Did We Just Learn Why Dr. Disrespect Was Banned?

[@Kurai_69420]

The reason I'm not convinced is that grooming minors is one of the few things Twitch won't ban people for.

[@pXnTilde]

brutal

[@You-Know-Youre-Right]

real

[@blackhatfreak]

Ok pedo

[@Strongbah43]

I feel like that is 90% of their profit model, selling girls in bathing suits to 13-17 year old boys.

[@Bepanthen3HTeamOffi]

Nah, I believe it. He is a white straight male, so he don't get a free pass.

[@DHCR-core]

Dr. Disrespects His Marriage

[@thiscommentsdeleted]

Dr. Disrespect's any-% marriage speedrun was impressive but I'm in favour of banning the minor sexting glitch. It ruins the game.

[@xGMOx]

... With a child

[@ianstuart371]

What lol

[@berkertugrul9055]

stupid fucking mistakes man

[@iansahleen1173]

Are you the same Delta Halo Control Room guy as the one on twitter?

[@MrMonewill]

Sumito dropped another banger because he's based, thorough in reporting, cultured in choosing background music and always dripped out. Case closed, gang.

[@You-Know-Youre-Right]

based

[@GerliRodrigo]

Sumito, I'm a poor idiot from a distant and bitter country like Argentina, I came to your channel years ago through Internet Historian and it took me a while to subscribe, but here I am, this week of uploads was very fun and helped me get through a couple of turbulent moments, having said that, I love this video (and the others you have that point to serious topics), I think you have a very good voice for this type of content and I will take the risk that I would love to see longer content dealing with topics of this style: judicial, crimes, internet mysteries, etc. and yes, Mutah already does it, but Sumito should too.

[@SumitoMedia]

appreciate the kind words bro, thank you for watching.

[@kdolo1887]

Well, Internet Historian is a racist and right-wing alt

[@exLightningg]

There is no possible way they’d pay him out the rest of his contract if he was soliciting a minor on their platform, it’d be a clear breach of an ethics/morality clause which should be in every single contract.

[@shinryusaiha]

Well maybe they don't want publicity that their biggest streamers are grooming kids? There is a very good reason to sweep this under the rug.

[@kdolo1887]

@@shinryusaiha Wait, this isn't already public?

[@blackhatfreak]

They probably cut him loose before it went that far. It's also possible the contract was made heavily in his favor.

[@jonah7216]

Ah, you sweet summer child.

[@RevJR]

Unless the message system was supposed to be encrypted and wasn't. Even if doc was/is the most terrible person imaginable, taking his private messages (and by extension every twitch user?) without a warrant or cause and then acting on those messages regardless of context (is the minor actually a minor, was he planning a Chris Hansen style show, is he actually just a dirt bag, and if someone made the same allegations against you would you want Facebook showing your DMs to the public or publicly announcing you did something that perhaps you didn't?), twitch might also have a vested interest in making sure that particular aspect of their website didn't get recorded also. I mean, if they are able to read them in plain text, then logically might they be able to fabricate entries? And if they're able to do that, and Doc simply takes the stance he has nothing to hide because he literally didn't do the thing, and twitch then is over a barrel because like if part of the NDA involves not even mentioning anything around potentially fabricate messages, then I could see at least one line of reasoning for why he can't even deny it because then he'd say the messages don't actually exist and maybe there's some reason he agreed to that to get paid. Or maybe not but like, it is an explanation that at least explains the weirdness (really weird they paid him, after all, especially after accusing him of the thing but then not just clamping him down in court).

[@deekin2134]

Couldn't sleep, so I put on KZbin to be immediately blessed with a new Sumito video.

[@zonule_]

Deekin greets the noble hero!

[@supermariosubpoena8793]

Me too, me too.

[@SpacePlague]

Bro fell on

[@obeythemugglet5359]

I want sumito to fall on my di-

[@skunkrat01]

Amazing 10/10 no notes

[@piedynasty]

yeah, on a stair

[@BleachDemon707]

Ugh 🙄

[@lepidusthewiser]

@@BleachDemon707 Jealous? I know I am

[@AKeNeN]

Thank you for this explanation because I couldn't follow SOG's narration while listening in the background. A couple things to note, none of which should be considered legal advice: (1) DD's alleged misconduct wouldn't have necessarily resulted in formal adjudication. His lawsuit against Twitch was a civil matter, which has no interest in the criminality of his actions. Criminal prosecution would've required his conduct to come onto the radar of law enforcement and prosecutors would've needed to find his conduct egregious enough to merit their time. (2) DD's silence regarding the specific allegations is interesting because it is *_inconsistent_* with his other behaviors regarding the NDA. Compensation in settlement agreements is usually expressly covered by the NDA provisions, so it makes little sense for DD to readily proclaim that he was paid the remainder of his contract while still hiding behind the NDA regarding the offense that prompted his ban.

[@Halz0holic]

It's so easy to throw around allegations nowadays, that too without evidence. There are very stringent laws around soliciting minors. Twitch wouldn't even dare to protect him by just banning him. If the allegation held any water, Twitch wouldn't have lost the case either. They could just totally shut him from going to the court in the first place. The reality seems like a clash of egos, ergo Twitch didn't take him back after the settlement, and I mean why would they? Why would you bring back someone you lost to?

[@griegomas]

"Soliciting" and "meeting up with" are different legally, but are obviously similar/the same to thinking people. In that scenario, the likely outcome is what we are looking at now.

[@DriscolDevil]

Do you have an example of twitch turning people over to the police for this? I keep seeing this "twitch would turn him in of it was true" defense and it doesn't make much sense. Even if that was the case, why are you so sure they haven't?

[@PosterityIslesNews]

@@DriscolDevil yeah, im thinking that twitch would rather sweep everything under the rug than have one of the faces of their platform labelled a pedophile. very confusing situation, neither side has a good argument until whatever NDA that exists is breached

[@Halz0holic]

@@griegomas Last I checked talking or meeting with minors wasn't a crime. Everything doesn't has to be sexual. If the communication was of that nature then Twitch would have to report him. Online soliciting a minor is a second degree felony, and requires mandatory reporting in many states.

[@DriscolDevil]

@@PosterityIslesNews It's fertile soil for speculation.

[@Sabrowsky]

Dr. Disrespect is filed in my brain as "one of those weird hyperexaggerated streaming guys". I literally had no clue who he was until I shot a geared up guy in Escape from Tarkov and stole his dr. Disrespect body armour, this led me to googling him, then not thinking about him again till I heard he was attaching himself onto a shitty NFT based game a year later.

[@Shroud66]

I'm going to be honest here. I can't find a single damn thing that says twitch paid him out during the court settlement. Every youtuber talking about it keeps referencing a printed out business card Dr. Disrespect made himself while he claims he was paid out. He also claims he is stepping down from it own co-founded company too which clearly isn't the case. So is there a single factual bit of information anyone can link that proves he was wrongfully banned and paid out?! (Besides him saying so)

[@linkofthesaga]

Appreciate the summary of this whole drama. I hadn’t heard of it until Friday, so seeing the whole context helps. I respect you for being fair-minded as well (though it ain’t looking too good for Dr. Disrespect)

[@cyberpunk3116]

We need a Dr. Respectful to balance it out

[@zeusalternative1270]

Part of some settlements is to not talk about it in any way, even if you did X you can't say " I didn't did Y" because that is giving information about the event. At most this tells us that there is an NDA and it was probably serious enough to require an NDA. In my opinion.

[@stellviahohenheim]

It probably will expose the twitch staff being pdf files

[@stellviahohenheim]

They move in flocks you see

[@Dethshade]

🤔I remember Tyler1's girlfriend Macaiyla talking about how drDisrespect was sending her dms. The time she was talking about it, it sounded like she was a minor at the time. it was something like "b4 she was with with T1 ". the twitch era when she mentioned it, was when Greekgodx and T1 were still hanging out and T1 was still banned from League

[@felixmonroe2295]

Loving the daily upload schedule btw, I've been watching your show since even before the IH videos, keep up the hard work!

[@chrisyoung1576]

wow mutahar upload 2 dr.disrespect video in day?

[@elvisofthedead]

Bro! You post this video and the next day he posts a confession. Look at your power!

[@roachdoggjr69]

Good to see sumito sticking with the “put my face on every thumbnail” trend. He’s on his way to becoming a real youtuber.

[@MooImABunny]

strong 47 minute video "what happened to mister shit?" vibes

[@TheAdarkerglow]

I agree with the people who've suggested that he was talking to someone, verified their age, ended the conversation, but Twitch got trigger happy and banned him anyway, and then both sides realized how scummy and stupid they looked. It makes a lot of sense.

[@nuggdimmadome2192]

I waited a bit until there was more confirmation to say anything, because you were absolutely right about journalistic integrity. But at this point I feel comfortable saying that given the language he used, he was caught dead to rights and the only reason it stopped there is because they stopped him and no crime was able to take place. That being said, dude isn't messy in only one aspect of his life and pdf files legit always reoffend. He got off the one time, I would bet my own danglies he did it again.

[@yaninox]

Love your Gengar swag!

[@SquidBitts]

We eating good lately with the Sumito content

[@kdolo1887]

This sounds more like what Disney did to Johnny Depp or what Vaush did to ExtremeDad than a legitimate claim, otherwise it would have gone to the police.

[@AzureRoxe]

So....what about now when the guy admitted what he did?

[@kdolo1887]

@@AzureRoxe what about it what? The initial claim is that he was sexting. Do I think Doc was an idiot? Do I think cheating on his wife and texting a minor is reprehensible? Was he creepy? Do I think he possibly or even probably intended to hook up with this girl? Is it bad even if the girl is 17 vs the 13 everyone is claiming? Yes to all of these. But, just as Vaush has CP on the PC, unless there's something provable as illegal in the stream or otherwise through their product, I fail to see how what he did breaks ToS. And apparently Twitch agreed when they bought out his contract. That doesn't mean that I would continue to watch his content if I had been a fan, but that should be up to viewers, not the platform, unless the reality is that they just don't like him and needed any reason to boot him. And so, like Johnny Depp, who did do and say some heinous things, Doc, according to the admission, did not do what he was accused of, all we know is that he did nothing illegal, and sexting with a minor would fall into the illegal category.

[@arthurfrayn7619]

If true this is definitely a violation of the Video Game Doctor Code of Ethics.

[@BasicPrinciplesGTA]

"First, DM no minors"

[@dr.faaque7340]

Love ya bro kepp doing this forever or the universe will indeed snap in half and be covered in demon ants... Thats what the google said

[@stalhein_bracoff]

no pressure sumit, but i've been enjoying the daily upload so far

[@AzureRoxe]

This aged like milk.

[@darkcnight]

if someone accuses you without evidence, you responding humors them, no? i think if someone came out with solid evidence then yes he'd be obliged to reply but till then I don't see why he has to entertain what seems like a random accusation. not affiliated with dr disrespect or even seen a single stream from him, just sharing what makes sense to me.

[@AKeNeN]

A statement based on personal knowledge *_is_* evidence, whether or not you personally believe it. Many things are not recorded in visual media and certain kinds of evidence are not accessible, so you have to rely on testimony. Moreover, the employee’s statement here doesn’t exist in a vacuum-it explains DD’s ban better than other available theories.

[@thegreatwaluigi2611]

I personally don't keep up with drama especially twitch related drama. However I did hear about rhe Dr. Disrespect thing going on. Enjoyed watching you break it down brother, especially with the Catherine music in the background 😂

[@RUPPARUPP]

Gonna keep commenting to support daily sumito

[@reidmorris5908]

legitimately impressive research, Sumito. I am a dummy and knew nothing about this beforehand and this stuff is fascinating

[@matthewf1979]

If Twitch had evidence of a crime, they’d have to report it to authorities. “No wrongdoing was found” is pretty clear.

[@griegomas]

"No wrongdoing found" is pretty clear, in that it is not the same as "I was not messaging a minor"- there is no reason for an NDA to prevent him from saying that, and even if there was, he is rich enough to afford lawyers that would not allow that kind of clause in the NDA. It's pretty easy to imagine a scenario where he did do something ethically wrong but did not get reported to the police.

[@kdolo1887]

@@griegomas He may have been messaging a minor that lied about their age, or he may have been messaging a minor and then stopped when they told him how old they were, so the minor got mad, simmered for a while, and then reported him.

[@griegomas]

@@kdolo1887 you think twitch blew millions of dollars over Dr being catfished? I don't think that is very likely - Dr would have had grounds to go after more than just his contracted amount, if that were the case.

[@aliceinthewired]

*acknowledged Nice try mothafucka

[@kdolo1887]

@@griegomas Short answer, yes. The long answer, I think they jumped the gun because they thought they had a solid case, and when both parties felt their cases were publicly embarrassing, i.e. Twitch had a Johnny Depp situation and Doc this embarrassing catfishing, neither of them wanted their situations exposed. Unfortunately for Doc, this NDA doesn't extend to ex-employees. If this was something real, they would have said so and there would be criminal prosecution against Doc

[@JonnyBlaze0077]

lovin the daily uploads! no real comments, just promoting for the algorithm

[@cbhlde]

A my favourite tabloid about the royals of our great time! See you tomorrow. :)

[@hillogical]

I hope your new schedule doesn't burn you out, but I'm enjoying it.

[@octagram2955]

Sundays with Sumite media???? Yaaaassssss

[@Dandi4690]

I swear Sumito uploading daily is like a Christmas everyday man.

[@LtColShingSides]

We still don't really have an answer. All we have is some former Twitch employee saying, "Trust me, bro."

[@minotostar]

he admitted

[@LtColShingSides]

@@minotostar well yeah, this comment was made before this news.

[@Vasily-D]

Sumito is a way I make sense out of weird internet drama

[@TT-qw1bo]

I SUPPORT DAILY MITO MEDIA

[@buxzw1945]

While it is not conclusive, your assessment of how an NDA works is pretty spot on and if I had to speculate the accusations are at least partially correct. He would not be able to talk about the NDA likely, and he would not be able to say "I wasn't banned because of xyz." However, if this wasn't involved in some way he could say something like "as an adult I have never xyz-ed with a minor" while never bringing up Twitch or the settlement. It would have to be vague and unspecific, but it would be a lot better than what he said... which boils down to "I have never been punished or formally convicted."

[@stellviahohenheim]

Pdf thots what's the difference?

[@supersayianshrek5455]

Only Sumito can make a 17 minute video about a guy I've never heard of getting banned from a website I don't use and I would watch the whole thing.

[@og-pretty]

New high concept theatrical streamer: Dr Respect

[@KoD]

Bro got a weekend haircut

[@Lakobas]

Yeah he was also fired from his game studio... He did that shit!!

[@TishnHoenheimm-ie5ox]

Here we go again at 9pm lmao

[@haxresearch701]

i called it years ago, that mustache was a dead giveaway

[@Mhuut]

Once I heard the news I knew sumito was going to post

[@Garrett122]

I know without a doubt the he's the most entertaining streamer to ever do it. I don't know much about his personal life, but he's the best streamer, including all genres.

[@aliceinthewired]

"No wrongdoing was acknowledged" You can delete my comments all you like, but it doesn't change the fact that his statement was sus.

[@Benpianoguy]

I am a paralegal for a criminal defense firm. If there had been evidence, they have arrested him. The fact that they didn’t suggest that he didn’t do anything illegal, but he very well could’ve done something improper or against their terms of service.

[@polocatfan]

counterpoint. the police are notoriously bad at doing their job and often will refuse to arrest people.

[@Benpianoguy]

@@polocatfan counterpoint: I’ve been in the legal field since 2000. If there are sexual accusations against anyone, they investigate. Every time. There is no possible chance that this famous person would not have been the same. Though cops do make mistakes

[@ayjay579]

Why do you copy and paste this exact reply to every KZbin video and tweet about him? I don’t think a real paralegal would be so desperate to defend a potential pedophile.

[@ayjay579]

@@BenpianoguyCounterpoint: half the time the cops ARE the pedophiles so they rarely do anything about pedophiles. It’s like a notorious problem in American policing.

[@Benpianoguy]

@@ayjay579 first time I’ve posted about this topic or Dr whatever. Why you lying? My posts are available for everyone to see.

[@MaestroAlvis]

4:23 yeah that's like saying Tom cruise wasn't worth double his pay on a movie. There are multi-million dollar rewards on these deals.

[@shen6232]

Ty 4 daily vids!!

[@Friikki111]

He was planning to launch his new product, Dr. Disrespectibidi toilet, switch heard about it and got mad. End of story.

[@kameronbowden5040]

Praise daddy Sumito for the daily uploads!!!!

[@jamesing696969]

Yes we did learn why

[@alexzoo6857]

I don’t know, but I believe twitch is shady and DD may have don’t something wrong, but what that is I don’t know.

[@JourneysADRIFT]

Technically, there may have been no "wrongdoing" in the sense that 16, in many states, is the age of consent. However, in the court of opinion online, this is seen highly negatively regardless of legal interpretation. It may be likely they wanted to distance themselves as far from him as possible before/if it became public to protect their brand which would explain why they seemed okay with paying him out and being done with it. But at the same time, twitch has a history of not caring about this stuff so who knows, coulda been related more broadly to whispers, and how those may have been scanned and auto reported to feds, if the service was being broadly misused and they had to clean house with abusers to protect fed investigations or demands, he could have been removed. This notion would give more credit to why twitch wants to not talk about it.

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

The plot thickens

[@CulcoyoteCosmico]

No more sumito more like Disrescpito

[@forgingluck]

Dr Disrespects brand friendliness

[@sadmermaid]

Dr Kidinspect

[@skunkrat01]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@JJAB91]

If this ends up being another Vic Mignogna type of situation where hes innocent and the accusations were petty people trying to cancel someone they don't like then you all are going to look foolish.

[@anthemlog]

Something else is going on here.

[@SnipyShino]

That intro skit was great

[@hadrian9288]

We are truly blessed with these daily uploads ❤

[@l0os176]

I wonder if Twitch tried brushing some of his allegedly bad behavior under the rug, and then realized that they had messed up by doing that. Guilty by association type of thing.

[@Ultravenom1]

Is it so hard to NOT want children and young teens?

[@ayjay579]

The difficulty level is set to impossible for conservative leaning people

[@thiscommentsdeleted]

​@@ayjay579 It's kinda sus how right wing political pundits are always so obsessed with their political enemies grooming their kids, while the actual groomers are influential people or people in their vicinity... And even then I don't assume it to be a huge, statistically significant problem in the first place. Great tool for fear mongering though.

[@michaelp2952]

@@ayjay579let me smell you

[@Phoenix0F8]

@@ayjay579 sadly the conservatives don't have a monopoly on acting like creeps toward minors lol. Vaush immediately comes to mind as a great example of a weird case breadtuber

[@Kwauhn.]

@@ayjay579 I don't even necessarily disagree, but shoehorning politics into an apolitical conversation is a real Reddit moment.

[@sb4sam]

Finally! So... Where's tomorrows video?

[@cymes82]

Man , Mutahar looks a bit different than I remembered.

[@RealMoukeycat]

I hope there's never a Sumito scandal.

[@Nepomniachtchi_Austin]

Never liked the dude or the character, whatever, if ever he admits to doing something wrong (beyond cheating on his wife, obviously) I wouldn't be shocked

[@yolomolo2736]

His name has disrespect in it, it speaks for itself.

[@BananaBanditos]

I wanted the theme to hit. : "That's alotta Sus!"

[@christianweibrecht6555]

14:19 can you consult your lawyer cousin?

[@angie1790]

Nice haircut bro

[@EnraiChannel]

I don't know how it goes in the usa, but here some crimes are taken by public prosecutor whether or not the possible victim wants to sue. If there is enough evidence of course. For example violent crimes get this treatment. I don't know if the victim gets anything in these cases, but at least the assailant gets some kind of punishment. So if it works similarly there, then he probably didn't do anything because it would have gone to court anyway. Settlements as far as I know can be hard to speak about depending how it was written. Because the other party can then sue. So yeah it can look sus af when you can't outright deny things either.

[@pXnTilde]

him and Twitch is a civil matter, so completely unrelated to criminal prosecution. If the DA wanted to start an investigation they could. No NDA can shield you from criminal culpability or from being required to testify in court. And if that ex twitch employee isn't just a drama grifter then they're a pos if they didn't report it as a crime. Soliciting a minor is taken very seriously, and someone saying someone else who saw it told them is enough to get a warrant. Horray triple hearsay

[@ayjay579]

Dr. Disrespects Age Of Consent Laws

[@Critirus]

If it's true, that would explain why a grown man is playing Roblox. That game is known for things along those lines. Very disturbing.

[@theeffingralyks5722]

didnt he get banned for recording inside a public restroom?

[@SumitoMedia]

yes, different thing though.

[@carefry.]

sick chain

[@theghostfacekza4549]

If it's a baseless accusation I don't really agree he should full on say it on twitter. That kind of seems to add credibility to it and it's a great thing for dexerto to screenshot and spread around

[@blackhatfreak]

He's trying to give a vague answer so it can't be held against him in a court.

[@fella9921]

Talk about the new VerbalAce video!

[@ItotheCtotheE]

because both parties won't talk about it, my guess is twitch was also at fault somehow. Either enabling or allowing it to happen.

[@pXnTilde]

Eh, settlement agreements are brutal in what they can put in there. Settling really just can't draw inference. Lawsuits are expensive, and settlements are pretty much standard in disputes for that reason. It could very well be that he is bound to not talk about anything "related to the incident" and therefore cannot even deny anything; can only say what is public, which is that neither party did anything wrong. I just refuse to believe that there are that many chats-with-minors because it's just insane, but obviously it does happen, so idk. Plenty of people willing to grift on allegations. Then again, accusing someone of that when you in fact did not is open and shut defamation, so idk that a settlement contract can preclude going after someone for defamation

[@cptnmus8996]

Arriving before 10 minutes? Wild

[@deirfed]

Remember when Kwite was accused of SA, then it came out that he was a virgin, crushing the claims? That was hilarious

[@non_brewed_condiment]

Sumito is in an open relationship with Tim the Tat Man?????????

[@ikeduno7973]

Keeepp itt uppp

[@pleasekillyoursef]

Guys, i have insider information, the tweet was about Ninja, i swear

[@evanthesquirrel]

I learned about fish tank recently, a Sam Hyde take on a reality show happened about a year ago. At one point he claims the show ran out of money and they had to can it. Then they get a "miracle donation" from Dr. Disrespect to keep the production going. Freaking Sam Hyde. Trolling the everloving crap out of everyone.

[@dhruvsama]

96 views in 2 minutes damn bro climbed up

[@sockysol9599]

kinda funny to see how a rumor started, some random claim with no basis manages to create outrage

[@LazySmurf]

Doctor octagonapus

[@stevediehn2647]

let me guess, it had something to do with kids?

[@stevediehn2647]

it in fact had something to do with kids....

[@dhanyl2725]

While his response was sus, the timing on the accusation against him was more sus. Why now? Also if it really happened, how did ppl at twitch knew the girl he was about to solicit from was a minor? Was it really because he was against western progressive points?

[@FTWKGaming]

Dr Disrespect not like us...

[@morishimaharuka8754]

great, how am i going to play dota 2 now because of this video.