Goh En Wei Mervyn, CEO of Bleed Esports, is accused of law violation in Singapore. The hearing will take place on October 21, 2024. According to Dexerto, quoting local officials. The exact charges aren’t known. They fall under Penal Code 1871, which covers a wide variety of offences.
One of the reasons for the charges might be related to a past criminal case involving early Bleed investor Lincoln Lim Jun Hong. He was accused of trespassing and punching another person. The news article mentions another incident when Lim, together with Mervyn, allegedly “punched, kicked and pushed a woman, resulting in her suffering from injuries.”
The trial might also be related to the debts of Bleed Esports. Their staff and players have been reporting lately that the organization owed them a lot of money, from salaries to prize money. Additionally, their Valorant team was stripped of its partnership slot in VCT. According to Riot Games, it didn’t meet “critical reporting requirements.” Rainbow Six player Taylor “Terdsta” Ching revealed that the organization has been paying him less than $700 monthly and owes him $35,000. He also added that their CEO, Mervyn, has “completely disappeared.”
Where to start, I travelled abroad last year to live out my dream and play professional R6. Living in an expensive foreign country, while getting paid <$700 USD per month. We quickly became BLEED’s most successful roster across all esports, qualifying to multiple international events, raking in all the prize money that we literally had to earn to survive.
To this day, BLEED owes me $35000 USD+. I live abroad throughout the year, and without streaming, I would literally not be able buy food for myself. This is not a new issue, it’s plagued us since we joined this organization and we were constantly met with the same ChatGPT replies and false promises by BLEED’s upper management. Recently, after BLEED was kicked out of the VCT, and we failed to qualify for Montreal, the CEO Mervyn completely disappeared.
We worked so hard while not even getting paid, and still nearly qualified to SI25, but now we might not even get to go because we don’t have an organisation to represent. If anyone can help us, please reach out.
Dota 2 midlaner Rafli “Mikoto” Fathur Rahman replied to him in a tweet. He wasn’t paid for the last four months. Any attempts to contact them to get his salary were unsuccessful.
Where to start, I travelled abroad last year to live out my dream and play professional R6. Living in an expensive foreign country, while getting paid <$700 USD per month. We quickly became BLEED’s most successful roster across all esports, qualifying to multiple international…
— Terd (@Terdsta) October 11, 2024
Earlier, CS2 coach Aleksandar “Kassad” Ttrifunvic also reported on massive debts. Not only most of their roster is owed salaries, but other esports orgs, including G2 Esports and Apeks, didn’t receive the buyout money. The total amount exceeded $300,000. The organization claimed it remains in the business “committed to highest levels of professionalism.” The coach called them “clowns” in response.
