Former Smash pro ZeRo settles lawsuit after sexual misconduct allegations, appeals Twitch ban – Dexerto

Former Super Smash Bros. pro player Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios has returned following allegations of sexual misconduct and a lawsuit.

Fans of the competitive Super Smash Bros. scene probably know former pro player Gonzalo “ZeRo” Barrios quite well.

After making a massive name for himself with the Smash Bros. community, allegations of sexual misconduct were filed on ZeRo on July 3, 2020, resulting in his removal from the game professionally, as well as an indefinite hiatus from content creation. .

Now, Barrios has returned with a new video on his YouTube channelclaiming that the lawsuit he has been involved in is over and he will return to content creation once more.

Former Smash pro ZeRo returns after settling lawsuit

Barrios released a video on his YouTube channel titled “The Lawsuit Ended”, where he recounted where he has been for the last two years.

Barrios reminded fans that in his video where she addressed the accusation against her, she told her viewers that she was launching a lawsuit against her former roommate Jacqueline ‘Jisu’ Choe, as well as other parties involved.

Barrios confirmed that the lawsuit was now “completely concluded” and bound to the “full details” of the claim.

The document basically explained that Jisu has “completely eliminated” the accusations leveled against him, and that Barrios’ dealings with Jisu “have been fully resolved at this time.”

Barrios then declared that he was not meant to “bring the subject further” before asking his viewers not to harass “any of the parties involved” in the lawsuit.

Barrios then detailed what he has been doing in the last two years without focusing on creating content, as well as his desire to create content again.

Additionally, the former pro confirmed that he is still banned from Twitch, asking his fans to spread the hashtag “UbanZeRoTwitch” on Twitter so the streaming platform takes notice.

In the rest of the video, Barrios discusses his fallout with the Smash Bros. community, as well as his thoughts on his former disclosure of the scene and the role prominent members of the community had to play in the situation.

Although Barrios acknowledges that “there will always be a group of people who will never think that this is enough.” However, he states that he just wants to continue creating content that he is passionate about “in peace.”