Dr Disrespect dismisses ex-Twitch employee's allegation that he was banned over DMs with a minor: 'I didn't do anything wrong, all this has been probed and settled'
Guy Beahm, the streamer better known as Dr Disrespect, says he «didn't do anything wrong» and that he isn't going to comment further on an allegation made by an ex-Twitch employee who claims that Beahm's lifetime ban from Twitch was a consequence of sexual DMs with a minor.
Beahm was one of the biggest streamers on Twitch when he was suspended from the platform in June 2020. A reason for the ban was not provided—Twitch said only that it takes «appropriate action» when it has «evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service»—and at the time even Beahm claimed to not know why he'd been given the boot.
He was eventually informed of the reason, something he acknowledged a year later when he announced he was taking legal action against Twitch. That lawsuit was settled in 2022, with neither party admitting wrongdoing and, still, no indication of the reason for the ban.
And so it has remained until this past weekend, when former Twitch employee Cody Conners tweeted, «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.»
Conners didn't name Beahm specifically, but it was widely understood he was referring to Beahm, an assumption that quickly picked up steam after streamer Jake Lucky tweeted about it, prompting a reply from Beahm. «Jake seriously,» Beahm tweeted. «I get it, it's a hot topic but this has been settled, no wrongdoing was acknowledged and they paid out the whole contract.»
That comment only led to more intense speculation, with many onlookers pointing out that «no wrongdoing was acknowledged» isn't a direct denial of the claim. The following day, Beahm made a somewhat more specific statement.
«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,» he tweeted. «I
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