"To tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact."

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[–] 270 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Emiru did a short stream going into additional details about the incident, as well as some other fuck-ups by Twitch staff that weren't mentioned in this article.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USuIpVAqAw

tl;dw: Emiru calls out Twitch for lying about the situation in their official statements, expresses concern for what sort of response a smaller streamer would've gotten if they were attacked like this, and draws attention to Twitch's lack of security and professionalism. Twitch staffers originally laughed about the situation to Emiru's face, and didn't seem to care until the video went viral. They ran background checks on everybody who signed up for her meet-and-greet event, but the attendees were allowed to bring a plus-one with them, who did NOT have to get background checked. Twitch staff also allowed people to walk around even after their badges couldn't scan properly.

Also, because this isn't anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she's spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn't even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he's permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.

Twitch fucked up big time here.

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  • [–] 186 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    Also, because this isn’t anywhere near the first time Emiru has been attacked in public, she points out that she’s spent tens of thousands of dollars for her own private security, and wasn’t even allowed to bring her preferred bodyguard with her because he’s permanently banned from Twitch events due to restraining a stalker during a previous event.

    What the fuck? They banned her bodyguard for protecting her and then asked her to come back without him? It's like they wanted her to get assaulted.

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago

    It seems like they need her at their event for credibility, but she doesn't really need them. They fucked up by not recognizing this, and now they are going to lose her drawing power at future events. And all they had to do was protect a girl from known weirdos. Nice job, dickheads.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago

    I feel crazy for even saying it, but yeah, that is exactly what it looks like to me. Like Twitch staff specifically wanted this to happen, as some sort of revenge against her for mistreating their fellow predators.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    In fairness we're taking that comment as face value without knowing what level of violence "restraining a stalker" entailed.

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  • [–] 32 points 10 months ago

    From how she describes it in the video, he apparently held the stalker by the arm until police arrived. It doesn't seem like he roughed the guy up or injured him at all. It really seems like Twitch applied the "no touching" rule to the wrong person.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Press x for doubt

    A bit closer to he got a wee bit violent and a legal bruh ha ha ensued.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    This is the second or third version of this story that I've heard in this comment chain and I'm having trouble searching for articles about the original incident, hits from the new one are flooding the results. Do you happen to have a link to more info?

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