A coach accused of sexual harassment has now left Serbian esports organisation Rising Hope, it's been confirmed. Earlie…
However, Rising Hope has now confirmed Simons is no longer a member of the esports organisation.
"We very much regret that such an action was taken by one of our members, we want to make it clear that we did not receive enough information, as some members of the organisation withheld it from the general management," reads a tweet from Rising Hope. The post also states that"everyone involved in this incident has been fined", and apologises to former players and"the entire community".1)Simons is no longer a member of our organisation /We apologize to our former players and the entire community.That said, Jehiel's statement details how she and the team spoke to Rising Hope co-owner Lazar, who initially wanted to keep Simons as he is"a big star".
She wrote:"Next step, we approached Lazar, one of the co-owners of Rising Hope and told him what had happened. We opened up the discussion of having Simons out of the team because of what he did. We told Lazar that if he didn't take out Simons, we would be the ones to leave the org.
The Rising Hope apology comes days after it announced the launch of its Rising Hope University offering opportunities with a professional esports coach - an opportunity not open to women as"this time we are only recruiting men".To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
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