[hkes_show_google_ad] Former Tainted Minds coach Nick “Inero” Smith has alleged that the organization severely mistreated some of its League of Legends players, telling PVP Live’s James “Obscurica” Chen that it attempted to bar them from leaving the org. According to Inero, the team house was often without power over a period of two months. Other complaints included bad computers that crashed too often to play on, a lack of air conditioning and mold growth in the house. Inero told PVP Live that the team missed two weeks of scrims because of the computer issues. The team then allegedly contacted a lawyer to legally terminate their contacts, before reportedly being told by Tainted Minds on Feb. 17 that they were still under contract to the org. A representative for Jessep Entertainment and Sports Lawyers confirmed for theScore esports that the firm is representing a group of players in a contract dispute against Tainted Minds, but was unable to provide further clarification on the specific players involved and the nature of the dispute. Inero told PVP Live the players’ lawyer has told them that their contracts are legally terminated, and that they are “are not bound to represent Tainted Minds any further.” However, all players who have played for Tainted Minds this split are still listed as being signed to Tainted Minds on Riot’s Global Contract Database. While PVP Live’s report does not specify which players are in the dispute with Tainted Minds, Ryan “ShorterACE” Nget, Aaron “ChuChuZ” Bland, Tristan “Cake” Côté-Lalumière and Andrew “Rosey” Rose did not play in any of Tainted Minds 2017 OPL Split 1 Week 5 games. Inero told PVP Live that on Feb. 18, Tainted Minds had 13 players signed to the org on the database, despite Riot’s official rules stating that teams can only have 10 players signed to the roster. Inero also claims that after the players’ lawyer contacted Riot Oceania’s head of esports with regards to Tainted Minds’ alleged breaches of contract, Riot updated the Global Contract Database to put Tainted Minds in the right. The database currently only lists 10 players on Tainted Minds, and states it was last updated on Feb 19th. Inero told PVP Live that this is a sign that Riot is covering up for Tainted Minds, as he claims to have a screenshot of the database from Feb. 20 that says it was last updated on Feb. 16. Tainted Minds has yet to make a public statement on the matter. [hkes_show_google_ad]