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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 to c/gaming
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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.

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[–] corus_kt 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Zero receipts, entire essay with little to no point being made, starts off talking about how honest, responsible and how much he totally hates pedophiles. While posting an admission to sexting a minor, years after telling the world he'd sue Twitch for a ban that he let people speculate for years so he could avoid responsibility.

Unless he shows the world what exactly he texted the minor soon, this statement is one hell of a self inflicted wound for his case.