Global Esports' Juv3nile suspended for 12 months

Author's note: This article has been updated to include information from Riot's ruling on the incident, published on April 11.

Riot Games has suspended Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #50 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista Deryeon Derrick Yee head coach Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon for 12 months beginning April 4, 2025 for potential breaches of its Esports Global Code of Conduct.

The announcement stated that Juv3nile will "be suspended from all Riot-sanctioned esport competitions for 12 months, and he will be required to complete an executive training focused on conduct, respect, and professionalism."

"Based on available evidence, Riot Games determined that Juv3nile's conduct breached Articles 4.1 (General Obligations) and 5.11 (Team Sanctions and the Role of Team Leadership) of the Global Code of Conduct," Riot said in a competitive operations statement released on April 11.

Riot's investigation concluded that Juv3nile sent direct messages to over 60 individuals on social media, with many of the messages including invitations to meet, or suggestive, or potentially inappropriate content.

"Aggravating factors include the volume and persistence of these messages, contact with at least one individual who is identified as a minor, Juv3nile's position as a head coach, and an overall lack of duty of care regarding online safety," Riot said. "As a result, Juv3nile is suspended from all Riot-sanctioned competitions for twelve (12) months, effective April 4, 2025, and is required to complete an executive training on conduct, respect, and professionalism prior to re-entry into the ecosystem."

A statement from Global Esports said: "We respect and support Riot's decision fully. At Global Esports, we believe that accountability and integrity are non-negotiable. No matter how difficult or unfortunate a situation may be, the standards of conduct and professionalism — both inside and outside the game — must be upheld at all times, by coaches, staff & players.

With Juv3nile out of Global's coaching booth for the next twelve months, their coaching staff has been reduced to assistant coach Elevated , and performance coach Patathor8 . Should no head coach be signed before the team's next match, it is believed that Elevated will assume head coaching duties.

With just over two days until their next match at Pacific Stage 1 against DRX DRX Korea Rank #3 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) Estrella Park Gun (박건) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , Global Esports' full roster is now:

Mark "patrickWHO" Musni
Go "UdoTan" Kyung-won (고경원)
Savva "Kr1stal" Fedorov
Kelly "kellyS" Sedillo
Federico "Papi" Evangelista
Derrick "Deryeon" Yee
Vatsal "Vatsal" Uniyal (Manager)
Donnie "Elevated" Chell (Coach)
Cyprien "Patathor8" Schepens (Performance coach)
Hose "taeri" Son (손호세) (Staff)

People saying he just had bad rizz but some of the dms (particularly this one https://x.com/xoskizzy/status/1902548570282025242) go far, far past the line of sexual harassment. It's also very questionable to offer to fly out girls you've never met or had any prior interactions with, unprompted when you have a relative position of power in the community. No one can speak for him regarding his intentions but that's a recipe for extremely inappropriate situations where the girl involved has few options to leave and few options to speak out against someone with higher standing than her if something does happen. At the very least that would make him very irresponsible and lacking in self control and he could use a little time away and some professionalism training.