Summary
Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, also known as Dr Disrespect, was permanently banned from Twitch in June 2020, and the reason for his departure remained a mystery at the time. A few days ago, however, former Twitch staff member Cody Connersclaimed that the ban was caused by Dr Disrespect sexting with a minorusing Twitch’s private messaging service Whispers and trying to meet up with her in real life. These allegations sparked a huge controversy, and some of Beahm’s partners decided to speak up.
Dr Disrespect Is No Longer Part of Midnight Society Too
Turtle Beach is not the first company to break up with Dr Disrespect in the wake of the Twitch ban allegations. Earlier this week,Midnight Society also cut ties with Dr Disrespect. Beahm co-founded the game studio together with Robert Bowling and Quinn DelHoyo in 2021, but the team announced the termination of the relationship soon after the controversy started. According to Midnight Society’s official announcement, the team had assumed Beahm’s innocence previously but ultimately decided to split up with the content creator.
Dr Disrespect currently denies the recent allegationsregarding his Twitch ban. He maintains that “no wrongdoing was acknowledged” regarding his ban, and that nothing illegal happened to provoke the event. Also, Beahm clarified that the whole situation was properly settled with Twitch back in 2020.
Recently,Dr Disrespect also announced that he would take a breakfrom streaming. During a recent stream, the content creator reiterated his innocence against the accusations and revealed that he was already planning a vacation soon. Due to the recent events, he would likely take the vacation sooner and extend its time. It’s unknown how long Dr Disrespect’s vacation will last, or what his plans for the future are.
