The e-sports team VIRUTOSO hired an 18-year-old player as a pro for the online shooter Valorant , but overlooked an important detail during the background check: When the community raised the alarm, the team dismissed the player. He now swears to change.
This is the situation:
- The North American e-sports team VIRTUOSO was looking for a 5th player for their Valorant team and found him in the only 18-year-old Anthony “Okeanos” Nguyen. An American with Asian roots, he has 722 followers on Twitch and is apparently an excellent Valorant player.
- After the team announced on Friday, November 26, that they hired him, there was backlash from the community. It was claimed that they had hired a “distributor of child pornography”.
- The team subsequently parted ways with the player on Monday, November 29.
16-year-old ex-girlfriend claims player distributed nude pictures of her
What is the accusation against the player? As early as the end of July, a 16-year-old Twitter user made serious allegations against Okeanos. She said she was together with him for about 3 weeks until she ended the relationship because Okeanos wanted to move too quickly without a real connection forming (via twitter).
Okeanos allegedly reached out to many of his and her friends after the relationship ended, expressing how sad he was. She understood that as manipulation to pressure her into taking him back.
The Twitter user further states she is not proud of it, but she sent Okeanos nude photos of herself, repeatedly asking him not to save them but to delete them. He assured her he would, and she believed him. She now describes this as “stupid” and “naive”.
However, a few days later, apparently out of jealousy, he started sending these pictures to various people on the Discord server.
The Twitter user said in June:
- Okeanos is 17 and will turn 18 in November.
- She is now 16 years old.
She is incredibly angry with herself for having put herself in a situation where she is so vulnerable.
This is how the team reacts: When the team was informed about these accusations from July by angry Twitter users, they announced that they would dismiss the player, temporarily withdraw from competition, and look for a new player.
Player says he lost scholarship, is undergoing therapy
This is how Okeanos responds: He says that while he was still 17, he made a “serious error in judgment”. However, he has apologized immediately. Additionally, he has already been doxxed and lost his scholarship at school because what he did also came to light (via twitter).
Okeanos now says he is seeking help and has started therapy with the assistance of the school.
He respects VIRTUOSO’s decision to dismiss him and wants to apologize to the entire community, especially to his ex-girlfriend.
The situation, but not the mistake, reminds of the streamer LunarKats; she was also a professional player for a few days until her past caught up with her:
Twitch streamer becomes pro in Valorant for top team, fired 3 days later
