After a storm of criticism from the community, Ocelote had to resign as CEO of G2 Esports because of disrespectful statements to fans to protect Andrew Tate.
According to the source of the journalist neL and confirmed by George Geddes, the writer of dotesports, G2 Esports has officially lost its participation in next year’s franchise in both the Americas and Europe. This decision was made by Riot after an emergency meeting about the drama related to the relationship of Carlos “Ocelote” Rodríguez Santiagos, CEO of G2 with Andrew Tate, a controversial figure in recent times with statements shocking, misleading, and belittling women.
After receiving criticism for attending a party with Andrew Tate, an extremely scandalous figure with a series of false statements and views about women and sexual assault, Ocelote has made a series of counter-Tweet tweets. harsh firearms, showing disrespect to the fans and going against the principles of the G2 Esports organization.
After the relationship was discovered, the G2 Esports organization officially apologized to the community and had penalties for Ocelote, including being temporarily suspended from the CEO position and not receiving salary for 8 days. week. Also according to neL, the participation of G2 will be given to Leviatán, the team that finished 7th-8th at the last VALORANT Champion 2022.
Not only that, G2 Esports has to receive a boycott from the fan community. Facing an unprecedented wave of protests, Ocelote had to announce his departure from his position through a video confiding and apologizing to the community on his personal Twitter.
Many fans of “Central Circus” may feel regret after the CEO who founded G2 Esports left the organization. However, his statements made the community extremely angry and then women’s rights organizations as well as Riot Games themselves had to step in. Although G2 Esports has taken steps to appease the community, they still cannot protect their CEO from the storm of public opinion.