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, together with his most up-to-date achievement being that he labored with Leviatán throughout their VCT 2024 run that noticed them nearly make it to the Valorant Champions 2024 ultimate.
Nonetheless, sizzling off of this achievement, Juv3nile has been barred from being part of any Riot-sanctioned competitors and is now 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 towards Juv3nile started with allegations towards 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 method.
“i gotchu, lets duo so I can begin to fuel gentle you, then I fly you in irl to look at us at riot area,” he stated 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 attempt to ask in the event that they’d be his “spoiled journey princess”, provide them free teaching, and gloat that he’s “dwelling in Seoul rn” to attempt to entice ladies to journey on the market to see him.
The DMs proven typically have him messaging repeatedly over the course of as much as 3-6 months with no reply, with ladies being postpone by his advances and sudden presents to fly them internationally 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 will likely be suspended from all Riot-sanctioned esports competitions for 12 months beginning at the moment, 4 April 2025 and will likely be required to finish an govt coaching targeted 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” stated one consumer.
“nah telling a lady who you dont know at ALLLLLL that youre going to cnc her is legit devious, thats simply gotta be harassment,” stated one other consumer.
For reference, CNC means “consensual non-consent”, basically which means he wished the lady he was DMing to provide him full management over the scenario in the event that they had been ever to fulfill 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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