Dr Disrespect has seemingly responded to disappointed fans with a bizarre ‘Epstein’ reference after his return to stream.
The former Twitch streamer, whose real name is Herschel ‘Guy’ Beahm IV, was mysteriously banned from the site in 2020 before allegations were made by a former employee of the platform.
Earlier this year, former Account Director of Strategic Partnership at Twitch, Cody Conners, alleged that Dr Disrespect had been banned because he ‘got caught sexting a minor in the then-existing Twitch Whispers product’.
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At the time, Dr Disrespect made a statement where he claimed: “Were there twitch whisper messages with an individual minor back in 2017? The answer is yes. Were there real intentions behind these messages, the answer is absolutely not.
“These were casual, mutual conversations that sometimes leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate, but nothing more.
“Nothing illegal happened, no pictures were shared, no crimes were committed, I never even met the individual.”
At the end of his statement, he insisted that he’s ‘not f***ing going anywhere’.
He has since deleted the statement and has now announced his return to streaming, which has prompted some negative responses from disappointed fans.
Posting a video to X, formerly Twitter, Dr Disrespect is shown to be driving a speedboat to an island before the end of the clip reads, ‘Tomorrow’.
Reacting to the post, one user wrote: “No way the comeback video is a boat driving to an ISLAND broooo LMAOOOO doc.”
Another said: “Bro just got back from Epstein’s island.”
A third posted: “Any streaming service that lets him come back is apart of the problem in protecting our kids.”
And a fourth person added: “You're the guy who sexted with a minor right? Anyway cool boat I guess.”
Dr Disrespect seemed to come back at the comments by replying to his own video with: “WHeRe's He CoMinG from, Epstein iSlAnd? iTs a pDf nOt a DoC. hE BloCkEd mE, leT Me TaKe a ScReEnsHot aNd PosT.”
This appears to be a bizarre reference to the Jeffrey Epstein PDF documents and people were quick to come back on it.
One user responded to the comment with: “This isn't going the way you expected it to huh bud?”
Another added: “Dude you talked to a minor. People shouldn’t sweep that under the rug.”
And a third joked: “iF I wRiTe LIke tHis iT might sEeM I aM nOt mAd.”