Immortals have given Henrique "HEN1" Teles and Lucas "LUCAS1" Teles an "indefinite suspension" until their contracts are bought out by another organization, Immortals' CEO Noah Whinston stated in a video released by Immortals Friday.

Following an internal investigation, CEO @NWhinston outlines Immortals' decision on recent issues surrounding the organization's CS:GO team. pic.twitter.com/Qg0MNBd5mP — Immortals (@Immortals) September 22, 2017

This announcement confirms an ESPN Esports Brazil report that the players had requested a transfer from Immortals following Vita "kNgV-" Giuseppe's departure from the organization. In the video, Whinston states that kNg's contract was terminated by Immortals following a series of issues the organization had with the player, and that HEN1 and LUCAS1 refused to continue playing for Immortals if kNg was taken off the roster.

"I was not left with many options if we wanted to preserve the philosophies and the ideals that Immortals as a brand stands for," Whinston stated in the video. "At its core, this disagreement between the players and the organization can be boiled down to a difference of philosophies. For HEN1, for Lucas and for kNg, winning is everything, and anything done in pursuit of winning is justifiable. But for the Immortals organization, winning is just one piece of a much more important and broader puzzle."

Immortals did not show up in time for the start of the grand final and as a result have forfeited the first map. — Nix0n (@marcwinther) September 10, 2017

HEN1, LUCAS1 and kNg were late for the Grand Finals of DreamHack Montreal last weekend, and were forced to forfeit the first map of the series to North. After the match, Counter Logic Gaming player Pujan "FNS" Mehta accused the players of being hung over, and kNg responded on Twitter with death threats.

Whinston did not confirm what caused the players to be late, but stated that the three late players were fined one month of salary as well as their share of the DreamHack Montreal prize money. This money, along with the organization's 10 percent share of of the prize money, will be donated to Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Following kNg's social media statements, Immortals set up a call with kNg that the player missed. Immortals then placed kNg under suspension until the organization was able to discuss the issue with him.

KNG had been under internal suspension and was not authorized to play tonight. Expect further news this week #imtCSGO — Noah Whinston (@NWhinston) September 20, 2017

kNg broke his suspension to play an online match against CLG in the EPICENTER 2017 qualifiers, and was cut from the organization as a result.

"The two remaining members of the Immortals Counter-Strike roster, boltz and steel, are the pinnacle of professional players," Whinston said. "Inside and outside of the game they are everything we could ask for as an organization, and we're looking forward to the opportunity to rebuild our Counter-Strike Global Offensive roster around those two."

As a result of the roster changes, Immortals have lost their auto-qualification spot to the next Valve CS:GO Major, as they were required to retain three-fifths of their roster to keep the spot.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.

Correction: A previous version of this article stated that kNg broke his suspension to play a match against CLG in the ESL Pro League. In fact, the match was during the EPICENTER 2017 qualifiers. theScore esports regrets the error.