they cant tho, they cant properly investigate these things cuz theyre not the police, they have no warrants or power over players, what are they gonna do? ban a player that turns out to be innocent? what if the person with proof doesnt play valorant? what leverage does riot have?
Riot has no power. all they can do is wait for the legal verdicts and then act , "but the image" you think they dont want to have a pristine image? its incredibly profitable to be moral, but they cant do shit when someone that simply plays the game fucks up, hell, its more of an asshole move on our part as an audience to associate the actions of people that dont work FOR RIOT to riot in the first place.
TO SUMMARIZE. RIOT DOES NOT HAVE THE POWER TO PROVE STUFF. THEY CAN ONLY REACT ACCORDING TO THE LAW