Riot Games is reportedly investigating South American Valorant pro Angelo “keznit” Mori for allegedly making racist comments that led to his suspension from a Brazilian Valorant practice Discord server.
Mori is a part of the KRÜ Esports Valorant roster that was suspended from the aforementioned Discord server on February 20th for violating the third rule of the server: “Any kind of prejudice is unacceptable. Racism, homophobia, bullying and derivatives lead to expulsion (kick) and banning.”
According to a recent statement by the KRÜ Esports Twitter handle, the org was reinvited to the server on Tuesday.
“We have resolved the corresponding sanctions internally and, in turn, both teams were warned by the PRACC administration,” the statement reads. “After a good conversation with our Brazilian pairs/partners, the suspension that we’ve received has been lifted.”
Following the incident, Mori put out his own statement on Twitter.
“KRÜ sanctioned me and may ruin my career and I have to keep quiet?” Mori said in his Tweet. “You can tell me that I don’t know how racism affects over there and I apologize for not having thought about that before making the comparison but NEVER put in my head thoughts I don’t have or words I didn’t say.”
According to Lau Agnolin, a journalist with OnlyGames, Riot Games Brazil is “internally evaluating” Mori’s incident.
“Keznit apologized after what happened with the Brazilian player and mentioned that ‘I may lose my career’ because Riot Games is also ‘internally evaluating’ the case, according to the note issued to the Brazilian media,” Angolin said.
