Justice "Justice" Cappalonga, a collegiate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player, has been reportedly kicked from his esports program for inappropriately messaging a minor.
Cappalonga had been a collegiate player for Winthrop Esports, the esports program of Winthrop University, having earned a scholarship to attend and compete for the South Carolina university.
Justice, a Min Min main, was ranked as the 149th-best player in the world on the community's LumiRank leaderboard. Cappalonga had reasonably strong tournament finishes, finishing 65th at Genesis X, 49th at Supernova 2024 and 49th at Riptide 2024. Cappalonga had been studying Business Administration and Marketing at Winthrop University.
The initial reporting on Cappalonga's "banning" came from his Winthrop Esports teammate CJ "CJFrozen" Wiley who created a post on X about his teammate's inappropriate behaviour. His post reads, "Regarding Justice. Justice has been permanently banned from South Carolina Smash due to inappropriate conversations and actions with a minor. If you are a tournament organiser looking for more information, please direct message me."
In response to a reply which asked Wiley if Cappalonga had been "banned from Winthrop Esports," Wiley replied "Yes." Cappalong's status with the esports program and Winthrop University as an institution...
