Dr Disrespect accused of “sexting” a minor which led to the 2020 Twitch permaban

A former Twitch employee dropped a bombshell to address one of the biggest mysteries in the streaming world. According to him, Dr Disrespect's Twitch ban was a result of his inappropriate behavior with a minor on the platform. Dr Disrespect has since responded to the serious allegations. More details below.

Read here to get a recap of the entire story of Dr Disrespect's mysterious Twitch ban. You can also understand the context of the story with the timeline below:

A former Twitch employee, Cody Conners, unleashed chaos in the streaming world with his recent accusations. He formerly worked for Twitch in the Strategic Partnerships department, according to crunchbase. Although he has long left the purple platform, he just recently dropped a serious accusation involving Dr Disrespect and the reason behind his Twitch ban four years ago.

In a follow-up Tweet, Cody Conners said:

Although he did not drop any names, the internet quickly connected the dots and fingers pointed at Dr Disrespect. The ex-Twitch employee detailed that Dr Disrespect was chatting inappropriately, or sexting, with an underaged user using Twitch Whispers. Twitch Whispers was a direct message system on Twitch which allowed any Twitch users to privately message other accounts. He was also planning to meet up with the user at TwitchCon, a gaming convention for the purple platform.

With many social media accounts quickly reporting on the allegations, Dr Disrespect also gave a response just hours after the issue exploded. However, his response was a little too tame which sparked another wave of unsatisfied replies.

Esports journalist, Jake Lucky, reported on the ex-Twitch employee accusations on his Twitter/X account. Under the post, Dr Disrespect replied and stated that the issue has been solved and Twitch has also paid out his whole contract.

The internet was not content with his response. Most of them pointed out how Dr Disrespect didn't even deny the allegations. But some also stated that it could be because of legal restrictions.

After almost an entire day, the internet hasn't stopped talking about the hot topic and Dr Disrespect followed up with another response. He stated that he didn't do anything wrong and that everything was settled. Once again, he did not directly deny the accusation.

At first, many people doubted that it was a serious statement and could just be a "troll" post. However, well-known journalist Rod "Slasher" Breslau made a post that seems to indirectly address the allegations. Slasher is known as a journalist who often gets quick inside scoops and would leak them to the public. He recently posted and seemingly sub-tweeted Cody Conners accusations and said: "I did not lie."

This likely refers to Slasher's Tweet four years ago. In 2020, after Dr Disrespect's Twitch ban, he made a statement saying: "for several hours now I have been told from credible sources the reason DrDisrespect has been banned. however due to the importance and sensitivity around the subject I have refrained from going on it. i don't feel comfortable with it currently."

UPDATE: Another former Twitch employee also posted what seems like it could be linked to the Dr Disrespect allegations.

Dr Disrespect's Twitch ban also came during when sexual assault cases were rocking the streaming industry. Twitch had been targeting a couple of streamers who were then banned for misconduct. Twitch's vague statement regarding his ban was: "we take appropriate action when we have evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service."

Robert Bowling, the studio lead for Midnight Society - a Dr Disrespect video game project, has also responded to the issue. He posted on X that he is now aware of the accusations and is starting an investigation to follow through.

Popular creator, Nickmercs, who is also a close friend of Dr Disrespect, posted a video in defense of the 2x. Nickmercs expressed his shock over the allegations and upholds the 'innocent until proven guilty' stance.

After a couple of days from the controversy, Dr Disrespect announces that he'll be stepping away from streaming and social media. It will be an indefinite break as the streamer wants to step away from the limelight. Around the same time, Midnight Society announced that it is cutting ties with Dr Disrespect - the very co-founder of the game studio.

Dr Disrespect now actively streams on YouTube to more than 4 million subscribers. Despite it being years after the Twitch ban controversy, the mystery lingers. We will update this developing story as it goes, so stick around esports.gg.