League Of Legends Coach "Literally Asked Everyone For Money"
The esports group Team SoloMid just fired its League of Legends coach Zhang Yi over allegations of “conflict of interest and unethical practices.” Zhang Yi who is also known as Peter has enjoyed a long career in esports, working with Team Liquid, Echo Fox, and LMQ before joining Team SoloMid over a year ago.
"We were recently made aware of very serious allegations of conflict of interest and unethical practices against League of Legends coach Peter Zhang,” Team SoloMid said in a statement. “After an initial investigation, we have terminated him effective immediately. We are working with external legal counsel to complete a full investigation."
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Team SoloMid has not given any specific details about the allegations, but colleagues of Zhang Yi have been coming forward with all sorts of surprising stories. Yiliang Peng for example claims that Zhang Yi “asked me to loan him $70,000. He said his grandma had cancer and she's dying in the hospital. He needs to pay the hospital bill, which is $70,000, and he doesn't have the money yet, but he will have the money at the end of the month and then he'll pay me back." Yiliang Peng spent most of his career as a League of Legends player with Team SoloMid before leaving the group in November, 2021.
Yiliang Peng pointed out that Zhang Yi frequently asked his teammates for money. "Without naming any names, this guy literally asked everyone for money. And the story was different every single time," Yiliang Peng remarked. "So, he told me that he needed $70,000. He told someone else he needed $200,000. He told someone else he only needed $10,000. For me, he told me his grandma needed an operation. For someone else, he told them his
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