📝 ZoKorp Esports disbands amid allegations of sexual misconduct from owner

North American organization ZoKorp Esports has effectively disbanded as of Sunday after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against owner Zohaib Khawaja.

On November 8th, X (formerly Twitter) user @palut3na, who goes by Palu, accused Khawaja of grooming individuals aged 14-17 while he was 21, citing examples as far back as 2017. Palu provided a document with screenshots that detailed various situations in which Khawaja was inappropriate with several underage users on Discord.

This prompted a response from ZoKorp’s owner, who provided his own document addressing Palu’s. Khawaja denied many of the allegations; however, other individuals from the community corroborated Palu’s accusations.

Although none of the allegations were confirmed — and neither OWCS nor FACEIT made an official investigation into the matter — manager Isabella “Izzy” Underwood of the ZoKorp Esports FACEIT League team confirmed on X that all players and staff would be leaving the organization due to the situation.

Khawaja has since deactivated the ZoKorp Esports X account and has not issued any further response since providing his previously mentioned document.

ZoKorp Esports recently qualified for both FACEIT League Season 7, as well as the FACEIT League: Masters Showdown showmatch at the OWCS World Finals. As manager Izzy stated, all players and staff will be playing under a different banner moving forward.

ZoKorp appeared to be a promising organization in the Tier 2–Tier 3 scene, standing out as one of the few able to offer teams substantial salaries. After sponsoring a South American team in the 2025 Esports World Cup, Khawaja sought to replicate the same commitment to Overwatch Esports as NTMR had in 2024.

While Khawaja has not officially confirmed whether the ZoKorp organization will be disbanded entirely, with the X account being officially deactivated and the Overwatch team playing under a different banner, this seems to mark the end of the once-promising organization.

OWTV was unable to reach Khawaja for comment at the time of writing.