Twitch star Amouranth says husband forces her to stream, controls her finances

polygon.com:

[Ed note: This article discusses domestic abuse.]

Popular Twitch streamer and OnlyFans content creator Amouranth said in an impassioned, tearful stream on Saturday that she is being manipulated and abused by her husband. Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa, said her husband, who was not named, has forced her to stream, threatened to hurt her dogs, and has taken control of her finances and bank account.

“I’m basically living in a fancy prison,” Amouranth said on the live stream.

Amouranth’s stream has since been removed from Twitch, but clips of it have been shared widely on Twitter and YouTube.

Amouranth has revealed that she has a husband, along with revealing his abuse He has threatened to kill her dogs, take all their money, and forced her to stream. (1/4) pic.twitter.com/9tdL0S3Udd

During the live stream, Amouranth said that her husband saw the hot tub meta — a Twitch sub-genre where people stream in bikinis while in a hot tub — “as an opportunity,” and that he told told her to tell viewers that she was single, because it would “ruin the business model” to reveal she was married.

Amouranth shared a close-up view of a phone displaying a text thread that she said is between her and her husband. The depicted messages call the recipient a “dumb fuck” and include threats to “dump luggage,” throw “merch” off a balcony, and delete Amouranth’s social media. More serious threats of financial abuse and threats to kill Amouranth’s dog are also part of the texts. Amouranth also shared footage of a broken doorknob, saying that her husband broke it, thus preventing her from being able to lock the door.

“[It] keeps you there with the fear and the threats, and you fear that he’s going to do something to your