Jeff Leach apologizes following sexism allegations: \u201cI am\u2026ashamed\u201d Twitter: Jeff LeachCall of Duty voice actor and comedian Jeff Leach has apologized to the gaming community following allegations of sexism earlier in May. Leach, who voiced Ghost, has lost his Facebook Gaming partnership and his role with Call of Duty, among other sponsors. After clips of Jeff Leach being sexist to a fellow Facebook Gaming streamer surfaced earlier in May, others have come forward with their own allegations of harassment against the Call of Duty voice actor. Twitch streamer Natalie \u2018ZombiUnicorn\u2019 Casanova claimed she was harassed by Leach in 2017, which allegedly led to his ban from the platform. Jeff Leach has now addressed the allegations leveled against him. The streamer, who has since lost his partnership with Facebook Gaming, apologized for his \u201coutbursts\u201d of \u201cvitriolic language.\u201d \u201cI am deeply sorry but also ashamed,\u201d he said in a May 14 statement, issued by his lawyers and shared on Twitter. \u201cPassion can be a double-edged sword. Foremost, I am deeply passionate about creating great work, sharing that work with my audience and using it to lift, entertain, educate and connect more closely to my community. That will never change. \u201cOn the other end of the passion spectrum, I have also reacted passionately in situations where I felt attacked, targeted or harassed and I have very occasionally lost control.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffleach\/status\/1393301546578980867 While Leach didn\u2019t address any of the allegations specifically, he made a blanket statement of remorse. \u201cI\u2019m remorseful for misrepresenting my true intentions and apologize to the individuals and the business partners that I may have negatively impacted by these outbursts,\u201d he said. \u201cThis includes my incredible supporters, moderators who have worked so tirelessly to protect our little online community and the companies who extended opportunity and trust to me and whom I have let down.\u201d Activision told Dexerto on May 8 that they will no longer be working with Jeff Leach. They also banned his Warzone account for an extra 21 days. \u201cSexism has no place in our industry, our games or in society,\u201d a spokesperson said. Facebook Gaming also confirmed with Dexerto on May 12 that Jeff Leach is no longer partnered with the platform. \u201cWe expect our Facebook Gaming partners to model a high standard of conduct. We have ended our contract with Jeff Leach and terminated his partner status with Facebook Gaming,\u201d it said. Sponsors Team Kitch and Sneak Energy have also cut ties with the voice actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jeff Leach apologizes following sexism allegations: \u201cI am\u2026ashamed\u201d Twitter: Jeff LeachCall of Duty voice actor and comedian Jeff Leach has apologized to the gaming community following allegations of sexism earlier in May. Leach, who voiced Ghost, has lost his Facebook Gaming partnership and his role with Call of Duty, among other sponsors. After clips of […]<\/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-51859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51859","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=51859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}