Sinatraa Being Welcomed Back To Valorant Esports Sets A Dangerous Precedent
thegamer.comContent Warning: This article contains references to and brief descriptions of sexual assault.
Jay ‘Sinatraa’ Won yesterday announced his intention to return to Valorant esports, a year after he, in his own words “was forced to step back from competitive play”. In his tweet, he fails to mention the reason why he was banned from professional Valorant: because he failed to cooperate with a police investigation after he was credibly accused of sexual assault.
He allegedly sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend Cleo ‘cle0h’ Hernandez on multiple occasions, with Hernandez providing audio clips of one such assault. She also shared text messages and a personal account of events.
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Hernandez’ Twitter account is no longer active, but her full statement was transcribed by Dot Esports at the time: “When I started dating Jay I got an IUD because he refused to use a condom. The first time we ever slept together I told him I wasn’t on birth control and he could not finish in me. He did it anyways [sic], without my consent.”
As you can read in her statement, Hernandez also accused Won of guilt tripping her when she declined sex, and sometimes “he’d just push himself on [her] anyways.”
Won denied all accusations in a Twitlonger post: “It is clear from Cleo’s recent post that she recalls our relationship differently than I do. What we do agree on is that it was unhealthy for the both of us. I apologize to Cleo and regret how things ended, but I never assaulted her in any way. I am fully cooperating with the investigations and providing the full audio and video clips Cleo referenced in her post.”
However, he was later suspended by Riot for failing to
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