\n<\/p>\n
Dr Disrespect\u2019s YouTube channel has been demonetized. In a statement to The Verge<\/em>, YouTube spokesperson Nicole Bell wrote, \u201cWe have suspended monetization on DrDisrespect\u2019s channel for violating our Creator Responsibility policy.\u201d Bell also wrote that Dr Disrespect has been suspended from YouTube\u2019s partner program<\/a> \u201cfollowing serious allegations against the creator.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The allegations refer to multiple reports that the streamer, whose real name is Guy Beahm, was banned from Twitch in 2020<\/a> due to inappropriate messages sent to a minor through Whispers, a Twitch communication app. When Beahm was banned, neither he nor Twitch explained the reason, leaving it a mystery for four years. Late last week, however, Cody Conners, a former Twitch employee, posted on X the alleged reason for Beahm\u2019s ban<\/a>. \u201cHe got banned because got caught sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product,\u201d Conners wrote. \u201cHe was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n After Conners\u2019 tweet, Beahm denied the accusations<\/a>, posting on X, \u201cThis has been settled, no wrongdoing was acknowledged and they paid out the whole contract,\u201d referring to a financial dispute Beahm settled against Twitch back in 2021. However, as multiple brands including Turtle Beach<\/a> and Midnight Society<\/a> \u2014 a game studio Beahm co-founded \u2014 began to distance themselves from the creator, Beahm took to social media again to defend himself. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWere there Twitch whisper messages with an individual minor back in 2017?\u00a0The answer is yes,\u201d Beahm wrote on X<\/a>, saying that those messages, \u201csometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Beahm closed the statement by saying he planned to take an extended vacation but would eventually return to streaming. After getting banned from Twitch, Beahm started a YouTube channel in August 2020 that currently boasts over 4 million subscribers. In a report for Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, Ryan Wyatt, former head of YouTube\u2019s gaming partnerships, said that YouTube declined to give Beahm a partnership deal when he joined the platform because of the rumors surrounding his exit from Twitch. Partnership deals, like the kind enjoyed by other YouTube creators like Valkyrae<\/a> and DrLupo<\/a>, would have granted Beahm access to special YouTube resources and monetization features as well as ad revenue sharing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n