That says more about Phil than it does about those that believe to be honest. The person linked does not seem like someone who is deep in the weeds with Phil Burnell, so why wouldn't they believe this story given the MOUNDS of shit surrounding the guy. You say "Jesus Christ" incredulously as if the guy DIDN'T: get kicked off Blip for going full Anti-Semite exceptional individual; get caught masturbating on stream, flagrantly flout Googles adsense terms and then pretend he did nothing wrong; stream details about his girlfriends mental breakdown out of spite and a quick YT paycheck; at best not be forthcoming about his tax situation in order to fleece his userbase (including several minors) out of pity-bucks; insist he would physically assault a (self-proclaimed) child; rant that his userbase was lazy because they didn't come out to his stream and tip him; berate a member of chat for daring to suggest that his life wasn't as terrible as he claims (for example his brother hadn't just died); misrepresent conversations with: Machinama, Patrick Klepek, and Twitch staff among others; constantly insult game developers and members of the tech community because he's terrible at games and/or his business; call hundreds of professional and casual Twitch streamers shills and money-sockets for MS because they obtained a game earlier than he did.
. . .and that's all the shit that I can recall. In short, get off it; this guy deserves every bit of vitriol that is being directed his way today. He has, once again, using the full weight of his street smarts, managed to put his oversized foot in his big mouth. Except this time he shit on the wrong folks.