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SumaiL Is Suing Evil Geniuses Over Breach of Contract And Fraud

Evil Geniuses find itself in another controversy.
by Tit Krajnik on March 10, 2023   

According to reports provided by Richard Lewis, Dota 2 player Syed "SumaiL" Hassan is suing his former esports organization Evil Geniuses for fraud and breach of contract. According to court documents, SumaiL's legal battle started in December 2021.

 

According to the legal documents, the lawsuit has been going on for over a year and concerns SumaiL's five-year-long stint with the North American esports organization, which he was a part of between 2015 and 2020. More specifically, the lawsuit is centred around the contract SumaiL signed in 2016.

The contract tied Dota 2 player with Evil Geniuses for multiple years, and he was reportedly offered an ownership share in the company. In addition to his salary, SumaiL was given 400,000 shares; however, once Evil Geniuses got acquired by Peak6 Strategic Capital group in May 2019, things changed.

Due to the Peak6 Strategic Capital takeover, the stock holdings shifted, which saw SumaiL's stake converted into 106,667 units of restricted common stock and 265,338 common stocks. Moreover, SumaiL reportedly signed a new deal with Evil Geniuses in August 2019, extending his stay with the team for one more year, which included a $20,000 monthly salary + bonuses.

However, a month after Evil Geniuses finished The International 2019 in fifth place, Sumail got benched, and EG presented him with an amended contract. This new deal cut SumaiL's salary to $2,000 per month, removed previous requirements of having to stream, and allowed SumaiL to compete with other teams, albeit with some limits.

This put SumaiL in a situation where he couldn't join another team full-time while he was still under contract with Evil Geniuses until another team paid his contract buyout of $125,000.

Evil Geniuses reportedly approached SumaiL in November, offering a mutual release clause which would end his contract with Evil Geniuses without having to pay any fees. However, this would impact his ownership stakes.

SumaiL eventually left Evil Geniuses to join OG in January 2020, when OG paid for his buyout. After that, Evil Geniuses approached SumaiL, offering to purchase his stocks for $1 million, of which $300,000 would be paid upfront and $700,000 paid out in three annual payments starting after SumaiL retired from professional Dota 2.

SumaiL's main stance in the lawsuit is that Evil Geniuses took advantage of him while he was young and naive through poorly explained agreements, which would lead to him giving up the benefits he earned during his time with the organization.

The case will go on trial on June 26.

The news comes shortly after Evil Geniuses was accused of mistreating its League of Legends player Kyle "Danny" Sakamaki. Just weeks prior, EG also received backlash for poorly managing its Counter-Strike: Global offensive team and disbanding its North American Dota 2 roster when EG moved regions to South America.

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