At the time of writing, his stream peaked at 510k concurrent viewers, showing that his popularity has transferred over from Twitch to YouTube.

His move comes just as some other high-profile Twitch streamers, including Ninja, moved back to Twitch after the shutdown of Microsoft's Mixer.

More than a month after the action was taken against his account, we still don't know why Beahm was banned.

According to esports consultant Rod Breslau, neither YouTube nor Facebook have offered him a partnership.

He has teased that he's considering a lawsuit against Twitch, but so far there have been no developments on that front, suggesting it may simply be posturing.

Following news of the ban, Dr Disrespect did not say anything publicly about the situation, and searching for his Twitch account yielded no results.

Regarding Dr Disrespect's ban, Twitch has offered no specific explanation for the move publicly.

Legal action against Twitch is being considered, although it's unclear if this is merely posturing or a route he actually intends to pursue.

When we reached out to Twitch for comment, we were given the same generic statement already offered to the wider community: "As is our process, we take appropriate action when we have evidence that a streamer has acted in violation of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.

❌ Twitch Partner "DrDisrespect" (@DrDisrespect) has been banned.

The ban only lasted two weeks and saw a divisive response from the Twitch community.

Sources: DrDisrespect has been permanently banned from Twitch.

Zach Bussey, who reports on Twitch happenings, indicated there won't be a public statement shared by Twitch regarding the ban, but that he too has heard it is permanent.

I've just been informed that there will be NO public statement made by Twitch - but the corporate communication team is responding to press inquiries?

Official Twitch Statement:

These apply to all streamers regardless of status or prominence in the community."

She does state that he is "done, and not just on Twitch." At the time of this writing, his YouTube channel and Twitter account remain online, but Plante deleted her tweet

Dr Disrespect's ban comes not long after Twitch removed several other prominent streamers for alleged sexual abuse and harassment, including IamSp00n, BlessRNG, DreadedCone, and others

The accusations led to a Twitch blackout, with streamers staying off the platform for a day to encourage the streaming service to take action against abusers

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