Then on June 21, former Twitch staffer Cody Conners took to Twitter to claim that Dr Disrespect was banned because he "got caught sexting a minor in the then existing Twitch whispers product.

However, several ex-Twitch employees, notably Cody Conners, exposed Beahm for having inappropriately messaged a minor in 2017 in the streaming platform’s messaging service, Twitch Whispers.