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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.  


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], whose organizers allowed ZeRo to attend after believing he deserved a second chance,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/Theorlandogg/status/1812986333331099875|title=Cirque 3.5's response to inviting ZeRo}}</ref> and online tournaments such as the [[Mana Monthly]] series, a series specifically held for players the organizer believed were "unjustly" banned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/themanalord/status/1827094486025208110|title=TheManaLord on his tournaments}}</ref>
The community's reaction to the conclusion of the lawsuit was widely consensus of skepticism that it has absolved ZeRo of his allegations from the lack of court judgement, Jisu not recanting the accusations or her own accusations, or admitting fault, in the joint statement<ref>[https://imgur.com/a/PPXLYX8 ZeRo and Jisu Joint Statement]</ref> or in her own statement.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220909203510/http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss4ite Jisu Statement]</ref> With the only fault Jisu admitted to was for an accusation she publicly apologized for two years before the lawsuit's conclusion.<ref>[https://x.com/JisuArtist/status/1279928026092859392 Jisu apology to Vanessa]</ref> In addition to ZeRo failing to successfully defend accusations he accused as slander in court.<ref>[https://www.jacobwolf.report/p/zero-former-roommate-jisu-nearing-settlement-defamation-lawsuit Legal focused news article on the lawsuit]</ref>
<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCuJ8sUAjJg&ab_channel=BlackWolfCompany Video Essay on the lawsuit containing court documents [1:07:17 - 1:13:19].]</ref>
 
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> Despite the global ban recommendation ZeRo was able to enter 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], whose organizers allowed ZeRo to attend after believing he deserved a second chance, though after backlash from the community they would state "We know now that this was a lapse in judgement" and re-banned him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/Theorlandogg/status/1812986333331099875|title=Cirque 3.5's response to inviting ZeRo}}</ref> and online tournaments such as the [[Mana Monthly]] series, a series specifically held for players the organizer believed were "unjustly" banned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/themanalord/status/1827094486025208110|title=TheManaLord on his tournaments}}</ref>


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