The difference a day makes, I swear this drama has escalated quick in TWO days, he's put out a full tweet of it, I don't have X so someone else link it as I ain't making an account to that hellscape for this.
TLDR, he DID talk to a minor (hard on what age as that could be a 15 year old in the states but they live in France) back in 2017 but NO pictures were sent, NEVER met and it says it sometimes was inappropriate talk but that could've been the average gamer talk. Now he was banned in 2020 so they sat on this for 3 YEARS but Twitch settled a lawsuit he had with them and there was NO criminal charges at all for him.
So after the studio he founded kicked him out and a sponsor dropped him, other than be an idiot talking to a minor this is a nothing burger. It speaks WORSE on Twitch that they couldn't vet their internal messager given that Disrespect doesn't state if he KNEW at the time they were a minor and dropped talking to them when they found out.
And also speaks ill on all those saying "We knew about this for years" what that he was a fucking idiot for a basic mistake (why I mute everyone unless they're friends) or dod you think he was a pedo but sat on this waiting for blood in the water as that's even more disgusting.
As a streamer or youtuber, endless people message you or talk to you. Endless. 99.999% of the time you dont know who they are or their intentions or even how old. Most chats dont start out as "hi, btw how old are you??". Most of the time, age is implied like "oh, i havnt finished my algebra homework yet". Unless this guy was grooming someone, dont see a problem. If he just said.. meeting up at twitch con. Im sure lots of fans say they want to meet up. That is fine. Unless he says lets meet up at the hotel at twitch con or he sends dick pics, seems benign and nothing.
Also apparently the girl was 17. People are acting like he's a pedo for talking to a 17-year-old. There's a HUGE difference between a 17-year-old and a preteen or early teen girl. Dr was still dumb for pushing the line with a minor, but atleast she was almost legal. Lmao if he waited a few months it would be magically fine.
17?? Yea. Technically a few months she would be legal. Definitely a non issue. Is it weird? Probably. But yeah, nothing illegal or criminal in messaging a 17 year old if there is no grooming involved. And if he did talk dirty but cut off contact upon realizing the persons age, i see zero problem with that.