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Twitch banned Dr Disrespect after viewing messages sent to a minor, say former employees (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Clbull@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.world

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EDIT: Dr Disrespect has made a full statement regarding the ban.

Twitch abruptly permabanned one of its biggest names (Guy Beahm a.k.a. Dr Disrespect) from their platform back in 2020 without explanation. Four years later, two former Twitch employees have now spoken up, alleging that he was banned for sexting with a minor through the Twitch Whispers app and attempting to meet up with her at TwitchCon.

This came two years after a settled lawsuit between Twitch and Beahm, where neither party admitted to any wrongdoing, and his contract was paid.

Other notes and links:

The Twitter post made by former Twitch employee, Cody Conners (@evoli)
Esports journalist Rod "Slasher" Breslau (@slasher), who previously tweeted that he had been told by 'credible sources' about why Beahm was banned, but couldn't say anything due to the sensitivity of the subject, has also corroborated what Cody Conners confirmed.
The other former Twitch employee who spoke to the Verge asked to remain anonymous.
Response from Dr Disrespect (@DrDisrespect) via Twitter denying any wrongdoing.
Midnight Society (@12am) announcing on Twitter that they have cut all ties with Dr Disrespect following these allegations. This is an indie game studio that the Doc was a co-founder of.
Turtle Beach have seemingly dropped their partnership with Dr Disrespect. All of his branded merch has been removed from their website.

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most of the times when people get busted for "chatting" to kids online, it's because the child is actually a law enforcement officer who has gotten the person to admit their intent in a way that isn't legally questionable.

Even if twitch reported the allegations to law enforcement, it's unlikely any prosecutor is going to bring up charges on a famous/wealthy person unless they have an open and shut case. Which is really rare outside of sting operations.

[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I still don't understand why Twitch would pay up in that case.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Eh, it could be a multitude of reasons. It could be that they just had a bad contract. Even if there is a morality clause, how that morality clause is enacted may be dependent on actual charges being filed.

It is possible they had a reasonable concern about the situation, but it wasn't drastic enough for them to legally terminate the contract. Wanting to save face in this scenario isn't exactly too hard to imagine considering their demographics.

Or it could be that it was simply cheaper to pay the rest of the contract than it would to arbitrate in court. Or they may have feared themselves being further implicated during a proceeding if someone at twitch enabled or tried to cover it up.

Really, it could be just about anything.