{"id":5972,"date":"2020-06-27T07:09:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T07:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/blizzard-employee-denies-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-with-underage-girl"},"modified":"2024-07-19T20:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:13:31","slug":"blizzard-employee-denies-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-with-underage-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/blizzard-employee-denies-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-with-underage-girl","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard employee denies allegations of sexual misconduct with underage girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

As more stories surrounding the toxic culture in the gaming and esports industries come to light, with horrifying recounts by the victims of sexual assault and predatory behaviour with most recently EU LCS caster Joe Miller getting accused of sexual misconduct<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Now, a Blizzard employee finds himself partially denying the accusations made against him, specifically one that revolved around grooming a minor. Blinky, most recently a product manager for Overwatch Open Division was allegedly trading nude pictures with a 14-year-old girl, a situation he immediately denied in his response via Twitter.<\/p>\n

“There’s one additional story about a minor which is a COMPLETE fabrication. I have never even talked to someone this age in this way, once, ever in my life. A couple of people in-game would call me ‘pedo’ last year, and I always thought it was just because they didn’t like me.”<\/p>\n

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The accusations against him made by former Overwatch pro turned Valorant coach Phaz, claim that Blinky “was a pedophile who was exchanging nudes with a 14-year-old girl. Friends of the girl knew this and when they saw him in-game they called him a pedo in all chat. [sic]”<\/p>\n

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Blinky was a pedophile who was exchanging nudes with a 14 year old girl. Friends of the girl knew this and when they saw him in game they called him a pedo in all chat. Later that same week her friends (also underage) received phone calls FROM BLINKY threatening to sue\/ban them.<\/p>\n

— Phaz (@Phazahp) June 26, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n