Steve Cohen, founder of hedge fund Point72 and new owner of the New York Mets, deactivated his Twitter account Saturday in the aftermath of the GameStop mania, which involved death threats to his family.

A Reddit community with 6 million followers under the name “Wall Street Bets,” caused a stock market uproar last week when it caught wind that hedge fund Melvin Capital was going to short video game retailer GameStop (GME). Point72 suffered losses mainly due to infusing close to $750 million into Melvin Capital.

GameStop shares surged to $325 on Friday after closing at $19.95 on Jan. 12.

The 64-year-old billionaire released a statement Saturday about his Twitter account.

“I’ve really enjoyed the back and forth with Mets fans on Twitter which was unfortunately overtaken this week by misinformation unrelated to the Mets that led to our family getting personal threats,” the statement reads.

“So I’m going to take a break for now. We have other ways to listen to your suggestions and remain committed to doing that."

Cohen’s hedge fund lost nearly 15% of their $19 billion in assets, a source told the New York Times.

Cohen purchased the Mets in November for $2.5 billion.

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