Veteran host Redeye walks away from esports following abuse accusations ESLBritish commentator Paul \u2018Redeye\u2019 Chaloner has announced his retirement from esports after abuse accusations were made against him by fellow host James Banks. Redeye is known for his commentary in games such as Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 2, and Starcraft 2. He has broadcast in many countries since his start in 2002, and in both 2018 and 2019, hosted Dota 2\u2019s The International tournament. The 48-year-old announced his retirement on June 29, citing the \u201cattacks on his character\u201d as the reason for his leaving. He called the allegations a \u201cmix of half-truths\u201d that he may have been able to deal with until his children were brought into it. He also claimed that while his mental health was already in a bad state due to the lockdown, these recent accusations have caused him to come close to \u201ctaking his own life\u201d \u2013 and also added that stepping away was only way he was going to \u201csurvive.\u201d Following the attacks made on my character over the last few days, I have decided to walk away from esports. pic.twitter.com\/mWHFVG9VJb \u2014 Paul Chaloner (@PaulChaloner) June 29, 2020 On June 27, caster and host James Banks accused Redeye and his agency Code Red esports of \u201cabuse of power\u201d and threatening his career and journalists who tried to tell the story. Banks has been involved in the Counter-Strike scene for many years, and is an established host and presenter. Additionally, he claimed that Redeye went out of his way to stop him from being hired, going so far as contacting tournament organizers and telling them not to use him. He also included screenshots of others within the industry claiming to have suffered verbal abuse or had their careers held back because of him. The Truth about Paul \u2018Redeye\u2019 Chaloner\u2019s abuse of power verbally & physically in the esports\/gaming industry while his company Code Red threaten & blackmail me if I release the information: https:\/\/t.co\/WAiVRMw9f8 \u2014 James Banks \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@BanKsEsports) June 27, 2020 Redeye went on to deny the allegations in his own document, but after that, Banks posted more allegations detailing more abuse. \u201cFurther information on Paul \u2018Redeye\u2019 Chaloner & Luke Cotton. Info on his court case including Redeye\u2019s trial for child abuse & assault. I am leaving this all for the journalists to work with and will help them contact the people involved,\u201d Banks tweeted, along with a link to the document. Bringing up the court case, of which Redeye was found not guilty, seems to have been the last straw for Chaloner as he retired shortly thereafter. Before closing the chapter of his 18-year career in esports, Redeye gave an apology to those he might have wronged in the past. \u201cI would like to offer those who I have not treated very well an apology,\u201d he said. \u201cI never intended to upset you and hope that you have long and successful careers.\u201d He said he would be learning from this exchange to better himself, but noted any change that comes from it will follow into his new career outside of the esports industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Veteran host Redeye walks away from esports following abuse accusations ESLBritish commentator Paul \u2018Redeye\u2019 Chaloner has announced his retirement from esports after abuse accusations were made against him by fellow host James Banks. Redeye is known for his commentary in games such as Counter-Strike, Call of Duty 2, and Starcraft 2. He has broadcast in […]<\/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-66916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916","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=66916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}