Valorant coach Juv3nile has been banned from aggressive play for a 12 months after droves of ladies stepped ahead and revealed their DMs with him.
36 year-old Preston ‘Juv3nile’ Dornon has been working as a Valorant coach for years, along with his most up-to-date achievement being that he labored with Leviatán throughout their VCT 2024 run that noticed them virtually make it to the Valorant Champions 2024 closing.
Nonetheless, scorching off of this achievement, Juv3nile has been barred from being part of any Riot-sanctioned competitors and is not teaching for World Esports efficient instantly.
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After a number of of the ladies he spoke to place him on blast publicly, Riot investigated the matter and decided that he violated their code of conduct by sending dozens of undesirable advances to ladies, most of which had been of their late teenagers or early 20s.
Juv3nile suspended from Valorant aggressive over DMs
The allegations in opposition to Juv3nile started with allegations in opposition to one other coach, Fantomas, DMing ladies from a smaller area league. The tournaments he participates in haven’t investigated the matter additional, however this dialog prompted ladies to step ahead who had been contacted by the now-former World Esports coach.
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In response to this tweet, a number of ladies claimed they’d obtained the exact same copy and pasted DM from him. Juv3nile had just a few chilly open messages that he’d default to, although he’d additionally use DMs to instantly reply to a tweet and begin a dialog that manner.
“i gotchu, lets duo so I can begin to gasoline gentle you, then I fly you in irl to observe us at riot area,” he mentioned in reply to a tweet.
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There are, nonetheless, some developments with how he’d chilly open. He’d do issues like try to ask in the event that they’d be his “spoiled journey princess”, supply them free teaching, and gloat that he’s “residing in Seoul rn” to try to entice ladies to journey on the market to see him.
The DMs proven usually have him messaging repeatedly over the course of as much as 3-6 months with no reply, with ladies being delay by his advances and sudden affords to fly them the world over at not value. There are literal dozens of those messages revealed within the quote retweets alone, not together with individuals who could not have stepped ahead or could not have even seen a message from him.
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Riot has deemed this to be harassment and a breach of their code of conduct, leading to a year-long ban.
“After cautious consideration of the matter, Juv3nile might be suspended from all Riot-sanctioned esports competitions for 12 months beginning at the moment, 4 April 2025 and might be required to finish an govt coaching centered on conduct, respect, and professionalism,” the assertion reads.
Feedback beneath tweets from ladies who leaked their DMs have had followers operating with it, saying he has “L rizz” and that he’s a “weirdo”.
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“WORST RIZZ EVER” mentioned one consumer.
“nah telling a woman who you dont know at ALLLLLL that youre going to cnc her is legit devious, thats simply gotta be harassment,” mentioned one other consumer.
For reference, CNC means “consensual non-consent”, primarily that means he needed the girl he was DMing to provide him full management over the scenario in the event that they had been ever to satisfy in individual.
Juv3nile has but to talk publicly on this ruling, and his Twitter account has been fairly since March 19, the day ladies started leaking their DMs.
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