Former League of Legends coach Lorcan ‘Lorcz’ Elliott has been sentenced to 4 years and eight months in jail for a number of counts of intercourse offenses associated to kids.
The 25-year-old British coach admitted to 22 offenses and to having a whole bunch of inappropriate photos of youngsters. Elliott was charged on August 12.
He began his League of Legends teaching profession in 2020 with native groups reminiscent of Nuclear Storm, London Esports, and NVision Esports. Elliot finally labored his method into the esport’s second tier with Giants and its Academy group as an analyst and coach.
In late 2022, Elliot signed on as an analyst for FlyQuest’s Academy and finally its Challengers group. He left the group in November 2023 and has not coached for a group since.
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The aggressive League of Legends group condemned the previous coach and analyst after the costs towards him have been made public. Jake ‘DonJake’ Morley, the co-owner of a British League group, spoke about interacting with Elliot within the years main as much as his arrest.
“Identified this man for over 5 years, went to dinner with him with a bunch of UK esports individuals. Used to play video games with him years and years in the past. Such a mind-f**ok,” he mentioned on social media.
Michael ‘Veteran’ Archer, a League of Legends analyst and streamer, additionally confirmed Elliot had deep roots within the scene.
“Simply to pre-empt anyone about to slam a ‘anticipate the outcomes of the trial’ or no matter, however Lorcz himself isn’t actively denying it. He admits it and says he’s been searching for assist at the moment.”
“This occurred, nearly everyone within the UK scene has had contact with him in some unspecified time in the future,” he mentioned on August 14 on social media.
The Choose who handed down the sentence on September 4 mentioned the previous League of Legends coach was responsible of “foul on-line habits” that oldsters typically concern their kids will stumble onto, in line with BBC.
