ESIC lifted lmbt's ban after reviewing the evidence.
ForZe’s assistant CS:GO coach Sergey “lmbt” Bezhanov is not any longer suspended by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), lmbt and forZe announced today.
The 33-year-old Ukrainian had been banned for 7.5 months from coaching alongside 36 other CS:GO coaches at the top of September as a result of the coach spectating bug scandal that ESIC is investigating.
Lgbt allegedly abused the coaching bug in four instances, once against Natus Vincere in 2015 when he was still coaching HellRaisers and therefore the other three in 2020. the primary alleged occasion came during a match against Nordavind for the FunSpark ULTI qualifier in August, while the opposite two were against MIBR twice at Eden Arena Malta Vibes Cup nine.
The Ukrainian said the day he was banned that he was doing on-air work for the Main cast while forZe was playing against MIBR, so it took 17 days for ESIC to revert his ban. Lmbt is now liberal to coach altogether ESIC member events, which incorporates ESL, DreamHack, and BLAST tournaments.
Lmbt is going to be ready to assist his team during the remainder of IEM NY CIS, the third Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament for the region, which started on Tuesday, Oct. 13. ForZe features a 1-1 record and can face K23 tomorrow at 7am CT.