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 . The company had been one of Beahm’s sponsors, whose streaming persona, Dr Disrespect, has millions of subscribers on YouTube and was best known for the black wig and gaming headset he wore in videos and at in-person events.
Around the same time, Bloomberg released a new report corroborating allegations made by former Twitch employee Cody Conners over the weekend that Beahm was permanently banned from Twitch for allegedly sexting a minor. 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. “Listen, I’m obviously tied to legal obligations from the settlem.