YouTube removed monetization features from Dr Disrespect’s channel on June 27, just two days after the streamer admitted to sending “inappropriate” messages to a minor via Twitch Whispers in 2017.

On June 21, a former Twitch employee alleged the reason behind Dr Disrespect’s mysterious ban from Twitch in 2020. While these were allegations without evidence, three insiders, who remain anonymous, confirmed them to be true in a report by Bloomberg on June 25. The disgraced streamer posted a statement an hour later on X (formerly Twitter), admitting he had conversations with the underage person in question that “leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate.”