DrDisrespect settles legal dispute with Twitch over 2020 permanent ban
Enormously popular streamer DrDisrespect, aka Guy Beahm, has settled his legal dispute with Twitch, with neither party admitting to any wrongdoing.
The whole, strange – and still largely mysterious – saga began in the summer of 2020, when Beahm was permanently banned from Twitch for reasons unknown, despite being a year into a two-year exclusivity contract with the company.
For a long time, Beahm maintained he hadn’t been informed of the reason for his ban, but that changed last August when he announced he was launching legal action against Twitch.
“A lot of people ask, do you know the reason,” he explained in a video posted at the time. “I do know the reason why now, I’ve known for months now… And I’ll just say this right now champs: there’s a reason why we’re suing the fuck out of ’em