Turtle Beach ends partnership with Dr Disrespect amid allegations of inappropriate behavior

Date:
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 11:35:45 +0000

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Turtle Beach has ended its partnership with content creator Guy Beahm, also known as Dr Disrespect.

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Gaming accessory manufacturer Turtle Beach has ended its partnership with gaming content creator Guy Beahm, also known as Dr Disrespect, following allegations that he was banned from internet streaming platform Twitch after exchanging sexually explicit messages with a minor.

The supposed justification for the ban, which took place four years ago for undisclosed reasons, surfaced late last week when former Twitch employee Cody Conners made a candid post to X / Twitter seemingly detailing the matter. He got banned because [he] got caught sexting a minor in the then existing
Twitch whispers product, the post read.

These allegations were then corroborated in a recent report from Bloomberg , which stated that their sources claimed that Beahm exchanged sexually
explicit messages with a minor through Twitchs direct chat feature. He also reportedly asked about their plans to attend the then upcoming TwitchCon convention. This led to a complaint filed against Beahm through Twitchs reporting system, resulting in the ban.

Responding to the claims in a lengthy statement posted to X / Twitter, Beahm admitted that there were messages with an individual minor back in 2017 but denied any wrongdoing and stated that there was no real intention behind
these messages. Rather, they were casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate in which nothing illegal happened and no pictures were shared.

In a very brief statement provided to TechRadar Gaming, Turtle Beach said
that we will not be continuing our partnership with Guy Beahm / Dr Disrespect but refused to provide any explanation for this decision.

The partnership first began back in 2020 and saw the release of the Stealth 700 Gen 2 Max Dr Disrespect Limited Edition gaming headset last year. The listing for the product has since been removed and a quick browse of the Turtle Beach website shows that the company has also scrubbed a number of references to the content creator in its marketing material. You might also like... Starfield can reach up to 120fps on Xbox Series S thanks to new mods Learn about the best Xbox Series X headsets right now How to work out whether a wired vs wireless gaming headset is the right choice



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-accessories/turtle-beach-ends-partners hip-with-dr-disrespect-amid-allegations-of-inappropriate-behavior


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