Dr Disrespect is a well-known video game streamer who has been in the news a number of times over the course of his career. The biggest event has to be his ban from Twitch which up to now, fans had no idea why he was permanently banned from the platform. It has now been revealed that Dr Disrespect was banned after texts he sent to a minor were received by the staff at Twitch.
Herschel “Guy” Beahm was banned back in 2020 without any word or explanation from the streaming service. Twitch simply stated that the company was taking appropriate action against the streamer who acted in violation of their Community Guidelines and Terms of Service.
However, a new report from a Twitch employee has come out to describe the events that led up to the removal of Dr Disrespect from the platform. According to multiple workers at the company, the streamer had used the “whisper” feature to send a minor messages about meeting up at TwitchCon.
Another worker says these messages were actually described as sexting and Beahm wanted to meet up with this female minor at TwitchCon to further engage in the conversation.
He got banned because got caught sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product. He was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be could read in plain text. Case closed, gang.
Since the news broke over the weekend, Dr Disrespect has come under fire by a number of fans. Many of them were displeased by his actions. Following the news, Midnight Society, which is a game studio co-founded by the streamer has terminated their relationship with him. The studio posted a statement saying:
On Friday evening we became aware of an allegation against one of our co-founder’s Guy Beahm aka Dr Disrespect. We assumed his innocence and began speaking with parties involved. And in order to maintain our principles and standards as a studio and individuals, we needed to act. For this reason, we are terminating our relationship with Guy Beahm immediately. 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.
According to a fan, Dr Disrespect was notified about the Twitch ban information while he was streaming Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. You can see in the video below the moment the message came through. The streamer spent a few minutes seemingly lost in the game in complete silence. His facial expressions also reveal stress.
People think this is the exact moment Dr Disrespect was notified that the gaming studio he co-founded, Midnight Society, was terminating their relationship with him after completing their own investigation into the accusations that he sexted with a minor.pic.twitter.com/bQ9YpbBpwl
— ModernWarzone (@ModernWarzone) June 24, 2024
Following the game company cutting ties with the streamer, he then promptly announced during a stream that he was “burnt out” and was “taking a break” from streaming.
DrDisrespect ends his stream today saying he’s “fatigued” and burnt out on social media.
“It might be time to drive into the sunset, champs.” pic.twitter.com/tp9P3pgaDH
— Anne Munition (@AnneMunition) June 24, 2024
At the moment there doesn’t seem to be any legal case against the streamer regarding the matter. However, should the minor come forward with the matter, there might be some more drama to come.