Xbox COO who left after just 3 months shoots down claims she was 'fired for a policy violation,' says her story is about 'core values'

Longtime Microsoft executive Helen Chiang was made Xbox's first-ever chief operating officer as part of the 'reset' in July, a role that gave her "end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services." Then, just three months later and with virtually no fanfare, she was gone, amidst an anonymous claim that she was "terminated for policy violations."

Saying it was important "to set the record straight," Chiang has now formally denied that claim in a lengthy LinkedIn post, saying she did not:

• "Leak confidential company information to the press"
• "Leave Xbox to join a competitor"
• "Engage in discrimination, bullying, harassment, insider trading, embezzlement, or other fraudulent activity"
• "Leave bec...