"Our whole family was cuffed": Twitch streamer Alliestrasza gets swatted live on stream

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Twitch streamer Alliestrasza was raided by armed officers during her latest stream, causing her to end her broadcast.

Alexandra "Alliestrasza" is a Hearthstone and Teamfight Tactics streamer who tries to keep a relaxed, chill atmosphere while streaming. However, her latest stream was anything but calm as viewers sat in confusion while armed police officers searched Alexandra's house live on stream.

Alliestrasza became another victim in the act of "swatting," where someone anonymously calls the police about a fictional potential threat or makes a fake distress call, giving a streamer's house address as the location to search. This act of swatting is a serious crime, potentially causing someone to get injured or killed by officers who believe they are raiding a criminal's house.

This isn't the first time a streamer has been swatted by a long shot, as hundreds of content creators from Jojo Siwa to xQc fall victim to this crime every year, with some ending in fatalities. This case, however, was handled with care and caution by the swat team, according to Alexandra, who said that they were only shaken up by the suddenness of the raid and were otherwise unscathed.

During the stream, Alliestrasza left her room to investigate someone knocking on her front door. When she opened the door, officers explained the situation, saying they received a distress call from someone being held in the house and that they would need everyone to evacuate while they searched the building. She ran back upstairs to tell everyone else in the house what was happening, and peeked her head through her streaming room doorway to explain what was happening.

Once she exited the house with her family, they were put into handcuffs and waited while officers