Dr. Disrespect permanently banned from Twitch - Turns out he was a groomer

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Vect said:
I'm happy to be proven wrong but I don't think they're actually trans - there is no reference to...them... being trans anywhere else BUT that tweet.
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Why would a natal woman pretend to be trans? lmao. It's dire anyone could think this is a woman's body...

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Georgio Cocklord said:
Heard hes a pedo, into the wood chipper, no exceptions.

Im surprised nobody mainstream has come for Raz0rfist since he did the exact same thing, 30 and 16
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Raz0rfist doesnt touch the level of Dr. Disrespect. Ive never watched Doc myself, but the dude was in a 2k Basketball game and had a deal with the 49ers, his reach is far outside of livestreaming at this point, its why this is such huge news, and why you got faggots in here sweeping for him because most kids know who he is. Hes basically a childrens television celebrity.

I mean look at this guys reach. Fanduel, a TV show, basketball games, NFL, headsets. Pretty sure he had one of those energy drinks as well.

How Dr Disrespect's Sponsors and Partners Are Responding to Twitch Ban Allegations [UPDATED]​

Update 6/25/2024 1:01 PM PT: In addition to our outreach to Turtle Beach and FanDuel, IGN also approached Skybound Entertainment to ask about the status of its 2019 deal with Guy Beahm for a television show based on his streamer persona, Dr Disrespect. Skybound Entertainment replied with the following context, indicating that the project has been dead for some time now: "In 2019 we explored the idea of developing content with Beahm but did not move forward."



Update 6/26/2024 4:50 PM PT: Dexerto has confirmed with 2K that Beahm's name will disappear from NBA 2K24 in the coming weeks, once the Season 9 patch releases. According to Dexerto, the titles of his custom jump shot and dunk style animations will be replaced with more generic names, and 2K doesn't plan to use any content related to Beahm in future games. As was noted by Jake Lucky, Beahm also had his own sidequest in NBA 2K23.

The NFL's San Francisco 49ers has also cut ties with Beahm, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.


Original story: Gaming headset and accessory company Turtle Beach has ended a longtime partnership with popular streamer Guy Beahm, known as Dr Disrespect, following allegations that his ban from the Twitch platform in 2020 was due to inappropriate messages sent to a minor.

The company sent the following statement to IGN in response to a request for comment on its relationship with the streamer in the wake of the allegations: "We will not be continuing our partnership with Guy Beahm/DrDisRespect." Turtle Beach did not provide further comment.

Beahm's partnership with Turtle Beach goes back several years, with the company having signed a multi-year deal in 2020 with the streamer via its ROCCAT accessories brand, and having signed another similar partnership deal in January of 2023. Last fall, Turtle Beach rolled out a Dr Disrespect-themed headset, and the company has consistently been a sponsor of Beahm's YouTube livestreams throughout the last several years. Previously, Dr Disrespect had a dedicated merchandise page on the Turtle Beach website with a number of branded items, but the page and its items appear to have been taken down as of this morning.

IGN also reached out to gambling platform FanDuel, which has sponsored several of Beahm's streams in recent months. A spokesperson told IGN that the company does not have a current agreement with Beahm and that its last agreement finished in May. FanDuel provided no further comment.
Beahm was permanently banned from Twitch suddenly and unexpectedly in June of 2020, almost exactly four years ago. At the time, the platform did not provide the reason for the ban and Beahm claimed he himself was unaware of the motivations. He later sued Twitch over the ban in 2021, and the lawsuit was settled in 2022, but further details were still not made public.
However, allegations of the true reason for the ban surfaced this past Friday, June 21, when former Twitch account director of strategic partnerships Cody Conners made a post on X/Twitter that was widely assumed to refer to Beahm (Disclosure: Conners briefly worked at IGN in 2011). In the post, Conners alleges that Beahm was banned for "sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product" and "trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon." The following Sunday, The Verge spoke with an additional former Twitch employee who affirmed Conners' allegations were both true and referred to Beahm.

Beahm has since made a number of public statements stating that "no wrongdoing was found," including a direct reply to a quote tweet of Conners' post. In a more explicit statement, Beahm wrote, "Listen, I’m obviously tied to legal obligations from the settlement with Twitch but I just need to say what I can say since this is the fucking internet. I didn’t do anything wrong, all this has been probed and settled, nothing illegal, no wrongdoing was found, and I was paid."

In a livestream of Elden Ring on Monday, Beahm addressed the allegations again. “For those that are looking for me to expand on this weekend, not gonna. Already said what I needed to say. I don’t give a fuck about this guy,” he said, likely referring to Conners. “That’s it.”
Turtle Beach is not the only company to cut ties to Beahm in the wake of these allegations. On Monday Midnight Society, the game development studio Beahm co-founded, issued a statement saying it was terminating its relationship with Beahm after "speaking with parties involved."
"While these facts are difficult to hear and even more difficult to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved, especially the fifty-five developers and families we have employed along with our community of players," the statement, which you can read in full below, continues.

IGN has reached out to Beahm for additional comment but has not heard back. Twitch and YouTube have also not responded to IGN's request for comment.
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Hooked on phobics said:
Always found this thing in relations to homosexuals or troons such a hilarious idea because its so stupid : I think its honestly closet type shit, like I've heard cases of "homophobic" "straight" people raping gay men / boys "because they are gay" and its such a larp.

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I will say "inappropriate messages" is vague enough, for all we know, he COULD of been doing that, and STILL got dinged. You could easily argue saying "hey, lets bang tomorrow on your birthday" IS an inappropriate message. Plus theres no telling if hes still restrained by the NDA from giving the whole story to the public, which is a scary prospect.

Might not be the case, but the idea that you COULD sign an NDA, get falsely accused by a third party about what you signed, and due to NDA, you cannot properly defend yourself WITHOUT breaking it is a gross thought : I could be wrong, I'm not a legal expert, but just the idea of that is gross, and I'm not even sure its impossible to happen, but please correct me if I'm wrong, and why.
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In his own message he admitted that he is now free from the NDA, or whatever part of the settlement agreement bared both sides from speaking, because the Twitch ex-employees broke silence.
Everyone has been wanting to know why I was banned from twitch, but for reasons outside of my control [NDA], I was not allowed to say anything for the last several years. Now that two former twitch employees have publicly disclosed the accusations, I can now tell you my side of the story regarding the ban.
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Don't let the soft rhetoric confuse the situation. If the messages were not clearly and legally inappropriate he would not have used the word inappropriate. Imagine being 42 and trying to solicit or flirt with anyone who has the chance of saying, "Let me check with my parents first". The fact that didn't turn him off immediately is a big part of what makes the behavior predatory.
 
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