Dr DisRespect & Twitch settle lawsuit over his 2020 ban
Dr DisRespect took Twitch to court over his 2020 permaban from the platform. No party was found at fault in the conclusion of the lawsuit.
One of the more curious stories of 2020 was Guy Beahm, better known as Dr DisRespect, getting banned permanently from the Twitch platform out of the blue. DisRespect had run into a few short bans and timeouts, but this one seemingly came out of nowhere and no one has spoken to the reason why it happened openly. Nonetheless, Dr DisRespect claimed to have learned the reason in 2021 and it was a factor in him taking Twitch to court over the ban. The lawsuit has now concluded, though, and no party admitted to fault.
Dr DisRespect himself was the source of this information, posting the outcome of the lawsuit on his personal Twitter on March 10, 2022.
“I have resolved my legal dispute with Twitch," Dr Disrespect said in his Twitter post. "No party admits to any wrongdoing."
Twitch would confirm the decision in a similary-worded message in response to inquiry from PC Gamer.
“Dr Disrespect and Twitch have resolved their legal dispute. No party admits to any wrongdoing,” Twitch said in its statement.
Moving on. pic.twitter.com/aA4KfHOSK2
— Dr Disrespect (@DrDisrespect) March 10, 2022
It’s a bit of a ho-hum conclusion to a rather odd and intense story. Dr DisRespect has faced temporary bans on Twitch before. In 2019, he was temporarily banned for livestreaming from inside a restroom at E3. However, his eventual permaban in 2020 came without warning and did not seemingly follow any particular activity. It just happened without explanation and, at the time, even Dr DisRespect claimed to not know what it was. Twitch and Dr DisRespect were both silent on the specifics of the matter until 2021, when Dr DisRespect claimed to have learned the reason he was banned and chose to pursue a lawsuit against Twitch over it.
The reason why DisRespect was banned has still never been shared. However, it looks like it’s not coming out anytime soon either. With the lawsuit settled and no party at fault, Twitch and Dr DisRespect are still parting ways and DisRespect doesn’t seem to have any plans of coming back to Twitch anytime soon.
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replyTJ Denzer posted a new article, Dr DisRespect & Twitch settle lawsuit over his 2020 ban
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Hope he made mega bank. Twitch really screwed him over. It’s near impossible for any streamer to make even half as much on YouTube gaming.
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Interesting. That seems like a big gamble. But maybe he's more loaded than I thought.
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I’m sure he will wipe his tears away from the millions people donate.
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Still, it's money that is rightfully his that Twitch took away for some unknown reason. Maybe personal vendetta from a higher up?
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he does not have some legal right to use Twitch
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I think he had some sort of contract with them though, which is why he was awarded some amount of cash
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He wasn't given any money, though
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It sounds like they settled out of court, which usually involves some sort of payout
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No, it's exactly not that, it was resolved, not settled, in court with no party 'admitting to wrongdoing' - so no leverage was found to cause anyone to pay anyone anything.
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I read it as they "resolved via a settlement". Twitch would pay him in exchange for being able to admit no wrongdoing.
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They also prevented anyone from even playing with him on stream, or even taking part in tournaments with him. They also temp banned people that dressed up like him.
It's a bit more vindictive than just not having him stream on their service.-
Twitch has complete control over what brands they allow on their platform.
If YouTube bans Alex Jones does that mean it’s wrong for them to ban anyone from interviewing him? Or can he just skirt the ban by making regular appearances in YouTube interviews on other channels?-
You are correct. They can do what they want.
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That was an earlier temp ban
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lol how do you guys have such disdain for a wwe character , you know Elon is like 10x worse and is an actual asshole right
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ok sure but the other stuff like him telling his audience hes the best, he is the god gamer, "nobody does it better!" that stuff is so tame I feel like and its funny to me. dont really think this is what breeds toxicity in gaming cause its just a parody
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"it's just a prank, bro" -- got it, solid argument.
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yikes. what the hell.
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Don't worry, I can hate multiple shitheels at once.
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The guy who filmed in a bathroom and cheated on his wife. What a great guy!
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I've defriended people who've done it. It's called having baseline morality standards for friends. You cheat, you can't be trusted.
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So forgiveness isn't a thing for you I guess?
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Lol such a shitty take
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he filmed in a boys bathroom, with no care at all to blur faces, much less blur the faces of any children in there.
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The in rumor at the time was he was accused of sexual misconduct via internal chat, one of his moderators was a simp for the woman that he was chatting too and assumed that Dr. D was sexually harassing her when they were just talking as friends. He apparently did nothing wrong nor did she but he had just recently came out with an apology for cheating on his wife so the guy simping assumed he was trying to bang every girl he talked to. So Twitch banned him, didn't want to pay out the contract and sent him packing. Twitch didn't want to back down and take flack for not "protecting female streamers" even though nobody was actually hurt and there wasn't a situation.
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It's probably some boring reason like Twitch thought he was sexually harassing somebody when in fact he wasn't.
http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=41186024
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I think we should decriminalize mocking accents. It's totally fine to make fun a french or german accent. But do a funny Chinese accent and all the sudden you're a monster?
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It is not now and never has been criminal to do a tasteless accent. What the fuck are you talking about?
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Call us Dr Respectable's MD, please. 🧑⚕️
This clown has done nothing but make "stupid fucking mistakes, man". If you truly enjoy his schtick more power to you. In all honesty he is bad/mediocre at games. Whines and complains when he loses, always those damn stream snipers, man. Cheats on his wife/family, films kids in bathrooms, makes constant racist jokes and spreads covid misinformation.
But if that Gillettee the best a man can get does it for you, by all means.
So many better more entertaining streamers that don't come off as complete asshats. This is all subjective but watching streamers the past decade+ he's up there in the top 5 I loathe the most.
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