Banks responds to claims that FaZe Clan broke the law by signing H1ghSky1 Banks \/ YouTubeFaZe Clan co-owner Ricky \u2018Banks\u2018 Banks has denied claims that the organization broke the law by signing Fortnite streamer H1ghsky1, despite reportedly only being 11-years-old \u2013 not 13 as originally claimed. Since the revelation that the player and organization allegedly lied about his age, H1ghsky1\u2019s Twitch and Twitter accounts have both been suspended, with the age requirement for both websites at 13. The young streamer is now broadcasting live on YouTube instead \u2013 although his mother must always be present in the room. H1ghsky1 was reportedly only 11 when he signed for FaZe \u2013 under the required age for both Twitter and Twitch. The allegations about H1ghsky1\u2019s real age originally came from Tfue\u2019s lawsuit against FaZe Clan, which was included as supporting evidence that the organization was not being run in a professional manner. Tfue\u2018s lawsuit claims that FaZe pressured the then 11-year-old aspiring pro player, and his family, into lying about his age, in order to secure his signature. However, in a series of Tweets on June 10, Banks denies that any of their dealings with H1ghsky1 were unlawful, after KEEMSTAR was willing to bet $10,000 that no laws had been broken. Banks calls Highsky1 deal \u201cbulletproof\u201d KEEMSTAR had been arguing with Fortnite YouTuber \u2018The Fortnite Guy\u2019 over FaZe Clan\u2019s recruitment of the player, and Tfue\u2019s decision to make the allegations initially. Banks also responded, distancing FaZe Clan\u2019s involvement in H1ghsky1\u2019s decision to stream on Twitch, and once again reaffirming that no laws had been broken. \u201cAllowed Highsky to steam and play in the World Cup\u201d what ru even saying dude? I\u2019ve ignored and ignored you but it\u2019s starting to get annoying. 1) Highskys agreement with us is bulletproof and there\u2019s absolutely no laws being broken. 2) We have 0 control in what he does everyday \u2014 FaZe Banks (@Banks) June 11, 2019 When challenged on H1ghsky1\u2019s plan to represent FaZe at the World Cup (which players must also be at least 13 to take part in), Banks said that ultimately it was up to the player\u2019s parents. So the fuck what? Highsky was doing his own thing, streaming\/ playing before we came in the picture. We loved him, brought him in and just supported what he was doing. If his parents are 100% ok with it and they\u2019ve made the decision as a family to do that, who the fuck am I? \u2014 FaZe Banks (@Banks) June 11, 2019 Finally, the FaZe co-owner reveals that competing organizations, including Team SoloMid, where also attempting to secure H1ghsky1\u2019s signature, and that if it wasn\u2019t them to sign the young star, it would have been another brand. Highsky was a signature away from signing with TSM along with a handful of other orgs. Again you don\u2019t know even half of what you think you know lol \u2014 FaZe Banks (@Banks) June 11, 2019 The North American team also have another lawsuit from 2018 still ongoing, as failed social media platform Hubrick is apparently seeking over $1 million in damages, after FaZe members allegedly raided their corporate offices in the night. H1ghsky1\u2019s future with FaZe Clan is now unclear, although with the Tfue and Hubrick lawsuits looming overhead, he isn\u2019t even the biggest of the organization\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Banks responds to claims that FaZe Clan broke the law by signing H1ghSky1 Banks \/ YouTubeFaZe Clan co-owner Ricky \u2018Banks\u2018 Banks has denied claims that the organization broke the law by signing Fortnite streamer H1ghsky1, despite reportedly only being 11-years-old \u2013 not 13 as originally claimed. Since the revelation that the player and organization allegedly […]<\/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-44837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44837","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=44837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}