In a statement available on its corporate website, Japanese developer Tecmo has responded to earlier allegations made by a former employee regarding a sexual harassment suit she made against famed producer Tomonobu Itagaki ( Ninja Gaiden, Dead or Alive series). The original allegations, which were reported on in early November, came from a 31 year old ex-employee, who was seeking 10 million yen damages ($85,000) for a series of harassment incidents that began in late 2003 and had continued in the following years. At the time, she had alleged that, upon repeatedly bringing the incidents to Tecmo's attention, she was urged to dismiss the incidents, and that her charges didn't warrant a harassment suit. In the statement ( pdf ) released by Tecmo, the company maintains that the "statements made in these reports are false," and that "the alleged sexual harassment by Itagaki never took place."