Gaming headset maker Turtle Beach is the latest company to cut ties with Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm amid allegations he was banned from Twitch back in 2020 for sexting a minor. The company’s decision arrived alongside a new report by Bloomberg corroborating claims that Beahm, who has denied any “wrongdoing,” acted inappropriately “We will not be continuing our partnership with Guy Beahm/DrDisrespect,” a spokesperson for Turtle Beach said in a statement today that was first reported by IGN.
Three sources familiar with the incident told Bloomberg the streamer exchanged in “sexually explicit” messages with a minor using the Amazon-owned platform’s built-in messaging tools. Two of those sources told Bloomberg that Beahm asked the minor what her plans were at TwitchCon, a big conference happening later that year. The report comes after another one by The Verge, which said it corroborated the claims with a former member of Twitch’s trust and safety team.