Dota 2 caster Tobiwan accused of sexual harassment, draws flak from community
Following the events of sexual harassment accounted for Grant “GranDGranT” Harris, professionals in the DOTA 2 scene expressed their disdain towards such acts.
One of those was Toby “TobiWan” Dawson, as he expressed in a tweet, “This is sickening to the core…anyone involved in such actions should be held accountable.”
This is sickening to the core…anyone involved in such actions should be held accountable.
To the many men in the gaming community, read this story & learn from it, so that you can both not be a participant and also protect those under attack. https://t.co/bKfRA605aJ
— Toby Dawson 托比道森 (@TobiWanDOTA) June 23, 2020
It wasn’t long when members of the community called out Toby on his own acts regarding sexual harassment. The replies were to make sure Toby comes clean on all his actions regarding the situation he made comments on.
@TobiWanDOTA Take responsibility for the hostile environment that YOU helped create, Toby.
I get you’re trying to be a better dude now, but you have done damage. You need to be honest about that to move forward.— 707 in a sun dress hacking police radios coz BLM (@cofactorstrudel) June 25, 2020
Tobi, recognize your own actions and better yourself – we know you aren’t innocent
— Catch-22 (@SuneSorento) June 23, 2020
In a Twitlonger post, Toby narrates the events of his alleged sexual harassment incidents; he disclosed only one of the three personalities involved as the other two wished to remain in anonymity.
Please read my thoughts following the experiences shared over the last weeks.
Read: https://t.co/uLzSMzOzAJ
— Toby Dawson 托比道森 (@TobiWanDOTA) June 25, 2020
Following the controversy, Beyond the Summit TV (BTS) blacklisted the caster, which also means that he will no longer be casting with the current tournaments BTS is hosting.
Recent allegations of sexual assault and misconduct have come out against Toby. We believe them. We won’t be working with him in the future.
— LD (@LDeeep) June 25, 2020
Furthermore, Valve has removed all of TobiWan’s voice lines in the TI10 Battle Pass.