Update: pavel kicked from New England Whalers; accused of soliciting lewd photos from underage player

The Brazilian player has already returned home, the team's owner has stated.

Brazilian player Felipe "pavel" Costa has come under fire after a post on the ESEA forums described his private interactions with user Nick "enN" P. enN describes how he and pavel had added each other on Snapchat in order to schedule scrims, but that pavel had begun to ask him for nudes. enN continues to explain that he is a 15 year old male, being 14 when first interacting with pavel, and that pavel knew of his age.

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enN provided Snapchat screenshots of parts of these conversations and described how pavel was not happy that the younger player was saving the logs. Additionally, pavel is seen offering an in-game knife to enN on Steam, and on Snapchat is shown asking for nude photos in return.

After reaching out to the organization, Dust2.us has learned that pavel has been removed from the New England Whalers, according to a statement from organization owner Diego "MrDiego" Freitas. According to MrDiego as well as another individual close to the team, pavel's removal from the roster was not a result of today's controversy, but instead conflicts in team roles.

Per MrDiego's statement, pavel was officially removed from the team on the night of the 23rd, and was sent back to Brazil on the 25th. He has also said that the team is set to announce their new player later today.

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With pavel now out of the lineup, New England Whalers have the following:

Heloy " hellzaoo " Nelson

Heloy " " Nelson Rafael " saffee " Costa

Rafael " " Costa Caike " caike " Costa

Caike " " Costa Marcos " tacitus " Castilho (Stand-in)

Marcos " " Castilho (Stand-in) Jeffrey " slv " Gomes (Coach)

Jeffrey " " Gomes (Coach) Yan "yepz" Pedretti (Inactive)

New England Whalers are currently 4-1 in ESEA Advanced, only suffering a loss to Whatever It Takes in their season so far.

We have reached out to pavel for comment, but have yet to receive a response.

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UPDATE: Shortly before the publishing of this article, pavel posted a short statement on Twitter about the forum post. In it, he denies the allegations that he sent any lewd photos or asked for any photos from enN, saying that their dirty conversations were just jokes.

He also says that the knife he gave enN was for the players birthday and that enN had told pavel that he lost his inventory from gambling. pavel states that he will contact the police about the allegations, and that once he is on his PC, he will write a more thorough statement.