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[CuteFaceJay]

She might need to get someone like Messi's bodyguard that guy is very good at his job.

 

[LegendOfKage]

Twitch issued a statement:

This is after they assured the attendees that they were safe to come to the event.

There are people saying that this statement is fake. That's probably accurate, considering claims that the statement couldn't be found on their official social media, and considering that Twitch just issued a statement about an hour ago.



The full text of the official statement:

"The safety and security of all those attending TwitchCon is our highest priority. The behavior displayed by the individual involved in the incident yesterday involving a high profile streamer was completely unacceptable and deeply upsetting.

In line with existing TwitchCon security protocols, law enforcement and event security were on site and responded to the incident. We immediately blocked this individual from returning to the TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events. We are coordinating with the impacted creator's team and, per our standard protocols, continue to cooperate with any law enforcement investigations.

We have increased security at the Meet & Greet attendee check-in point and will have additional security personnel surrounding participating streamers. If you've RSVPed for a Meet & Greet, please note that we are unable to accommodate +1s for the remainder of the event.

Twitch has zero tolerance for harassment or acts that inhibit the safety and security of our community."

 

[Trilobit]

Streamers who constantly appear half-naked or in very provocative outfits are obviously more likely to be harassed or attacked. Their content is deliberately designed to attract attention and draw in viewers to make money from it. Unlike on the street, where one might pass someone by randomly, regular viewing creates a sense of intense familiarity in the viewer's imagination. Some individuals begin to perceive the streamer as close or available, which in extreme cases can lead to inappropriate approaches or attacks. Sadly.

Do you think Sydney Sweeney and Margot Robbie have themselves to blame if they are sexually assaulted or does it only pertain to streamers?

I see your point, but it's never the fault of women when men can't control themselves around them, no matter how they are dressed.

 

[MrJangles]

Where the hell was this guy when a fair maiden needed him to protect her?

 

[Peroroncino]

Apparently she was obligated to do the meet and greet.



Force female streamers into high risk scenarios, assure them it's safe, fail completely at security. Great going, Twitch.

This is so fucking foul

 

[Poppinfresh]

Apparently she was obligated to do the meet and greet.



Force female streamers into high risk scenarios, assure them it's safe, fail completely at security. Great going, Twitch.

She wasn't forced or obligated to do anything.

She wasn't forced to go to TwitchCon; she chose to attend, and when the organizers of the show said they wanted her to do a meet & greet in exchange for doing a live show there, she chose to go ahead with it.

She could have easily skipped the Con, and it probably wouldn't have negatively impacted her streaming revenue at all.

What happened wasn't good, but it's disengenous for anyone to say that she was forced into the situation. She put herself there and could have seemingly backed out at any time.

 

[nkarafo]

you wouldn't do that to a cashier, bus driver or a window cleaner.

He would.

 

[Revolutionary]

Glad she ok. She needs to hire a legit bodyguard. A professional probably ex military. Not just some big oaf.

Apparently her private security was banned from Twitchcon because of a previous incident where they got handsy with a stalker.

 

[Skifi28]

She wasn't forced or obligated to do anything.

She wasn't forced to go to TwitchCon; she chose to attend, and when the organizers of the show said they wanted her to do a meet & greet in exchange for doing a live show there, she chose to go ahead with it.

She could have easily skipped the Con, and it probably wouldn't have negatively impacted her streaming revenue at all.

What happened wasn't good, but it's disengenous for anyone to say that she was forced into the situation. She put herself there and could have seemingly backed out at any time.

Isn't she like a millionaire by now? I don't think anyone can really "force" her to do anything she doesn't want to. She's not some poor employee living paycheck to paycheck and having to adhere to her employers whims.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Twitch is dropping the ball. There are good personal security companies out there, you just have to pay for their services. In Formula 1 we have many races in potentially dangerous places (like Brazil), but it's been years since an uncomfortable confrontation or a theft and definitely not in the paddock where the drivers are surrounded by security.

I can also agree that there should always be a table or a barrier/fence between the VIP and 'common folk', much smaller risk of a dangerous situation. That way the VIP also can choose whether they want to give someone a hug, a handshake, a selfie or avoid physical contact.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Isn't she like a millionaire by now? I don't think anyone can really "force" her to do anything she doesn't want to. She's not some poor employee living paycheck to paycheck and having to adhere to her employers whims.

Exactly my point.

What happened wasn't good, but she was 100% complicit in putting herself in a situation where something like that could happen.

If you watch the video, I think she even says, "I'm sure they will be nice," so she knows that some of the people at the show could be weird, yet she still went ahead with the meet and greet.

There needs to be a bit of personal responsibility here. You can't knowingly put yourself in a potentially dangerous situation and then blame others when something bad happens without taking a share of that blame yourself.

 

[Z O N E]

She might need to get someone like Messi's bodyguard that guy is very good at his job.

She had a bodyguard that she really liked, but he was banned from TwitchCon 2 years ago cause he stopped and held down a guy stalking her.

 

[nkarafo]

Some people online: "hE wAs JuSt GoInG fOr A hUg"

Where is this from?

It looks like some guy infested by an alien form trying to assimilate with another victim.

 

[xrnzaaas]

She had a bodyguard that she really liked, but he was banned from TwitchCon 2 years ago cause he stopped and held down a guy stalking her.

So unless there was a broken bone or something his reaction was the correct one? Twitch stars attract weirdos and serious stalkers way easier than other famous people, so you have to be ready to act accordingly.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

That's messed up, hope she is ok.

They need to have 2000 guards at this event, it's filled with people on the left.

 

[Saber]

The guy could easly stab her or shot her with that amount of time the security took.
Btw they say she has a bodyguard but they banned him somehow. I really think event organizers of this event should be sued. Real hard.

 

[MarV0]

Assault is simply instilling fear; it doesn't even require a physical touch. People think of assault as battery, but they are two different things.

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

 

[808mate]

A lot of the communities for these female streamers are mostly compromised of parasocial, male loner shut-ins. Throw in a small percentage of unhinged weirdos and this is the result.

Asmon is right, women should not trade their safety and well-being for contractual obligations.

 

[Cakeboxer]

Do you think Sydney Sweeney and Margot Robbie have themselves to blame if they are sexually assaulted or does it only pertain to streamers?

I see your point, but it's never the fault of women when men can't control themselves around them, no matter how they are dressed.

I don't "blame" anyone. It's a job people choose for themselves, and statistically, things like this are just more likely to happen. It's not great, but you have to be aware of that when your target audience includes desperate, lonely, and unstable men. I also don't "blame" police officers for being shot or injured - it's simply a statistical risk. Certain jobs come with certain dangers; when you choose the job, you accept the risks that come with it.

 

[calico]

They probably can't allow some civilians (personal security) to physically detain other civilians for something like 'following a celebrity' at a convention either, without opening themselves up to potential legal trouble.

 

[Poppinfresh]

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

I can't help but wonder what the reaction would have been if the situation were reversed. If it were a male streamer and a female fan did that to them.

I bet we wouldn't be talking about it now, in fact, we probably wouldn't even know about it.

My guess is that it would have been laughed off ,there would be no complaints, no video, no discussions about how the dude was "obligated" to do the meet and greet, etc...

 

[Trilobit]

Where is this from?

It looks like some guy infested by an alien form trying to assimilate with another victim.

Your description is very accurate.

 

[Nocty]

what an asshole.. seriously they need to beef up the security of these events

I was at Blizzcon one year way back and a random dude dressed as Jason from Friday the 13th was going around harassing all the girls cosplaying at that event, security did nothing... If I remember right the brother of one of the cosplayers knocked his ass out and got sued for assault lol.

 

[Shifty1897]

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

This is the US, you can't just walk up to a random stranger and try to hug or kiss her, that is assault and if a cop was around you'd be arrested. It's not about being a simp, it's about not being a creep.

At the same time, I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who put themselves on the internet for money/attention and then are surprised when some nut jobs cross over into their fandom and assume a parasocial relationship. Of course you're going to get stalked by a crazy person, you're dancing around half naked on the internet for money. It's not right that it happens but common sense, foresight, and pattern recognition should all tell you that it will happen eventually.

 

[Bodom78]

I'm too old to even care... I'm off to yell at the clouds.

 

[Dutchy]

I can't help but wonder what the reaction would have been if the situation were reversed. If it were a male streamer and a female fan did that to them.

I bet we wouldn't be talking about it now, in fact, we probably wouldn't even know about it.

My guess is that it would have been laughed off ,there would be no complaints, no video, no discussions about how the dude was "obligated" to do the meet and greet, etc...

Double standards exist but that doesn't make downplaying this particular scenario any better. Unwanted contact should be taken seriously no matter the gender.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Emiru seems genuinely cool and quite tom boyish when I've seen her on people's streams etc.

This guy is a weirdo and needs the old school take them out back imo. What a creep.

Must be wild being an attractive girl in this world.

 

[Portugeezer]

Apparently she was obligated to do the meet and greet.



Force female streamers into high risk scenarios, assure them it's safe, fail completely at security. Great going, Twitch.

If she didn't do it her contract would be nullified (probably), but that is a choice. She could think about suing Twitch though.

I agree about the security though. You can't be too relaxed when you have thousands of people around, especially around women given the sad parasocial relationships some people have. They donated money and think they're owed love.

I honestly think guards should be standing next to her at all times and not in the background. If the video of him having a knife is accurate then this could have ended up even as murder.

I don't think he planed on being violent (if he wanted to he could have done from the start), but if that's a knife it's just a small dick flex from a loser who thinks it looks tough. Small, micro dick energy.

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

Bro, if you're married and not some incel, then you know a woman's neck is an intimate place. That wasn't a cheek kiss to greet, this guy b lined to get a whiff of her neck sweat. You simply don't do that.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Apparently her private security was banned from Twitchcon because of a previous incident where they got handsy with a stalker.

Twitch is a fucking joke.

 

[Freelance Yakuza]

She had a bodyguard that she really liked, but he was banned from TwitchCon 2 years ago cause he stopped and held down a guy stalking her.

Banned for doing his job?

 

[Aion002]

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

I hope you're joking, but physical and psychological assault shouldn't be treated as lightly.

Anyway, it's 2025, everyone should know your and others rights.

The perpetrator only stopped his action because other person intervened, he could have done a lot worse to her if no one acted. Saying that it was just a hug after someone stopped him is dumb.

Anyway, in USA an unwanted hug can be charged:

Man charged with sexual abuse after unwanted hug

An arrest warrant states that Juan Utrera, 62, grabbed the woman and hugged her forcefully on January 4.

www.wave3.com

Woman charged with harassing Steve McLaughlin, giving unwanted hug

“The point needs to be set: you don’t get to touch people who don’t want to be touched,” said the North Greenbush police chief.

www.timesunion.com

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

'assault' seems a bit over used here. Not that I'm defending the creep but the word infers something way worse than what we saw here.

No, it doesn't.

 

[Gripsx]

why im not surprised some retards here thinks this not assault

 

[Dr.Morris79]

'assault' seems a bit over used here. Not that I'm defending the creep but the word infers something way worse than what we saw here.

Are you serious?

The fact he got anywhere near her is fucking atrocious. It'd only take a split second to stick a knife somewhere or do something fucked up

So even this, as little as it seems, is an assault.

Twitch just seems like a fucking cess pit though run by fuck ups.

 

[Germuso]

 

[Mr Moose]

'assault' seems a bit over used here. Not that I'm defending the creep but the word infers something way worse than what we saw here.

It's exactly what the video shows.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

detecting some incel energy ITT

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I don't understand the need to assault women.

Just fucking masterbate if you're horny.

Seriously I don't get why some men seem to think it's necessary for them to misuse other human beings at masturbation toys

 

[Trilobit]

I don't think he planed on being violent (if he wanted to he could have done from the start), but if that's a knife it's just a small dick flex from a loser who thinks it looks tough. Small, micro dick energy.

When the dude meets Tectone: °whips out°

 

[Mozza]

Dickhead. It's someone doing her job, you wouldn't do that to a cashier, bus driver or a window cleaner. Leave the acts alone.

Well to be fair a lot of times those guys are behind glass.

 

[CliffBronger]

Who ?

 

[wipeout364]

Hopefully this incident will give Twitch a kick in their ass relative to safety concerns. These girls make their money on being sexy and attractive. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

Thank goodness it was something that was not serious, although she will likely have some psychological trauma from it.. That guy could just as easily had a knife or gun and done something really terrible in the time he had.

 

[mitch1971]

Apparently he walked out of the venue too.

Great beefed up security Twitch.

Because it's twitch. He's the victim, too.

 

[adamsapple]

Then my wife assaults me every day.

In all seriousness so many SIMPS in this thread. You call that assault? We greet each other with kisses where I come from.

My man, clearly you've never heard of the concept of consent.

 

[MarV0]

I hope you're joking, but physical and psychological assault shouldn't be treated as lightly.

Anyway, it's 2025, everyone should know your and others rights.

The perpetrator only stopped his action because other person intervened, he could have done a lot worse to her if no one acted. Saying that it was just a hug after someone stopped him is dumb.

Anyway, in USA an unwanted hug can be charged:

Man charged with sexual abuse after unwanted hug

An arrest warrant states that Juan Utrera, 62, grabbed the woman and hugged her forcefully on January 4.

www.wave3.com

Woman charged with harassing Steve McLaughlin, giving unwanted hug

“The point needs to be set: you don’t get to touch people who don’t want to be touched,” said the North Greenbush police chief.

www.timesunion.com

Which is why under no circumstances do I want your "diverse" schizo-paranoid and devoid of all human contact society infecting mine.

By the way ANY interaction with the physical world can go wrong, if you don't put one foot in front of the other you can fall and hurt yourself. Wrap yourself in bubble wrap and stay indoors.

 

[poodaddy]

The blue hair guy wtf was doing....it was in lala land...

This is what the fuck pisses me off, men who just stand by.

I'm almost more pissed at dudes like him, as I've worked security before and I can tell you it's a whole goddamn thing. If you lay hands on someone too quick, even if you know they're bad news, most security companies will abandon the fuck out of you on litigation and then fire you, and I mean that is the vast majority of security companies, seriously; I've worked a couple different ones.
However, you're at a meet and greet with a celebrity you supposedly like, you see a guy skip the line to come and cop a feel and you sit there and stare off into the distance like a fuckin retard?! What the fuck is going on with men? What is wrong with us? What happened to basic masculinity?! I'll grant you that he was a big guy and the little green haired cuck probably woulda gotten fucked up pretty quick, but that would have given security time to get involved and stop the guy even laying a hand on her.

Stop standing by boys! Men don't stand by and watch shit happen to kids and women, we do something about it! It's time for men to realize that the world isn't this safe comfortable place that we think it is, there is still call for men to be men and to be vigilant.

Act! It's what men do, not stand by and watch like a fuckin dunce.

 

[PeteBull]

Bro I usually agree with you but he was clearly trying and did something more there than just a hug during a meet with another fan... even a hug can be an assault depending of size, strength and placement of hands. Another thing you just dont walk and hug an unknown person, in this case being a fan you wait your turn, meet her and ask for a hug.

Check the video once more you are mostly level headed you will come to the same conclusion Im sure.

I think most of my views on it comes from not being native english speaker, i associate(wrongly) assault with act of physical harm/causing pain etc, while actual english defintion of it(which i just checked) is even unwanted contact(even if light/not harmful etc), and ofc thats a correct one, so nothing to say here from me, i dont even know if we got same word in polish for that, since polish word "napaść" directly indicates harm/physical pain etc- not just "feeling uncofortable" like u can feel after u get assaulted in english(like in that video).

Again- u are right, i am wrong, and i blame here my polish brain/laungauge barrier, not everything can be translated perfectly.

 

[Stitch]

I just remembered that time where a streamer broker her back at twitchcon and it turns out it was pornstar Adriana Chechik

 

[Skifi28]

This is what the fuck pisses me off, men who just stand by.

I'm almost more pissed at dudes like him, as I've worked security before and I can tell you it's a whole goddamn thing. If you lay hands on someone too quick, even if you know they're bad news, most security companies will abandon the fuck out of you on litigation and then fire you, and I mean that is the vast majority of security companies, seriously; I've worked a couple different ones.
However, you're at a meet and greet with a celebrity you supposedly like, you see a guy skip the line to come and cop a feel and you sit there and stare off into the distance like a fuckin retard?! What the fuck is going on with men? What is wrong with us? What happened to basic masculinity?! I'll grant you that he was a big guy and the little green haired cuck probably woulda gotten fucked up pretty quick, but that would have given security time to get involved and stop the guy even laying a hand on her.

Stop standing by boys! Men don't stand by and watch shit happen to kids and women, we do something about it! It's time for men realize that the world isn't this safe comfortable place that we think it is, there is still call for men to be men and to be vigilant.

Act! It's what men do, not stand by and watch like a fuckin dunce.

I disagree. I'm not getting shot or stabbed on behalf of some streamer, you have no idea who you're dealing with in such a situation, even more so if you are not trained to handle them. Even if you do manage to stop a perpetrator, you can actually get in legal trouble depending on how you go about it and I'm not dealing with that either. Unless it's family or a friend, I'm not doing shit, let the police handle it.

 

[RoboFu]

I disagree. I'm not getting shot or stabbed on behalf of some streamer, you have no idea who you're dealing with in such a situation, even more so if you are not trained to handle them. Even if you do manage to stop a perpetrator, you can actually get in legal trouble depending on how you go about it and I'm not dealing with that either. Unless it's family or a friend, I'm not doing shit, let the police handle it.

You can't just get in front of them? lol no need for MMA here.