Guy Beahm, the popular streamer best known as Dr Disrespect, has issued a lengthy statement on the recent allegations that have emerged over his ban from Twitch in 2020.
It's, without a doubt, the most substantial response Beahm has ever issued on the situation, which intensified last week after a former Twitch employee said on X/Twitter that he was banned from the streaming platform for inappropriate messages with a minor on the Twitch Whispers feature, a claim corrobated by reporting in The Verge and Bloomberg. Beahm's response addresses that claim, as well as his recent ousting from the game studio he co-founded, Midnight Society.
THE TWITCH BAN
— Dr Disrespect (@DrDisrespect) June 25, 2024
Hello, I'd like to make a quick statement..
Lets cut the fucking bullshit, as you know there's no filter with me. I've always been up front and real with you guys on anything that I can be up front about, and I'm always willing to accept responsibility... which…
In the statement, Beahm admits that there were indeed "twitch whisper messages with an individual minor back in 2017." (The word "minor" was edited out from the original version of the post, but then added back in).
"Were there real intentions behind these messages, the answer is absolutely not," he adds. "These were casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but nothing more."
He goes on to say that no charges were brought forward, and re-iterates that "nothing illegal happened."
"Now, from a moral standpoint I'll absolutely take responsibility," he says. "I should have never entertained these conversations to begin with. That's on me. That's on me as an adult, a husband and a father. It should have never happened. I get it. I’m not perfect and I’ll fucking own my shit. This was stupid."
IGN has asked Twitch, which has not commented on the situation in recent days, for comment. You can read the statement in full below:
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