TobiWan banned from casting Beyond the Summit over sexual harassment allegations

Toby “TobiWan” Dawson is one of the most popular casters of the Dota 2 esports arena. Now, he is one of the accused in a wave of protests against sexual harassment.

Following a lot of pressure from women in the Dota 2 community, who have admitted to being sexually harassed by TobiWan in the past, Beyond the Summit co-owner David “LD” Gorman announced on Twitter that the North American studio will no longer cooperate with TobiWan.

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

Recently, TobiWan posted an apology letter (but deleted) to control the disasters created by his actions. The move backfired when the community started calling for him to come out with the people he’d mistreated over the years.

Toby I personally have heard more than a few accusations against you, all of which I believe. I hope you would have addressed them in this and offered.

— CartDota (@Cartdota) June 25, 2020

As a result, TobiWan posted a second TweetLonger naming and recalling what happened with the apology sent to each case. The full article can be read below.

Earlier today I tried to write a response to the women who have been speaking out about what has happened to (cont) https://t.co/BQuCMMSETz

— Toby Dawson (@TobiWanDOTA) June 25, 2020

However, things took a turn for the worse when Dota cosplayer Meruna said on TweetLonger that she was not contacted by TobiWan and said the following: “The person who couldn’t accept the word ‘No’ and started lewd behavior with her me, contrary to what I say, is Toby “TobiWan” Dawson.”

TobiWan did not take No for an answer

Read: https://t.co/BW27U40gJV

— Meruna (@Meruna_) June 25, 2020

What makes things worse is the fact that Meruna is in a long-term relationship with Troels “syndereN” Nielsen. He and Tobi were once considered a typical cast duo since The International 2012.

Just like @DotACapitalist, I believed he was just socially awkward. This, however, is just completely unable.

My plead to everyone: please, listen to victims and try to understand how difficult it is to deal with issues like these.

Thank you.https://t.co/WZQPt6uxwY

— Troels Nielsen (@syndereNDota) June 25, 2020