Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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My friend's sister became a mother at age 14, so technically you can be a pedo and also into MILFs at the same time!
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Twitch.tv
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Oldbased
> Than U
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If Kacytron was a tree streaming on twitch. Sorry for link, this 1948 forum is a good gal but doesn't allow media uploads unless very specific threads.
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Every attention seeker under the sun trying to ride this train. All failures and faggots.
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Malakriss
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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There's that red flag phrase again "by making me" but at least you can tell the person wrote it themselves without a proofreader or legal advice because it's ripped straight from TV shows.
I also did not know Doc was Sterling Archer in the flesh back in 2017.
I also did not know Doc was Sterling Archer in the flesh back in 2017.
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Kiki
Log Wizard
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Here's the opposite of that email:
www.rollingstone.com
Rest in Pepperonis
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says
Streamer Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch in 2020 over inappropriate texts he sent to a girl even after learning she was underage
www.rollingstone.com
Rest in Pepperonis
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GuardianX
Perpetually Pessimistic
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The one major point that keeps sticking is that a judge / courts read the transcripts and not only didn't recommend criminal prosecution but also awarded him for the suit.
That just tells me that "Reasonable People" (in California no less...) saw the transcripts and said "Nothing worth going after" or "No crime committed".
Hopefully the juicy drama flows a bit more from this but it all seems to be slowing down, which really points back to "Doc didn't do anything illegal / acted appropriately when informed of the users age" stance. Who knows though, maybe i'm reading the tea leaves wrong on this.
That just tells me that "Reasonable People" (in California no less...) saw the transcripts and said "Nothing worth going after" or "No crime committed".
Hopefully the juicy drama flows a bit more from this but it all seems to be slowing down, which really points back to "Doc didn't do anything illegal / acted appropriately when informed of the users age" stance. Who knows though, maybe i'm reading the tea leaves wrong on this.
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Mao
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While he is absolutely cooked in regards to public opinion and his career, this article (headline anyway, fuck if I am paying Rolling Stone, got an archived link?) means absolutely nothing. I took a short Google to look at other sites talking about that article and no new names dropped. Hell, could be them calling the initial Cody dude and doing an interview with him. He could be the 'former employee'. Really, that article adds nothing new from Cody's claims.Here's the opposite of that email:
Dr Disrespect Knowingly Sent Explicit Messages to a Minor, Former Twitch Employee Says
Streamer Dr Disrespect was banned from Twitch in 2020 over inappropriate texts he sent to a girl even after learning she was underage
Rest in Pepperonis
As GuardianX above said, the one that really sticks is some lawyers/arbitration people in Cali looked at it and decided in Dr. Disrespect's favor. For Doc to be a pedo and still get paid after arbitration bigger problems exist that Twitch sat on these messages (and apparently others now) for 3yrs that were clearly PDF in nature and the arbitration/lawyers decide to hide his PDF shit behind NDAs during the lawsuit to protect something more sinister/bigger than Dr. Disrespect (which, btw, you can't legally NDA a crime)
So, either we got some virtual Epstein island level of oddity at Twitch they were afraid of getting out, or shit is being blown way out of proportion (or both. I mean, Twitch hired a Deerkin furry for its safety council lead, right?).
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Mao
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Yeah. He's cooked, and I wouldn't be surprised if everyone drops him and demonetizes him. He is going to be unpersoned and they are now turning towards those people associated with him, which is rather interesting cause a little more digging into it apparently has all this shit popping up when him and a bunch of people in his circle have started talking out on political issues and being anti trans of kids and shit? Apparently saying 'Leave the kids alone." NickMercs is a name I hear specifically.
I'm not saying its a conspiracy, Doc gave people the rod with which to beat him. But the Cody dude from Twitch has apparently been trying to get traction on the Dr. Disrespect things for a long time but Docs recent talks might be what helped the story go from Cody shouting into the void of Twitter to someone helping incentivize him to make more direct accusations and expanding their reach.
Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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Rolling Stone went all in on the hit piece, if it isn't true then he might very well be the new owner in a couple years once the lawsuit drives them into bankruptcy. Either their editors have gone fuller retard or they have credible sources on the sexting version of the story.
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GuardianX
Perpetually Pessimistic
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I mean, it's rolling stone, Pretty sure they dye their pubic hair blue to match their heads.
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Mao
Trakanon Raider
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Ain't shit happening to Rolling Stone. They don't have to be truthful about what happened, only accurate in quoting what the 'anonymous source' as saying. That's the twist of it all.
If it turns out Doc is a pedo, yay print more copies. If it turns out Doc is proven /not/ to have done what is specifically said, they print a retraction/pull the article and they are free and clear. They weren't ever printing anything they "knew" to be false. They didn't have malice, because their source (who proved he formerly worked at Twitch) gave them false info and they have now retracted it.
However much you hate journalists, its not enough.
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Borzak
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In before someone ask how far under age. To be honest in this day and age if you are worth more than minimum wage money you need a good form of ID, birth certificate, and maybe a DNA test, and a sworn affidavit just to be "sure". Failing that I guess you can cut them in half and count the rings.
Kiki
Log Wizard
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I"m not sure why i can see it, guess the first one is free. It's a long article, but here's the end of it:
“I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on,” the former employee says. “There was no confusion. Messages sent after this was acknowledged were no less graphic and in sexually explicit nature than before, and I think more than the categorization of ‘leaning too much in the direction of being inappropriate’ might indicate.”
The ex-Twitch employee has also provided Rolling Stone a more detailed account of internal conversations at Twitch following the report of Beahm’s messages and his subsequent ban. They say the details of Beahm’s case are coming out because of Conners’ explosive tweet last week. “Cody definitely got the ball rolling. Me and many of my former colleagues are only comfortable speaking up now because of it. Our priority is always to the safety of the [alleged] victim and to keep their identity secret,” they said.
As some of its streamers faced a flood of sexual misconduct allegations in June 2020, Twitch created an incident response team codenamed “Gold Sparrow” to develop a process to investigate and take action on the reports as one unit, the former employee says. “We wanted to be able to process mounting investigations quicker and with more resources while providing as much support for the victims as possible,” the former employee says. (Twitch did not provide comment by press time.)
When the initial report about Beahm’s alleged inappropriate messages came through in 2020, an investigation began. “After viewing the contents of the Whisper conversation, it quickly became clear the egregiousness of conduct and what actions Twitch must take,” the former employee says. “The decision to permanently terminate Beahm was relatively quick, due to the severity of the behavior.”
Twitch can’t and won’t make the alleged messages public, the ex-employee says, as this “not only endangers the victim and investigations by law enforcement”
In early 2021, the Twitch trust and safety team created OSIT, an investigation team for reports of off-site misconduct by creators. At the time, the company described the initiative as a direct response to “allegations of sexual misconduct that surfaced across the gaming industry over the summer.” In assessing those allegations, the company said, it had “realized that our current policy regarding off-service misconduct was not clear enough.” Among the alleged off-site behaviors it pledged to investigate were sexual exploitation of children, including child grooming.
Following Beahm’s ban from Twitch and time away from the spotlight, he announced a return to streaming on YouTube in August 2020. But while he was free to use both that platform and Facebook Gaming, neither offered him an exclusive partnership. His lack of a streaming contract was notable for a celebrity in the industry at a time when other streamers like Valkyrae, Ludwig Ahgren, and TimTheTatman were signing seven-figure, multi-year deals.
YouTube’s former global head of gaming partnerships at Google, Ryan Wyatt, confirmed to Rolling Stone that Beahm was not offered a contract due to chatter about the circumstances of his Twitch ban. He says that a Twitch employee and journalists investigating the incident told YouTube employees that it involved inappropriate messages to a minor.
“The unfortunate part of all of it was there were so many rumors circulating in the industry, one that a minor was involved,” he says. “But no one produced first-hand knowledge or evidence, and because of those rumors, there was no reason to entertain doing any deal with [Beahm], and no evidence produced means you can’t act on a [terms of service] violation. The whole situation got even more confusing when Twitch settled and effectively said, ‘no wrongdoing’ which made everyone in the industry dismiss the rumors, but even still, there was never a reason to do a deal with him after that ban.”
A spokesperson for CAA, Beahm’s talent agency since signing in 2019, tells Rolling Stone he is no longer a client and hasn’t been for sometime. Several high-profile streamers, including Kai Cenat, Codemiko, and Valkyrae have condemned Beahm in recent days. The San Francisco 49ers, for whom he had sometimes played a promotional role, announced that it was cutting ties with him, while the video game franchise NBA 2K said it would remove his character from the series.
“Even today I’m humbled by that experience,” says the former Twitch employee who was at the company when it mobilized to address the reports of misconduct by Beahm and others in the summer of 2020. “The bravery of the victims speaking out and the commitment by my colleagues to doing right by them. I hope that we’re all on a better path now for it.”
The ex-Twitch employee has also provided Rolling Stone a more detailed account of internal conversations at Twitch following the report of Beahm’s messages and his subsequent ban. They say the details of Beahm’s case are coming out because of Conners’ explosive tweet last week. “Cody definitely got the ball rolling. Me and many of my former colleagues are only comfortable speaking up now because of it. Our priority is always to the safety of the [alleged] victim and to keep their identity secret,” they said.
As some of its streamers faced a flood of sexual misconduct allegations in June 2020, Twitch created an incident response team codenamed “Gold Sparrow” to develop a process to investigate and take action on the reports as one unit, the former employee says. “We wanted to be able to process mounting investigations quicker and with more resources while providing as much support for the victims as possible,” the former employee says. (Twitch did not provide comment by press time.)
When the initial report about Beahm’s alleged inappropriate messages came through in 2020, an investigation began. “After viewing the contents of the Whisper conversation, it quickly became clear the egregiousness of conduct and what actions Twitch must take,” the former employee says. “The decision to permanently terminate Beahm was relatively quick, due to the severity of the behavior.”
Twitch can’t and won’t make the alleged messages public, the ex-employee says, as this “not only endangers the victim and investigations by law enforcement”
In early 2021, the Twitch trust and safety team created OSIT, an investigation team for reports of off-site misconduct by creators. At the time, the company described the initiative as a direct response to “allegations of sexual misconduct that surfaced across the gaming industry over the summer.” In assessing those allegations, the company said, it had “realized that our current policy regarding off-service misconduct was not clear enough.” Among the alleged off-site behaviors it pledged to investigate were sexual exploitation of children, including child grooming.
Following Beahm’s ban from Twitch and time away from the spotlight, he announced a return to streaming on YouTube in August 2020. But while he was free to use both that platform and Facebook Gaming, neither offered him an exclusive partnership. His lack of a streaming contract was notable for a celebrity in the industry at a time when other streamers like Valkyrae, Ludwig Ahgren, and TimTheTatman were signing seven-figure, multi-year deals.
YouTube’s former global head of gaming partnerships at Google, Ryan Wyatt, confirmed to Rolling Stone that Beahm was not offered a contract due to chatter about the circumstances of his Twitch ban. He says that a Twitch employee and journalists investigating the incident told YouTube employees that it involved inappropriate messages to a minor.
“The unfortunate part of all of it was there were so many rumors circulating in the industry, one that a minor was involved,” he says. “But no one produced first-hand knowledge or evidence, and because of those rumors, there was no reason to entertain doing any deal with [Beahm], and no evidence produced means you can’t act on a [terms of service] violation. The whole situation got even more confusing when Twitch settled and effectively said, ‘no wrongdoing’ which made everyone in the industry dismiss the rumors, but even still, there was never a reason to do a deal with him after that ban.”
A spokesperson for CAA, Beahm’s talent agency since signing in 2019, tells Rolling Stone he is no longer a client and hasn’t been for sometime. Several high-profile streamers, including Kai Cenat, Codemiko, and Valkyrae have condemned Beahm in recent days. The San Francisco 49ers, for whom he had sometimes played a promotional role, announced that it was cutting ties with him, while the video game franchise NBA 2K said it would remove his character from the series.
“Even today I’m humbled by that experience,” says the former Twitch employee who was at the company when it mobilized to address the reports of misconduct by Beahm and others in the summer of 2020. “The bravery of the victims speaking out and the commitment by my colleagues to doing right by them. I hope that we’re all on a better path now for it.”
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