It’s now claimed that Dr Disrespect knew he was talking to an underage fan when he sent ‘sexually graphic messages’ and told them it was ‘no problem’. The streaming career of Herschel ‘Guy’ Beahm, better known to the world as Dr Disrespect, lies in tatters, following his own admission that he communicated with an underage fan and that that was the reason he was banned from Twitch in 2020. Following these revelations, Beahm has seen sponsors abandon him by the drove, as his marketing deal with the NFL is cancelled and his character removed from games including NBA 2K4.
He’s been thrown out of the development studio he helped found and he’s lost over 40,000 subscribers on YouTube and Twitter. Beahm is currently on holiday with his family but in his absence YouTube has demonetised his YouTube channel, which means that despite having 4.67 million subscribers he will now not be able to make any money from the content there, from either adverts or paid subscriptions.
‘Our Creator Responsibility Guidelines are clear that if a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees, or ecosystem, we may take action to protect our community, including by suspending monetisation,’ said YouTube owner Google in a statement to Kotaku . YouTubers generally make most of their money from sponsorship and merchandise sales but either way, Beahm now has no obvious way to make money from streaming, especially not on YouTube. The news comes as a Rolling Stone report su.