Business partners continue to let Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm down after several reports confirmed the allegations that he had been “sexting” with a minor on Twitch, and the streamer himself admitted that conversations with a minor “sometimes leaned too far toward inappropriateness.” The most recent such company is YouTube, which demonetized the channel DrDisrespect, which had over 4 million subscribers.
“We have suspended monetization on DrDisrespect’s channel for violating our YouTube Accountability Policies,” a YouTube spokesperson wrote in an email to My cityThey confirmed that the video-sharing platform had “suspended Dr Disrespect’s channel from the YouTube Partner Program following serious allegations against the creator,” adding that the measure would apply to all of Beahm’s existing channels as well as any new channels he may create in the future.
The decision came nearly a week after a former Twitch employee, Cody Conners, claimed on social media that the real reason for Beahm’s permanent ban from Twitch in 2020 was for sending sexually explicit messages to minors. This claim has since been confirmed by The edge, BloombergAnd Rolling Stonewhose recent report claimed that Beahm continued to send inappropriate messages to the minor even after she told him she was a minor. Ryan Wyatt, YouTube’s former global head of gaming partnerships, also said Rolling Stone that rumors about Beahm’s inappropriate contact were the reason YouTube never offered him an exclusive contract.
Beahm eventually moved from Twitch to YouTube, where he recently Fire ring Streams have brought millions of viewers, has since been Video game studio he co-foundedhis sponsor, the gaming headset manufacturer Turtle Beach, his talent agency CAA, NBA2K, where he appears as a game characterand that San Francisco 49ers with whom he had worked in the past. BloombergReport from June 26, Beahm released a statement describing his “side of the story” In it, he admitted to sending messages to the minor, but added: “I am not a damn sex offender or pedophile.”
“Our creator responsibility policies are clear: If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees, or ecosystem, we may take action to protect our community, including by suspending monetization,” a Google spokesperson said. My city in his email. “While these behaviors are rare, they can cause great harm to the YouTube community and potentially damage the trust between creators, users, and advertisers.”
Although he had hinted earlier this week that he would be leaving the internet and taking an indefinite break from streaming, Beahm claimed in his statement that he would come back in the future with “a heavy burden” off his shoulders. “They want me to disappear… yeah, damn right.” If he did try to return to streaming, he would now have to find a new platform to make money on. In the meantime, even former allies have begun to distance themselves from the Trending Gamer of the Year at the Game Awards 2017.
