Twitch Banned Dr. Disrespect, Might Pursue Legal Action

Following a sudden banning from Twitch in late June, Guy “Dr. Disrespect” Beahm breaks his silence to attempt to figure out why he was banned in the first place, and what legal action he is thinking of taking.

Beahm did not share why he was banned from the Amazon subsidiary and refused to guess why things went down as they did. To date, there has been no explanation from Twitch why the ban was implemented, GameSpot notes.

"Yeah, that's the kind of the mind-blowing thing about all of this," Beahm replied when asked about why Twitch would not explain his ban to him. "Obviously, for legal counsel, I have to be careful here. But I can say, however, that I will not be returning to Twitch, so, I mean, that's it."

Beahm, though, remained vague on what grounds he can sue Twitch on, which might indicate that his comments are more akin to posturing than actual intent to do so.

Beahm was pressed on whether he thought some recent events might have triggered the ban, including the sharing of conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19 and 5G networks. Beahm's publicist didn't allow Beahm to speculate about it, instead stating that Twitch had not formally reprimanded the streamer prior to the ban.

When asked if the ban might be related to recent incidents of sexual harassment and assault within the gaming industry, Beahm declined to speculate on the matter. It will be recalled that he had previously been suspended for taking a camera into a public restroom while at E3. His account was later reinstated.

Beahm was also asked what he plans on doing next, to which he replied, “My focus now is just continuing the momentum and returning to my chair, hanging out with the Champions Club and launching a couple fun, creative experiences.”

Several times in the interview, Beahm talks about “Doc 3.0” as some kind of reboot of the Dr. Disrespect character. Asked to elaborate further, he said, “I don't want to go into the details of what that means. But when you start to look at potential projects outside of the streaming space, and then you combine those with the character in the streaming space, I think you're gonna see his universe open up a lot bigger. And that's probably the best way I could describe it.”

He also says that he isn't looking at any exclusivity deals with other streaming platforms, especially amid Microsoft closing Mixer and offering deals to streamers with Facebook Gaming, GameSpot points out. Beahm does say, however, that there are no firm dates yet as to when he will return to streaming.