YouTube demonetises Dr Disrespect’s channel following Twitch ban accusations

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demonetises Dr Disrespect’s channel following

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ban accusations

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has demonetised Guy ‘Dr Disrespect’ Beahm‘s channel, following allegations he was banned from

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for messages sent to a minor.

In a statement made to

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, a

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spokesperson confirmed that Beahm was no longer able to make money from his

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videos and suspended his channel from the

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Partner Program.

“We have suspended monetization on DrDisrespect’s channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy,” the spokesperson said, going on to confirm that

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had “suspended Dr Disrespect’s channel from the

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Partner Program following serious allegations against the creator”.

The spokesperson said the demonetisation also applied to any other

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channels Beahm may own, and any new channels he may create in the future.

Beahm was one of

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’s most popular streaming personalities prior to his unexpected ban and the termination of an exclusive deal with the platform, which was said to have been worth as much as $10 million a year, in June 2020.

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has never publicly confirmed the reason for Beahm’s ban and, following the streamer’s threat to sue in 2021, the pair released statements that the matter had been resolved and that “no party admits to any wrongdoing”.

However, the situation took a turn last week when a former

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employee

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which, while not mentioning Beahm by name, was widely assumed to be targeted at the streamer.

“He got banned because [he] got caught sexting a minor in the then existing

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whispers product,” they wrote. “He was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon. The powers that be could read in plain text. Case closed, gang.”

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later corroborated the claims and named Beahm directly.

Midnight Society, the studio Beahm co-founded, has cut ties with him. The studio’s first game, Deadrop, is in early access.

Following the accusations Midnight Society, the studio co-founded by Beahm, announced that it had cut ties with the streamer, saying: “While these facts are difficult to hear and even more difficult to accept, it is our duty to act with dignity on behalf of all individuals involved, especially the 55 developers and families we have employed along with our community of players.”

This was followed by news that accessories maker Turtle Beach had ended its partnership with Beahm, terminating a multi-year deal which would see the streamer continue to use various Turtle Beach products and “help design the next round of performance-driven gaming gear”.

Beahm

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on Tuesday in which he confirmed that he did send private messages to a minor on

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and that they “sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate”, but claimed that there we no “real intentions behind these messages”.