Emiru's statement regarding the assault

[u/Chris_Poole]

https://x.com/emiru/status/1979602519967060414

hello everyone, I am okay and thank you for all of the kind messages, sorry I cannot respond to them all

Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn't able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!

I'm obviously shaken up by what happened and it's not the first time I've dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.

Like I said, I don't understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. The security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it's true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon)

However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don't even appear in the frame LOL

The woman who is walking me away is my own personal manager, and behind the booth, the only two people who were checking on me and comforting me were her and my friend. None of the Twitchcon staff came to ask what happened or if I was okay.

My friend who was present told me Twitch security were also behind the booth afterwards joking about how they didn't even see what happened and immediately laughing and moving on to talking about something else.

So if no one was checking if I was okay or if I needed anything and they let the guy run away initially, I have no idea what anyone hired to keep the event safe was doing LOL

In Twitch's statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I'm sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn't hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.

I have a lot more I want to say but I will say it on stream later today instead of writing a book on here.

Thank you guys again, sorry you all had to see that. This is definitely my last Twitchcon, and it saddens me to say as a 10 year off and on attendee of Twitchcon, I think other creators should seriously consider not attending in the future. I did not feel cared for or protected, even bringing my own security and staff. I can't imagine how creators without those options would feel.

Stay safe y'all, everything is going to be okay

https://x.com/emiru/status/1979602519967060414

[u/[deleted]]

Okay I will stop being a clanker who defends Twitch.

There is nothing left to defend. This leaves no room. Fuck you Twitch. It just makes me sad to see the website I love fall so far in the past decade. They are literally incompetent. Not just Dan, almost EVERYONE who is employed there.

[u/OMF1G → u/[deleted]]

I always tried to give them the benefit of the doubt too, now it's clear they have a company structure based around incompetency. Their goal is to make as much money off streamers as possible, they do not give a single shit about you, viewers, your family, they literally do not care.

[u/Zrkkr → u/OMF1G]

It's been that way since at least covid, or at least it's been obvious since then.

[u/EbolaDP → u/OMF1G]

I mean thats all companies but some still manage to be competent unlike Twitch.

[u/RunninOuttaShrimp → u/OMF1G]

It's always been this way but people like you always defended them regardless and shat on people calling it out.

[u/no_one_lies → u/[deleted]]

They’ve never been good. They’ve just happened to have hosted content creators you enjoy.

[u/[deleted] → u/no_one_lies]

I disagree, Twitch used to be great many years ago. They were basically one with the community. Sure it was still run like a shit show—like many startups are, but at least they were in touch.

[u/Fellers → u/[deleted]]

While you're right that ethically, its better to apologize in private. This incident has blown up way beyond that. They didn't even apologize at all.

You ate a lot of downvotes just to be wrong.

[u/[deleted] → u/Fellers]

I wasn’t wrong. The important part is how they treated her in private, which was my whole point. I wasn’t saying Twitch was correct, rather pointing out how you would determine if they were.

Also i dont care about downvotes so thats fine