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"Community reaction" yet it is just one guy, but regardless, this section is largely irrelevant fluff, and the only thing to note is ZeRo's current ban status, that can be simply added to the prior section.
(Undid edit by Cookies and Creme: You're really going to need to explain here how stating ZeRo not being welcomed back into the community and showing examples of tournaments he was unbanned from is "straight up misinformation".For that matter why lawsuit's reaction that contains new informations directly on this controversy is not worthy of being here? Video essayists are used all the time on this wiki as sources. Discussion may need to be moved to discussion page.)
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Lastly, he accused Leffen as the biggest instigator during the allegations made against him, as he claimed Leffen lied about ZeRo exchanging hentai with Leffen and Japanese players during {{Trn|Apex 2013}} as well as other fans outside the event without verifying their age. A fan also added an addendum to their statement saying while ZeRo had sent her hentai without confirming their age, they were an adult at the time and also requested ZeRo send it to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SHSLRuby/status/1408539105743474692|title=Clarification on Leffen accusation from fan}}</ref> ZeRo ultimately accused Leffen for profiting off the drama while tarnishing ZeRo's name in the process, and for feigning worry about ZeRo's health after he attempted suicide.  
Lastly, he accused Leffen as the biggest instigator during the allegations made against him, as he claimed Leffen lied about ZeRo exchanging hentai with Leffen and Japanese players during {{Trn|Apex 2013}} as well as other fans outside the event without verifying their age. A fan also added an addendum to their statement saying while ZeRo had sent her hentai without confirming their age, they were an adult at the time and also requested ZeRo send it to them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/SHSLRuby/status/1408539105743474692|title=Clarification on Leffen accusation from fan}}</ref> ZeRo ultimately accused Leffen for profiting off the drama while tarnishing ZeRo's name in the process, and for feigning worry about ZeRo's health after he attempted suicide.  


===Community reaction to ZeRo/Jisu lawsuit conclusion===
Despite these challenges to the allegations and the legal settlement, ZeRo has largely not been welcomed back into the community and remains banned from most tournaments, including being placed on the [[CSRP]]'s Restricted Player Register as of 2024, with them recommending a global ban<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.communitysafetyproject.org/restricted-player-register|title=CSRP's Restricted Player Register}}</ref>. Given the lack of formal legal charges nor any other definitive evidence, however, ZeRo's ban is not universally recognized, with ZeRo having entered some tournaments since that allowed him to attend, such as the [[Florida]] regional [https://www.start.gg/tournament/cirque-3-5-a-florida-regional/events Cirque 3.5], and online tournaments such as the [[Mana Monthly]] series.
{{cleanup|We do not need an entire section regarding just this lawsuit's reaction, especially if it's largely a summary of one person's reaction}}
The community reaction to the conclusion of the lawsuit was widely of skepticism that it has absolved ZeRo of his allegations, with the primary argument<ref name="ZeRo Remorse: The Smash Community's Darkest Secret [1:07:17 - 1:13:19]} ">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCuJ8sUAjJg&ab_channel=BlackWolfCompany|title= ZeRo Remorse: The Smash Community's Darkest Secret [1:07:17 - 1:13:19]}}</ref> being because the lawsuit was settled out of court without a judgment, with no clear winner, the allegations are still left at the same status as before the lawsuit, not helped by the settlements own Joint statement that ZeRo shows,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/zerowondering/status/1568342398400606209|title=EXHIBIT "A" ZeRo and Jisu Joint Statement}}</ref> despite ZeRo stating all allegations were deleted, that the only allegation retracted was the Vanessa allegation, being an allegation that Jisu apologized for and removed from her "evidence document" two years before the lawsuit's conclusion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/JisuArtist/status/1279928026092859392|title= Jisu's apology}}</ref> The other allegations, including Katie's allegation and Jisu's own allegations, were not retracted, with Jisu in her own statement<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909203510/http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss4ite|title= Jisu's closing statement}}</ref> making clear she has not retracted her alleged abuse or recanted the alleged evidence she collected in a google document of ZeRo's alleged abuse victims.
 
The Youtuber BlackWolfCompany would go into detail of the lawsuit in his video<ref name="ZeRo Remorse: The Smash Community's Darkest Secret [1:07:17 - 1:13:19]}" /> where he would pay the clerk fees to get access to  the legal records of the lawsuit. The legal documents would show in response to the lawsuit Jisu's lawyer would file an anti-SLAPP motion leading to 3 of 4 claims for defamation being struck, due to statute of limitations, leading to the only complaint was Jisu's allegation tweet that ZeRo asked a 14-year to send pictures of herself masturbating with ice cubes and offered to fly another minor out to "do that" in a hotel with him. ZeRo's response to these allegations in court was to deny the second allegation but did not mention the first one.  BlackWolfCompany states the court found it odd ZeRo chose to ignore the first of the two allegations, with the court stating that ZeRo did not adequately defend himself against Jisu's statement<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jacobwolf.report/p/zero-former-roommate-jisu-nearing-settlement-defamation-lawsuit|title=ZeRo, Former Roommate Jisu, Nearing Settlement in Defamation Lawsuit}}</ref> by not denying the part of Jisu's statement about soliciting explicit pictures, ZeRo offers no evidence to show Jisu's statement was false. The court let the lawsuit proceed, stating they were giving ZeRo "the benefit of the doubt" assuming that this was a drafting error. The court would give ZeRo an opportunity to amend his complaint to include a rebuttal to ZeRo soliciting explicit pictures. In the amended complaint ZeRo chose to not include denying soliciting explicit pictures.
 
The court case would settle out of court with prejudice. BlackWolfCompany would then say ZeRo's lawsuit has been a failure as it had not proven to refute or recant his allegations, alleging it seemed more designed to disrupt the narrative than to actually win the lawsuit. BlackWolfCompany would further show ZeRo making a statement on Katie where ZeRo denies the allegations and claims he is trying to find katie in order to sue her, then ZeRo claims he has evidence that proves his innocence against these claims but won't show it unless for a lawsuit, further claiming Katie has shown zero evidence. BlackWolfCompany would point out Katie has shown evidence in the past and that it's bizarre that ZeRo claims he has evidence to prove his innocence but will not show it on his large platform in order to clear his name.
 
With the view of ZeRo's allegations having functionally not changed from prelawsuit ZeRo has not been welcomed back into the community<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.communitysafetyproject.org/restricted-player-register|title= Global ban recommendation list}}</ref> and remains a controversial figure. Nevertheless, some believe the court case absolved ZeRo's allegations, particularly from those who are fans of Technicals, where ZeRo would be unbanned from and attend an in-person regional at [https://www.start.gg/tournament/cirque-3-5-a-florida-regional/events Cirque 3.5] and attend some online tournaments, such as the infamous Mana Monthly series.


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