4 years in the past, Twitch banned widespread streamer Dr Disrespect AKA Herschel “Man” Beahm from its platform for unknown causes. In accordance with a brand new report, Beahm’s ban was allegedly the results of him texting a minor via Twitch’s now-defunct Whispers messaging system and providing to fulfill up with them at Twitchcon.
A former Twitch worker who requested to stay nameless once they spoke to The Verge defined {that a} “important” period of time had handed from when Beahm had allegedly despatched the messages between himself and the minor, and when the moderation report concerning the messages was filed.
Presumably linked to the claims are new feedback from Cody Conners, one other former Twitch worker, who labored within the firm’s strategic partnerships workforce. Whereas Beahm is not named within the X/Twitter posts, Conners did write final week “He obtained banned as a result of [he] obtained caught sexting a minor within the then-existing Twitch Whispers product. He was attempting to fulfill up together with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be may learn in plain textual content.”
He obtained banned as a result of obtained caught sexting a minor within the then present Twitch whispers product. He was attempting to fulfill up together with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be may learn in plain textual content.
Case closed, gang.— Cody Conners (@evoli) June 22, 2024
In response, Beahm wrote “I get it, it is a sizzling subject, however this has been settled, no wrongdoing was acknowledged, they usually paid out the entire contract,” on X. “I didn’t do something improper, all this has been probed and settled, nothing unlawful, no wrongdoing was discovered, and I used to be paid,” Beahm added in a separate publish.
On the time, Beahm was considered one of Twitch’s largest stars. He had round 4 million subscribers and had simply signed a brand new two-year exclusivity contract with Twitch. His everlasting ban got here as a giant shock on the time, and Beahm claimed that he had no thought why he had been faraway from the platform on the time. Beahm then thought-about authorized motion towards Twitch–revealing that he then knew why he had been banned–but he did not say anything publicly concerning the state of affairs. A 12 months later, the dispute had been resolved between each events.
Since then, Beahm moved to YouTube to renew his streaming profession and likewise began a sport improvement studio known as Midnight Society.