Summary
Earlier this year, 42-year-old streamerHerschel “Guy” Beahm, AKA Dr Disrespect, admitted to inappropriately messaging an “individual minor"back in 2017, but denied all legal and criminal wrongdoing. After the allegations surfaced and he was demonitised by YouTube, banned from Twitch, and evencut off by his own studio, he took a vacation and even considered hanging up streaming.
However, at the end of last month,he teased a comebackwith a photo of him playing chess while the audience plays checkers (bizzarely hinting at this being part of some long game), and only yesterday,deleted the tweetin which he admitted to inappropriately messaging a minor—of course, that hasn’t erased the myriad screenshots people took.
The Allegations Against Dr Disrespect
On June 22, Dr Disrespect was accused of using Twitch Whispers to inappropriately message a minor by former CPM explainer Cody Conners. This is, according to Conners, why Dr Disrespect was banned from the platform, which up until that point was a mystery.
Several people came foward to support Conners' claims, with Twitch employee Zachary Diaz tweeting, “so glad it’s finally out there”, while esports reporter Rod Breslau simply said, “I didn’t lie”. At first, Dr Disrespect denied the allegations, but his studio Midnight Society quickly announced that it would be “terminating [its] relationship with Guy Beahm”.
Later, Dr Disrespect admitted to messaging a minor, but we don’t know what exactly was said between the two parties. Regardless, it was enough for Twitch to ban him, YouTube to demonetise him, and his own studio to completely distance itself from him.
Twitch
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