Arcane, that my timeline was wrong, and that the ambush Wayback Machine captures proving submission portals were meaningless. All of this has been shown to be false.
These statements contradict documented facts, sworn filings, and the evidence Riot has been trying to erase from the public record. Riot has denied the existence of submission systems that were accessible through Riot Forge. They have attempted to invalidate the timeline through claims that do not hold under scrutiny. While saying they never accepted submissions, they simultaneously move to purge historical evidence from the Wayback Machine during active litigation. This is not accidental, it’s coordinated.
Riot’s behaviour is part of a consistent and damaging pattern. Through silence, retaliation, and intimidation, the company has allowed abuse and harmful conduct to thrive. This extends beyond in-game toxicity. Riot dismisses legitimate concerns, suppresses reports, and protects itself at the expense of creators, players, and whistleblowers.
By refusing to take responsibility, Riot confirms what its silence already implies. Harmful behaviour is permitted. Accountability is avoided. The truth does not matter unless it serves Riot’s interests.
This is not just unethical. It raises serious legal questions. Riot’s conduct, as documented in the ongoing lawsuit, points to multiple possible violations:
Fraud on the court: If Riot knowingly introduced false or manipulated evidence or misrepresented facts during official proceedings.
Spoliation of evidence: If Riot arranged for the removal of online records or archive materials relevant to the case, particularly from the Internet Archive and with Chronodisk’s services.
Bad faith in legal negotiations: If Riot’s legal team made false statements during settlement discussions to mislead or deflect scrutiny.
Intentional infliction of emotional distress: If Riot or its agents knowingly escalated emotional harm, particularly by targeting trauma and using tactics designed to discredit or isolate a vulnerable litigant.
Disability-based retaliation: If Riot’s behaviour disregarded or exploited my disability, especially in the context of ongoing legal pressure and harassment.
Copyright infringement and unfair competition: If Riot used my original manuscript to develop Arcane and other Riot properties while denying access and ownership, this forms the basis of my core legal claims.
I’d say, given half an opportunity, Riot will be shown to be guilty of all of the above. Riot has had many opportunities to resolve this. Instead, it has chosen silence, denial, and erasure. When confronted with evidence, they pivot to technicalities. When asked for accountability, they retreat behind corporate statements and legal stonewalling.
Today, Riot have to file a response to the Court’s order dated July 2, 2025, directing the parties to file supplemental briefs addressing the impact of United States v. Yafa, 136 F.4th 1194 (9th Cir. 2025).
We can expect the same projection, counter claims, skirting around the issue and other nonsensical responses aimed at wasting the court’s time, wearing down the Plaintiff and directing the court into nonsensical grounds so they can bury the claims in seas of mess to hide the truth and have the cases dismissed on technicalities. When powerful and abusive companies act like this in litigation, the court, Jury and Judges and everyone else knows they are as guilty as sin itself.
This is the culture Riot has created. It rewards those who take, punishes those who speak, shields those who profit and causes as much mess and destruction, sabotage and theft on the US and UK markets as possible.
This is the community Riot has chosen to support. I will continue to tell the truth, document the facts, and pursue justice, no matter how long it takes.
Marc Wolstenholme
Coventry, United Kingdom
14th July 2025
M.W. Wolf Ltd.
