In a Facebook post yesterday afternoon, Ian “Eikelmann” Mooney announced that he would be taking an indefinite leave from the competitive Smash scene. This announcement comes after leaders of the Colorado Melee scene publicly announced that Eikelmann would be banned from their local scene, releasing a Google document containing statements from the player’s former partners (themselves members of the Smash scene) detailing years of physical and emotional abuse at Eikelmann’s hands alongside the player’s threatening or disrespectful behavior at tournaments.

Since gaining notoriety through the Apex 2015 Salty Suite, where he lost a highly publicized set to Jason “Bizzarro Flame” Yoon in spectacular fashion, Eikelmann has become a relatively well-known smasher. Over the years, he’s gained a reputation as one of the world’s most prominent Ganondorf mains thanks to career highlights that include a victory over Johnny “S2J” Kim at Rev2016 and a game win over Adam “Armada” Lindgren at CEO 2014.

The allegations written by Eikelmann’s former partners, however, tell a different story. In May, Lady Lightning, an ex with whom Eikelmann cohabited in Florida, tweeted about his disloyalty to her and threatening statements that he had made during their relationship. On September 4, she doubled down, revealing that the Ganondorf player had continued to publicly trash her in his Twitter bio despite the fact that they were no longer in contact with each other.