After sexual harassment allegations were brought forward against popular Overwatch moderator UncleSwagg, he was removed from many moderation positions and received huge backlash from the community.





The allegations came from Cher Scarlett, former Blizzard employee and current technical lead at Starbucks. Uncleswagg then responded with a statement of his own. However, before this statement UncleSwagg was upset by the lack of communication from Blizzard's end.

I got demodded without notice from @PlayOverwatch & @overwatchleague after the CM stepped down. I couldn't moderate, just advised the CM privately, but w/e fine.



I'm also demodded from Contenders.. EXCEPT for the rest of MY mod team? Who decided this? Where's the communication!? — Uncleswagg  (@Uncleswagg) March 7, 2018

Since then, Blizzard came out with a statement to Dotesports on the subject.





"Uncleswagg has never been an employee at Blizzard," Blizzard said. "He was part of a community-driven moderation team, which is currently being dissolved in favor of an in-house team. Overwatch is committed to building a community that is welcoming and inclusive for all players and fans. Harassment is something that Blizzard, the Overwatch League, and the Overwatch team takes very seriously, and we will not hesitate to remove these players from our community."





According to the statement, Blizzard is hoping to sever all ties with Uncleswagg and create a new foundation for moderators in their community. They cannot be blamed for this decision as the community is outraged with Uncleswagg and that outrage could cause a backlash towards Blizzard.

Regarding @Uncleswagg’s removal as moderator - disgusting behavior https://t.co/8pkK3UKO03 — Joshy Sutherland (@AskJoshy) March 9, 2018

Blizzard will continue to work towards cleaning this mess up in hopes for their community to be able to move past this awful situation.