News Summary

• Herschel “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was one of the biggest streamers on Twitch when the Amazon-owned streaming platform permanently banned him in mid-2020
• The suddenness of the high-profile ejection, coupled with both beahm and Twitch staying silent over what had actually happened and why, turned the incident into the most infamous and mysterious ban in the platform’s history
• A former Twitch employee recently purported to share the real alleged reason why he got sent packing
• This person remained anonymous but reportedly worked on the safety and safety team at Twitch