CSGO pro bruttJ\u2019s family sues former team for negligence after his death CBCSThe family of Matheus \u2018bruttJ\u2019 Queiroz is suing his former teams, Team Reapers and Imperial Esports, for negligence after claiming he was forced to play in pain, and the team houses provided to players were not \u201cadequate.\u201d 19-year-old bruttJ passed away in December 2019 due to \u201chealth complications\u201d reported by his team Imperial Esports. The player had taken a hiatus off CS:GO 10 days before his passing, which has been linked to a brain infection, as reported by Brazilian news site UOL. Now, his family is suing his former teams, Team Reapers and Imperial Esports, for negligence, claiming poor living conditions in the team house were the reason for the player\u2019s death. N\u00e3o existem palavras que conforte a dor da perda, voc\u00ea ficar\u00e1 para sempre em nossos cora\u00e7\u00f5es. Essa final vai ser por voc\u00ea!#JogandoPeloBrutt pic.twitter.com\/ndkjYEgDCq\u2014 Imperial Sportsbet.io (@imperialesports) December 16, 2019 According to a news report by UOL, bruttJ suffered from \u201csevere headaches, constant vomiting, and loss of vision\u201d after moving into Team Reapers\u2019 house in August 2019. Other players on bruttJ\u2019s team reported also feeling nauseous, and suspected the cause could have been from the water supply. \u201cSome people had intestinal problems, but we\u2019re not sure if it was because of the water or the food,\u201d said a former player. The problems continued when he swapped teams to Imperial in November 2019. bruttJ\u2019s mother claimed the players had difficulty resting due to the house\u2019s proximity to a local airport, and there were constant food shortages. After reporting the issues to management, the players eventually moved out, but bruttJ passed away because of complications just days later. Imperial did offer around $150 USD to support the family\u2019s medical costs, before sending $1,000 after his death. Among the accusations are not supplying the team with proper housing, enough food, a clean living environment, and more. The Org has responded and denied all accusations made by Bruttj’s mother. \u2014 Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) April 15, 2020 However, the family believes the negligence of both teams caused bruttJ\u2019s death, and have filed a labor claim against both Imperial and Reapers. \u201cThere is a lot of evidence that reveals the lack of adequate health conditions in the gaming house,\u201d the lawyer representing the family told UOL. \u201cAbove all, there is even more robust evidence that the teams did not provide healthcare to the player and failed to act when events under their responsibility were indicated.\u201d Imperial have denied the allegations, stating the conditions of the team house didn\u2019t contribute to the player\u2019s death, as he was only there for 15 days. They also stated they worked with the family to find a solution, but couldn\u2019t get one in time. Team Reapers have also knocked back the accusations, telling UOL that while bruttJ was living in the team house he showed \u201cno symptoms\u201d of any illness. There is no set date for the case, at the time of writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO pro bruttJ\u2019s family sues former team for negligence after his death CBCSThe family of Matheus \u2018bruttJ\u2019 Queiroz is suing his former teams, Team Reapers and Imperial Esports, for negligence after claiming he was forced to play in pain, and the team houses provided to players were not \u201cadequate.\u201d 19-year-old bruttJ passed away in December […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}