Clid removed from HLE starting lineup over sexual harassment allegations

Once again, a professional esports player from League of Legends is accused of sexual harassment in recent weeks. We are talking specifically about Kim “Clid” Tae-min, the starting jungler of Hanwha Life Esports, who was removed from the team’s starting lineup due to these allegations.

These accusations are becoming more and more common in recent times, and teams have to take matters into their own hands regarding their players. In addition to having doctors and physical trainers in an organization, there should be counselors and psychologists to help players daily.

Clid out of HLE lineup over sexual harassment allegations

In the last few hours, it became known that HLE jungler Clid would not be part of the team’s lineup in their game against Dplus KIA on June 28. All this resulted from the different accusations of sexual harassment that became known on June 27.

On the other hand, the team’s backup, Jo “Grizzly” Seung-hoon, made his official LCK debut in place of Clid.

2023 #LCK Summer Regular Season Week 4 Day 1

Starting for @HLEofficial (4-2)

Kingen
Grizzly *
Zeka
Viper
Life

Starting for @DplusKIA (3-3)

Canna
Canyon
ShowMaker
Deft
Kellin

*Making his debut in the LCK

— KORIZON (@KorizonEsports) June 28, 2023

So far, neither HLE nor the LCK have made any statement regarding the player’s absence in this match, but it is obviously due to the serious allegations against Clid. On the other hand, the 23-year-old Korean has also not responded to these claims accusing him of sexual harassment of two girls in the community. However, the player agency Shadow Corporation, representing Clid, is “sincerely apologizing” on Clid’s behalf.

안녕하세요. 쉐도우 코퍼레이션입니다.

클리드 선수를 대변해서 대변해서 입장문을 발표합니다.
시즌 중 여러분께 못난 모습을 모습을 보여드린 점 진심으로 죄송합니다. 최대한 사실확인 후 정확하게 말씀드리고자 시간이 지체되어 더욱 송구스럽습니다.
그러는 중에 사실과 다른 내용들까지 무분별하게 온라인에… pic. twitter.com/LL3MZDqF52

— Shadow Corporation (eSports Agency, Valorant Team) (@ShadowCorpAgent) June 28, 2023

Clid accused of sexual harassment

While it is true that HLE made the radical decision to remove him from the starting lineup for now, Shadow Corporation will not take any retaliation against Clid. Recall that two fans accuse the 23-year-old player of sexual harassment. In addition, the girls allege that Clid sent different, completely explicit messages through KakaoTalk (a Korean app similar to Facebook). However, the alleged victims say that they never met Clid in person, but the messages Clid allegedly sent are disturbing.

The first victim posted screenshots on his Twitter account named seoyeon67206575, where sexual comments by Clid are seen. However, the victim asked Clid to stop saying such things, and the 23-year-old HLE player retracted, saying that those messages were “loving.”

롤 프로게이머 한화e스포츠 소속 팀인 ‘클리드’ 라는 분이랑 연락 하면서 성희롱을 당했습니다. 이어 타래에 캡쳐본 더 추가하도록 하겠습니다. 저와 클리드씨는 인스타그램으로 처음 연락 하게되었고 제 스토리에 스토리에 좋아요를 누르셔서 알게되었습니다. 그러다 제가 디엠을 잘 안보자, 카톡을 하게되었고 pic.twitter.com/cb78U9JwEE

— 서연 (@seoyeon67206575) June 26, 2023

The second plaintiff, erica_ahri, also shared on her Twitter account different screenshots with messages received (very similar, by the way) on Facebook in January 2022. She further stresses that she was a minor then and that Clid knew perfectly well.

안녕하세요 저도 당해서 본계로 본계로 글을 올립니다
2022년 1월19일 페이스북을 통해 연락이 왔고 왔고 자신이 자신이 프로게이머 라고 알려주었습니다 저런 저런 연락이 지속 되다 2월 초반쯤 갑작스럽게 연락을 끊었습니다 지금도 연락을 보내면 보긴 하지만 전 정말 사랑했고 저 뿐만이 아닌 사실에 충격을 받았습니다 https://t.co/Jec1YU5Mwf pic.twitter.com/HmOcOxupeL

— えりか:에리카🍓 (@erica_ahri) June 27, 2023

After all this, it is unclear what will be the duration of Clid away from HLE’s starting lineup. The team played against Dplus KIA last June 28 with a substitute, and the next game will be on July 2 against Gen.G.

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