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Dr Disrespect continued to send sexually explicit messages to minor after their age was known, former Twitch employee says

More information has come to light regarding Twitch's 2020 ban of streamer Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm.

Beahm began making headlines again last week, when Twitch's former account director of strategic partnerships Cody Conners stated an unnamed person had been banned from the streaming platform after they were caught sending sexually explicit messages to a minor. Watch on YouTube"I recall that Dr Disrespect was made aware by the individual that they were underage during the conversation, after which he indicated that this was no problem and continued on," the former employee told the publication, stating "there was no confusion". They also added that following a number of sexual misconduct allegations that arose in 2020, Twitch created an incident response team codenamed Gold Sparrow to address concerns.

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