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Massive DreamHack Drama with Richard Lewis & Jonathan 'Loda' Berg
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Lewis kinda made a joke about sleeping with Loda's girlfriend and put it out on social media. Loda got offended and they tweet fought, Lewis told him to come to the backstage and do something about it. When he did conflicting info is coming out of who assaulted who first but from the sounds of it Richard Lewis won't be going back to DreamHack again after this incident.
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TL;DR
Lewis kinda made a joke about sleeping with Loda's girlfriend and put it out on social media. Loda got offended and they tweet fought, Lewis told him to come to the backstage and do something about it. When he did conflicting info is coming out of who assaulted who first but from the sounds of it Richard Lewis won't be going back to DreamHack again after this incident.
Can someone tell the groupie I kicked out of bed this morning that she left her sign. pic.twitter.com/xbZnpVd2Vx
— Richard Lewis (@RLewisReports) November 28, 2015DreamHacks official Announcement:
Violence and any forms of harassment have no place in the gaming community, and at DreamHack events.
During the afternoon today at DreamHack Winter 2015 there was an incident at the CS:GO backstage area, where Loda and Richard Lewis were involved in verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation. The situation was witnessed by DreamHack staff, who intervened and pulled both parties apart when the confrontation began. After cooling down the situation, DreamHack Security Crew was called to the site, and took official statements of the involved the parties. DreamHack also notified Police that came to the location to take statements from both parties and witnesses.
It is of the utmost importance for DreamHack to operate an event in which all visitors, staff, exhibitors, and competitors can feel safe. All parties, DreamHack, Richard Lewis and Loda deeply regret that an environment existed in which this situation occurred, and that the confrontation escalated as it did. All parties have jointly talked with DreamHack Security Crew, as well as police and believe the best actions are to put aside our differences and come together to move forward with the conclusion of DreamHack Winter 2015.
We hope that all event visitors and online viewers will focus on the positive activities and all the great ongoings of the event this weekend.
DreamHack
Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg
Richard Lewis
During the afternoon today at DreamHack Winter 2015 there was an incident at the CS:GO backstage area, where Loda and Richard Lewis were involved in verbal dispute that escalated into a physical confrontation. The situation was witnessed by DreamHack staff, who intervened and pulled both parties apart when the confrontation began. After cooling down the situation, DreamHack Security Crew was called to the site, and took official statements of the involved the parties. DreamHack also notified Police that came to the location to take statements from both parties and witnesses.
It is of the utmost importance for DreamHack to operate an event in which all visitors, staff, exhibitors, and competitors can feel safe. All parties, DreamHack, Richard Lewis and Loda deeply regret that an environment existed in which this situation occurred, and that the confrontation escalated as it did. All parties have jointly talked with DreamHack Security Crew, as well as police and believe the best actions are to put aside our differences and come together to move forward with the conclusion of DreamHack Winter 2015.
We hope that all event visitors and online viewers will focus on the positive activities and all the great ongoings of the event this weekend.
DreamHack
Jonathan ‘Loda’ Berg
Richard Lewis
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