Days after Sinatraa showed interest in returning to competitive Valorant, the former Sentinels player revealed in one of his tweets that he skipped a portion of his behavioral training with Riot Games. In a follow-up, Riot Games have retracted its statement after calling it a mistake.
Jay “Sinatraa” Won has decided to make a comeback to VALORANT’s competitive play after he was suspended by the Riot officials for not cooperating with their investigation. Sinatraa was accused of sexual misconduct by his girlfriend Cleo Hernandez who made allegations and posted out an audio clip that indeed confirmed some part of it.
An investigation was then held under the direction of Riot to which Sinatraa never cooperated to the satisfaction of the former and did make some false statements upon being questioned. This did result in the 22-year-old player being suspended from competitive play for a period of six months.
“Sinatraa will be suspended for six months, with time served meaning he will be able to return to the game on 10th September, under the condition that he completes “complete professional conduct training”, read the verdict on Riot’s website.
Sinatraa’s desire to get back in the game indeed sparked a controversy in the community where some were against his decision while the rest laid out a warm welcome back.
However, he was cleared by Riot in January to be able to compete back in the game although Sinatraa never completed his conduct training and was put off the later as a Riot employee felt, Sinatraa would have known the reminder of the details which were to be covered under the traning.
With the above having been tweeted, a sudden backslash from the community indeed erupted against Riot and the Sentinels player, accusing the former for their actions.
John Needham, President of Esports at Riot Games stated that the Competitive operations teams were unaware of the fact that Sinatraa was cleared to compete back and was let off from his training mid-way.
“We have informed Mr Won that contrary to that communication, and in accordance with the competitive ruling, he is required to undergo professional conduct training.
“The training will focus on conducting oneself as a professional, complying with rules and regulations, and complying with investigations,” continued Mr Needham.
