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| 8 | Compared to people working in "traditional" media, Internet celebrities tend to be more open with their fans. Regardless of what platform they're on, for a modern content creator, the line between "fan" and "friend" can sometimes be pretty blurry. But all friendships are based on trust, and sometimes, [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor they can break that trust]]. If you're an aspiring content creator, remember: never take advantage of your fans' trust, because they are the most important thing you will have in your career. And if you do? Well, you'll end up here. |
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| 10 | Since this trope has a lot of examples, it's been split into four folders, one for multiple people who were in a single work, and three in alphabetical order for solo creators. |
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| 12 | ''WebVideo/EASScenarios'' [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor/EASScenarios has its own page as well]], so feel free to see it as well. |
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| 14 | '''[[Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease There is a two-week waiting period (after the termination of a role) before an example can be added.]]''' This ensures the job loss is accurately reported, actually sticks and avoids knee-jerk reactions. |
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| 19 | * Atheist blog Freethoughtblogs.com severed ties with the Atheist Community of Austin ([=ACA=]) on July 2019, when the latter's show, ''The Atheist Experience'', featured a noted transphobe as a guest host; the fallout over the outrage for failing to offer a convincing apology for it and the refusal of the show's hosts to publicly denounce their guest's prejudice and bigotry also led to a mass resignation of key leaders of the ACA. |
| 20 | * The [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Brony fandom]] has had its share of prominent members being deplatformed or removed from projects. |
| 21 | ** This applied to Brony Bucks[[note]]Also known as Fusion Heart[[/note]], a commentator who began to garner an infamous following when he began to attack the reviewing community over the Toon Kritic fiasco, before he was ousted for engaging in sexual discussions with a minor. Following an offhand post discussing the matter, he's since disappeared without a trace. |
| 22 | ** [=ToonKriticY2K=] was revealed in January 2018 to have been engaging in sexual roleplays with an underage girl, triggering additional people coming out about their encounters with him. As a result, his friends cut ties with him, dropping him from any projects -- including WebAnimation/TF2Analysis, WebVideo/BronyDandD, and WebVideo/AnalystBroniesReact -- then he deleted all of his social media. |
| 23 | ** Joshua Vida became involved with the "Barrel", a collective who began to go after predators within the brony and furry fandoms, but he was split from the group in 2020 after he hacked the Zoophilia Police Platform/{{Twitter}}[[note]]An account specifically dedicated to calling out zoophiles on the site[[/note]]. Shortly afterwards, he himself was ousted for being in a relationship with an underaged girl, which further dug his reputation within the fandom to pariah-status. |
| 24 | ** Brony reviewer and artist Sharp Wit would have his involvement in Bronalysis be permanently destroyed and denounced when his former girlfriend came out to reveal that he had abused her, most notably how he had insulted and called her "manipulative" in a retweet despite the fact that ''he'' had been the manipulative one. Sharp would eventually make a statement and explain he would be taking an absence and seek help, but he received no response and his follower count dropped like a stone. |
| 25 | ** [=Wubcake=], a prolific fan voice actress in the fandom, [[https://twitter.com/ohgoditsbrandon/status/1680418299690254338 was revealed in July 2023]] to have been doing a lot of toxic behavior among other things behind the scenes. Examples were abusing her exes, being transphobic, harassing other voice actors (one of which that was thought to have silently left the fandom was actually chased out of the fandom by her just for trying to come forward against her), and grooming of minors. This resulted in her being removed from a lot of projects across the fandom. While she did make a response, it was criticized for her leaving out other details that she was accused of, and redirecting the blame on others. [=Wubcake=] would then nuke her main twitter account afterwards. |
| 26 | ** [=TheAljavis=], creator of ''WebAnimation/ElementsOfJustice'', was removed from the team in early August 2023 after a previous history of drawing lolicon and incest art of the Cutie Mark Crusaders and Diamond Tiara was uncovered by the ''Elements of Justice'' team. While [=TheAljavis=] had already stepped down as the director of the project and bringing Mr. G as the new director prior to the discovery, full ownership of the project was given to Mr. G after the ousting. |
| 27 | ** Zaid Magenta (formerly known as [=MisAnthroPony=]) had to take a 7-month hiatus in February 2022 after he was revealed to be using a sockpuppet account to stalk Cartoonshi on social media, threatening to make a video demonizing him if he didn't reconnect with him. Once Zaid returned from his hiatus, he promised to get his anger under control and no longer behave in the manner he did. Unfortunately, in September of 2023, it was revealed that Zaid had snapped back into old habits of sending death threats to those who harassed him in the past. As a result, Zaid lost all remaining support from the community and then deleted his channel a month later. |
| 28 | * Website/ChannelAwesome: |
| 29 | ** Creator/NoahAntwiler, creator of ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'', was one of the most prominent online reviewers during the late 2000s and early 2010s, but it came to an end in 2012 when he made an inappropriate rape joke about fellow CA anime reviewer WebVideo/JesuOtaku on Twitter, which quickly escalated into a public meltdown. Antwiler left Channel Awesome soon after and was later diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder. After this incident, Antwiler's video output sharply decreased and a promised Patreon-funded movie never materialized. |
| 30 | ** Producer Webvideo/FoldingIdeas also got fired in 2014 after he had wrote a piece of investigative journalism on ''Medium'' about the notorious forum [=8chan=], leading to a smear campaign that got to CEO Mike Michaud first, with him reportedly firing him before hearing Olson out. According to later revelations in 2018, this was the last straw for Creator/LindsayEllis and [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle Kallgren]], who both quit alongside him at the start of 2015. |
| 31 | ** Creator/AllisonPregler, then best known by her handle Obscurus Lupa, was let go from Channel Awesome on January 12, 2015, for a very petty reason - leaving someone on hold for fifteen minutes. Pregler maintains that she was away from her computer and had no idea there was anyone there. Many people believe that she was fired as retaliation for Antwiler's departure, as she had had a Twitter fight with him over the aforementioned rape joke which contributed to his meltdown. Pregler's firing led to Andrew Dickman and WebVideo/{{Phelous}} quitting the site in protest (though they had already had been planning to leave prior). |
| 32 | ** 2018 saw a reckoning for Channel Awesome itself, where an offhand question on Twitter led to a lengthy discussion with various former contributors over numerous acts of mismanagement, corrupt behavior, and other dirty laundry that Pregler would soon compile into a Google Document. This led to a tremendous backlash against both the Walker Brothers and Michaud with the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] hashtag, with many Channel Awesome creators leaving in quick succession. As of April 17, 2018, the only known contributors who remain on Channel Awesome are Doug and Rob Walker (both under contract) and [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic their show's]] employees, Creator/BradJones (who stayed out of personal loyalty toward the Walkers) and [[WebVideo/GuruLarryAndWez Guru Larry]] (who stayed just to spite the website, which didn't do anything to promote him in the decade he was on). The Channel Awesome website eventually stopped updating in 2023 in favor of just keeping the [=YouTube=] channel and a merch store, likely because the mass exodus of both creators and fans left little need for a "hub" website anymore. Finally, in early 2024, the Website would go defunct with the URL now redirecting to Doug's [=YouTube=] channel. |
| 33 | ** For years, it was unknown why [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario]] had left Channel Awesome, in part because he committed suicide so soon afterward. The [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy revealed he was actually fired for sexual misconduct against at least two women. |
| 34 | * Hayley Rose and Blue Lennox were both members of the streaming group [=ClownHouse=] (best known for ''[[WebVideo/RealTimeFandub Real-Time Fandub Games]]'') until August 2020, where they were both outed as manipulative abusers and subsequently let go from the streaming group. They also deactivated their Twitter accounts shortly after their removal from the group. |
| 35 | * The Slideshow Commentary Community (which includes people like WebVideo/{{Doodletones}}) has quite a few examples: |
| 36 | ** Angel Sentoki was kicked out of the community in late 2023 after she showed sympathy towards one of her collaborators in the wake of said collaborator being accused of grooming, while disrespecting the victim in the process. |
| 37 | ** Vii Omega left the Internet after he was accused of grooming several members of the community (including the then-teenage Jonie Roo and Neko Koda, the latter of whom he later attempted sexual assault on) and emotionally abusing several other members. |
| 38 | ** Keyblade Master was kicked out of the commentary group The Cloud Palace in the wake of him suicide-daring a person who had already attempted to take their own life the week beforehand. |
| 39 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'': |
| 40 | ** Jamie Spicer-Lewis[[note]]Also known as [=RageNineteen=][[/note]], artist, animator, and the voice of Tord in "The End", was barred from any future involvement in ''Eddsworld Beyond'' (and presumably any other projects made by members of the ''Eddsworld'' team) on April 7, 2021 following revelations that he had sexually abused Rachel Kiki, Tamara's voice actor since 2020, when they were a minor. Following this, Spicer-Lewis was swiftly condemned by several people involved in Eddsworld including ''Beyond'' era showrunner Matt Hargreaves, former producer Christopher Bingham, ''Legacy'' era writer Eddie Bowley, and former showrunner Thomas "Creator/TomSka" Ridgewell. |
| 41 | ** Not long after Spicer-Lewis was fired, Pippin Kelly, one of the artists and animators for ''Eddsworld Beyond'', was fired in 2021 after admitting to sharing sexually explicit photos with a minor. |
| 42 | * Both Platform/Fireball20XL and its creator, Psyguy, had their reputations destroyed when it was revealed that Psyguy had harassed and abused various female staff members of the website or fans (many of whom were only teenagers) both emotionally and sexually. Psyguy's attempts to deny allegations [[StreisandEffect only spread the evidence further]], causing Fireball[=20XL=] to close down, other staff members to distance themselves from the site, and Psyguy being chased off the internet. Although Psyguy now owns a gaming channel called Brinnstar (formerly [=BitPolar=]) and a short-form animation channel called Brinnmations, the damage has been done, as shown by his low subscriber count on each. |
| 43 | * [=GameLife=], which was a proto-gaming channel in [=YouTube=]'s infancy had garnered a decent following, despite only having 200 or so subscribers. Their popularity had led them to be a Destructoid darling, as well as having a planned deal with Website/ScrewAttack and the possibility of their own show on Creator/{{MTV}}. But after host Andrew Rosenblum threatened to murder both his ex-girlfriend and people at her university — just ''one day'' after the Virginia Tech massacre — all of their popularity and deals vanished. |
| 44 | * From WebAnimation/{{hololive}}: |
| 45 | ** Uruha Rushia was released from the agency in February 2022 for breaching her contract with Cover Corporation. Earlier in the month, Rushia had been caught in a scandal surrounding her personal life, and -- according to Cover -- reportedly violated their NDA by leaking confidential business information and "distributing false information to third parties", resulting in her immediate termination. Due to Cover "[suffering] reputational losses" from this incident, Rushia's account [[{{Unperson}} was also scrubbed clean]] rather than merely archived like previously-departed talent. |
| 46 | ** Yozora Mel was released in January 2024 for another private breach of NDA. According to comments by both Cover and Mel, this was agreed to be an accident, but both came to the mutual agreement to part ways. Unlike the case with Rushia, Mel's termination was more amicable, where she was allowed to deliver a farewell statement, her old content remains publicly available, and it's otherwise not taboo for other Hololive talent to mention or discuss her. |
| 47 | * ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'': |
| 48 | ** Nate Groth, [[TheAtoner Balloon]]'s first voice actor, hacked into creator Adam Katz's Platform/{{YouTube}} account and deleted all of the videos from his channel early into Season 1. Needless to say, Katz promptly cut ties with Groth, and Balloon was eliminated the next episode. Balloon didn't even get a spot in the end credits of the first season (he does appear in it, [[FreezeFrameBonus but only for a split second]]), leaving him as the only voice actor to not receive any credit. Groth did return in Season 2, but was [[TheOtherDarrin replaced by Ben Cross]] from Episode 6 onwards. |
| 49 | ** [=LorenTzel=], one of the animators, was fired for allegations regarding racism at the 2022 BFDI + II Meetup; along with this, both Taylor Grodin, the voice of Paintbrush and OJ among other characters, as well as a director and animator and Ame were fired alongside for having spoken in support of Loren after the allegations hit. This resulted in the voices of Paintbrush and Bow being [[TheOtherDarrin replaced]] in Episode 10 of ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanityInvitational''. |
| 50 | ** [=MePad=] was originally voiced by [[WebVideo/BeatriceTheGoldenWitch Beatrice "The Golden Witch" Collins]]. In May 2018, fans learned that she was openly into {{lolicon|AndShotacon}}, in addition to complaining about Patreon's new guidelines banning things like lolicon, incest, and bestiality. Starting with episode 13 of season 2, [=MePad=] was recast with Justin Chapman (the voice of Knife and Paper). |
| 51 | * ''WebVideo/{{QSMP}}'': |
| 52 | ** Brazilian ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Twitch streamer [=ForeverPlayer=] came under fire in January 2024 after a Reddit user found old tweets of him making distasteful jokes about female minors as well as jokingly meeting with said minors. This quickly blew up the next day, where a burner account made a now-deleted documentary, claiming Forever is justifying rape and deleting over 900 tweets he made. This uproar resulted in several content creators having to remove him from their followed list on Twitch, and he was kicked from the [=SMP=] soon afterward, with his character KilledOffscreen to drive home the fact he will not be returning. |
| 53 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' Platform/{{Twitch}} streamer and musician Music/WilburSoot saw his reputation take a nosedive on February 21st, 2024, when his ex-girlfriend Shubble implicated that he'd been abusive to her while they were in a relationship; among other things, she cited an incident when he ignored a safe word during sex and bit her hard enough to draw blood, followed by him poking at the wound despite her clear discomfort. Wilbur would post an apology a few days later that downplayed the severity of the situation, which Shubble ultimately rejected; in the aftermath, multiple former friends and collaborators condemned his actions, and it was ultimately announced that he would be booted from the SMP. %%Shubble did NOT explicitly name Wilbur in the first discussion, hence the word 'implicated' |
| 54 | * This happened a few times with Creator/RoosterTeeth: |
| 55 | ** In early 2017, a few years after her departure from RT, Creator/KathleenZuelch's alcoholic behavior led her to insult her former co-workers on Twitter, which led to her exit from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' and ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue''. |
| 56 | ** Creator/VicMignogna was dismissed from his role as Qrow Branwen on ''RWBY'' in February 2019 after his sexual misconduct allegations came to light. Qrow was ultimately recast with Creator/JasonLiebrecht from Volume 7 onwards. |
| 57 | ** After it was [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.popdust.com/rooster-teeth-crunch-2638895587.amp.html&ved=0ahUKEwidyo7vpvLiAhXAJzQIHQfhD_IQyM8BCCgwAA&usg=AOvVaw0oTJt4T6qg4Dq1P-9fnyuf&cf=1 revealed]] that RT Animation was abusing their employees with unpaid overtime and false promises to work for free, CEO Matt Hullum revealed that the division's head, Gray Haddock, had stepped down from his position to serve exclusively as a creative consultant. |
| 58 | ** On October 6, 2020, Creator/AchievementHunter personality Ryan Haywood announced his departure from RT after it came out that he was being inappropriate with several female fans, with some being 17 and one being married. After more individuals came forward, RT removed [[UnPerson as much content]] of Haywood as possible, with his fellow Achievement Hunter personalities saying he would never be welcomed back. Any chance of Haywood having a career afterwards was quashed in January 2021 when he announced to subscribers his plans to return to Twitch independently, leading to him being kicked off the platform following a sustained call for a ban by former colleagues and fans. His role as Peter Port on ''RWBY'' would also be recast with Anthony Sardinha in all future media since the Switch port of ''VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse''. |
| 59 | ** At the same time as Haywood, Creator/{{Funhaus}} personality Adam Kovic had massive amounts of compromising material of himself leaked, some revealing to be taken inside the Funhaus offices. This also resulted in Kovic blacking out his social media after issuing a brief statement about his departure from RT and Funhaus. |
| 60 | * Website/SCPFoundation: |
| 61 | ** Metaphysician was banned from the wiki in 2020 after the staff found out that he extensively UsefulNotes/{{Plagiari|sm}}zed from Sethian literature. But after a new investigation and new elements came into light, the staff been concluded the initial punishment was way too harsh and unfair and, as such, they unbanned Metaphysician in October 2021 and offered a public apology to him, as well as announcing that they were working on a rewrite of their plagiarism policy. |
| 62 | ** In May 2020, Gabriel Jade (best known as the creator of SCP-049) and Eskobar were disgraced after it had been discovered that in mid-2018, they sexually and emotionally abused a then-underage fan, who left the community and ultimately distanced themself from the SCP series entirely due to their actions. |
| 63 | ** [=AdminBright=] was banned in May of 2022 due to findings of inappropriate sexual and otherwise intimate contact. All content with sexual entries involving [=AdminBright=] or his character, Dr. Bright (most notably, The List of Things Dr. Bright is No Longer Allowed to do at the Foundation), were either deleted entirely, had the offending content removed, or had Bright's character disassociated from it by replacing him with an unaffiliated stand-in. The remaining stories and entries were allowed to remain, but he can no longer contribute to the site. |
| 64 | * Website/{{Smogon}}, the most popular site dedicated to competitive ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', has had a number of staff members and prominent users removed due to serious on- and off-site offenses: |
| 65 | ** One of the earliest major examples was the case of former tournament director Bloo. Following the breakout success of a player named Style in the eleventh Official Smogon Tournament (OST), chat logs were leaked of Bloo giving advice to Style's opponents prior to her matches with them, which she won handily. This raised suspicions that Style was Bloo's alt, and as a result she was disqualified right before the finals of the tournament. Shortly afterwards, Style and Bloo were banned from Smogon. Bloo admitted in a Pastebin that she and Style were one in the same and that she [[RiggedContest rigged the tournament in order to face opponents she had already given advice to]]. She also revealed that she had intended to shed her tournament director position in favor of being a prominent player, with OST 11 being intended to catapult her to relevance. |
| 66 | ** Goddess Briyella was a moderator that specialized in the Little Cup format. It was discovered that he was masquerading as a lesbian in order to get close to and sexually message women, including those who were underage, which resulted in him being permanently banned from the site. |
| 67 | ** Shortly after Goddess Briyella was exposed, Haunter, the former head of staff, was also discovered to have send manipulative and sexual messages to women, including one who was underage. This resulted in him getting banned and, along with the aforementioned Briyella, becoming {{Unperson}}ed on the site, with messages discussing them being removed from the forums. |
| 68 | ** During the eighth annual Smogon Premier League (SPL VIII), the Circus Maximus Tigers team saw incredible success in the Ubers tier thanks largely in part to a user named Mazar, who [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] his opponents with unconventional sets seemingly tailor-made to beat them. This raised some eyebrows among opponents and spectators alike, who suspected some form of ghosting[[labelnote:*]]A form of cheating in which a player chats with other players, whom assist and guide the battling player, during important games[[/labelnote]] was occurring, but nothing initially came from these suspicions and the Tigers would go on to win that year's League. However, six months later, it was discovered that Mazar, in addition to being ghosted, was using a specialized bot (nicknamed the "Mazarbot") to scan all of his opponents private games and join during the brief window in which the game was public (due to games needing to be manually set to private) on an unregistered account in order to feed Mazar his opponent's teams[[note]]The reason Mazar began playing Ubers was because Overused simply had too many games to parse in order for the bot to do its job[[/note]]. This resulted in Mazar getting banned, SPL VIII being retroactively cancelled, the Tigers having all of their trophies stripped, and Ubers being excluded from all future SPL tournaments due to the incident. Additionally, Pokémon Showdown implemented a feature that allowed players to preemptively set their games to private, preventing the bot from functioning ever again. |
| 69 | ** Several forum staff were either banned or stripped of their positions in August of 2020 after it was discovered that they hosted a private Website/{{Discord}} server dedicated to posting hateful comments about and doxxing certain members of the community. Because this included the vast majority of the staff of Firebot[[labelnote:*]]Smogon's designated off-topic/shitposting forum[[/labelnote]], the forum was shuttered before being replaced with Smogoff roughly a month later, which had stricter rules compared to Firebot. |
| 70 | ** Lord Emvee was a fairly popular competitive Pokémon Website/{{Youtube}}r and Smogon user who specialized in utilizing unconventional EV investments he dubbed "Chinese spreads", after the Chinese playerbase's tendency to use odd and highly-specific spreads. In April of 2024, it was discovered that he was in a sexual relationship with another user who was 16 while Emvee was 22 at the time, a fact that he was aware of. As a result, he was banned from Smogon, his former collaborators (including [=pokeaimMD=]) distanced themselves from him, and he locked his Website/{{Twitter}} account, with his remaining social media accounts going radio silent. |
| 71 | ** pokemonisfun, a prominent Underused player and host of the UU sub-community pokemonisawesome, was banned in 2023 following the revelation that he sent unwanted sexual private messages to other users. |
| 72 | * WebVideo/SMPLive: |
| 73 | ** [=VoiceoverPete=] was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment, around the time WebVideo/SMPEarth was going on, leading collaborators to distance themselves from him. |
| 74 | ** Arlus Finch was accused of grooming minors and being manipulative, and went absent from the internet following this. |
| 75 | ** [=IAmSp00n=] was accused of sexual misconduct in June of 2020, and was banned from Twitch. |
| 76 | ** At some point post-[=SMPLive=], [=InkTea=] was accused of sexually harassing his girlfriend. He disappeared pretty soon after. |
| 77 | ** Following accusations of sexting an underaged girl in 2019 while he was 19, [=CallMeCarson=] had his ties to his the group severed and lost most of his audience in response, and he would go silent for several months before coming back and commenting on the situation. |
| 78 | * Ned Fulmer of ''WebVideo/TheTryGuys'' ended up terminated from the group and effectively [[{{Unperson}} had his image scrubbed off the many shows and accounts under the ''Try Guys'' banner]] after it was revealed in September 2022 that he was engaging in an extramarital affair with an employee. What makes this even worse was how Ned's entire character was around being a devoted husband and father while the employee he had an affair with was set to get married later in the year. |
| 79 | * ''LetsPlay/VenturianTale'' was a popular [=YouTube=] channel featuring the Frye siblings Jordan/Venturian, Cierra/Immortal Kyodai, Bethany/er... Bethany, now Flying Pings, and Issac/[=HomelessGoomba=] participating in various Let's Plays and their own stories. As the years went by, Cierra and Bethany both disappeared and Issac appeared less and less. While Jordan claimed that they all just grew up and left, Bethany revealed in June 19, 2021, that their family's hyper-religious Conservative lifestyle ultimately forced her and Cierra to be disowned for questioning their ideologies. Jordan would briefly post a video revealing that it was true and put the channel on indefinite hiatus. |
| 80 | * WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}: |
| 81 | ** Former member Tame (AKA Bran) was removed and {{unperson}}ed from the team for using donations meant to go to charity on a new computer. |
| 82 | ** [=GeePM=], or GPM, left in 2017 after making requests for donations that were claimed to be due to financial and housing troubles at the time, only for him to spend it on arcade peripherals. Years later, he was caught in the controversy surrounding Vinny's alleged interactions with fans, where his attempt to speak up in support of the accusations prompted various people to reveal that GPM previously sided with a moderator who sexually harassed at least two women (one being a minor). This ensuing backlash nuked his follower count (exacerbated by him using a Twitter bot to block people), and he privately announced to his community's Discord server that he would be stepping down from the internet. |
| 83 | * From the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}}: |
| 84 | ** Tinman, one-time website manager, was fired embezzling close to $20,000 (it's estimated to be somewhere between $18,000 and $21,000) by redirecting ad banners and revenue. |
| 85 | ** Peva, a web designer who had designed many of the websites for the group, was eventually fired after a falling out with some members of the Yogscast. |
| 86 | ** WebVideo/GameChap and Bertie eventually severed ties with the Yogscast after they insulted several Yognaughts on the Yogscast subreddit in response to criticism. Unlike Tinman and Peva, they were able to keep a web presence, but further scandals related to them stealing material (or, at the very least, failing to properly credit the creators) caused their subscriber growth to stagnate and their view count to drop considerably. |
| 87 | ** Matthew "Caff" Meredith, one of the later Yogscast members, was fired for sexual assault allegations in June 2019. The Yogscast Wiki wiped all traces of him from the site, giving him the UnPerson treatment and blanking out his main article. |
| 88 | ** Turps stepped down as CEO following a series of sexual harassment allegations against him not even two weeks after Caff was fired. |
| 89 | ** Sjin's own allegations against him eventually led to him choosing to leave the Yogscast willingly, a short while after Turps's departure. He would come back to his own channel two years after disappearing, albeit as a solo creator focusing purely on ''Minecraft'' and ''not'' without controversy. |
| 90 | * In WebVideo/SovietWomble's clan ZF and ''Bullshittery'' circles: |
| 91 | ** "Phoenix" was a prominent player earlier in the ''Bullshittery'' series, but got kicked from the clan after he made a joke about someone's then-recently deceased mother (ZF themselves remain fairly tight-lipped about the specifics, but there were apparently other incidents where he was ''very'' unpleasant to his fellow clan-mates). He later reconciled and re-joined ZF, but, due to the clan having grown significantly and Womble himself having established an inner circle that he predominantly played with, he stayed out of the ''Bullshittery'' episodes and eventually left the clan for good. |
| 92 | ** [=HolyN'Evil=] (also known as "Nevil") was removed from the clan in 2020 after making several racially-charged posts and outbursts both on his personal Twitter and the clan Teamspeak, and the clan has made it clear he is no longer considered part of the inner circle. |
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| 96 | * Matthew "[=Animator320=]" Littlemore, who is best known for his series ''WebAnimation/CartoonMania'', was hit in June 2020 with accusations of inappropriate behavior by several crew members, namely his attempt to sexualize the show's underage characters, acting perverted towards others even when they were clearly uncomfortable, and being emotionally abusive to his colleagues. The planned ''[=CartoonMania=]'' reboot was scrapped, Animator deleted all of his social media accounts, disabled comments on all of his videos, and has stated that he would never be returning to the limelight. However, Matthew seems to have returned to making short animations as of 2022, albeit with comments disabled. |
| 97 | * On August 22, 2022, [=AnimeBroMii=] announced in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutLcxjgWJY video]] that he would be quitting [=YouTube=] after [=InternetAjay=] made an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSWdfIjzuqQ exposé]] on him documenting a cycle of pedophilia and grooming that lasted ''eleven years'' prior to his retirement. After the video, he moved to streaming on Twitch (albeit behind a paywall), but this only lasted a few more months until his last known stream on March 2023. |
| 98 | * Twitch IRL-streamer Arab Andy's online career came to a halt in 2018 after he was arrested for an incident where he broadcasted himself walking into the University of Washington surrounded by a large gathering and -- while hooked up with a speaker playing text-to-speech audio from donating viewers -- played the message "Attention! C4 has been successfully activated. Bomb detonation countdown successfully started," which was immediately treated as a real bomb threat. Arab Andy was sentenced to prison for the stunt, but was released on bail and on the condition that he is never allowed to make any further content. |
| 99 | * Creator/BrockBaker, the original voice of Stolas in [[Creator/VivienneMedrano Vivziepop's]] ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', got allegations of sexual misconduct in the interim between the pilot and “Murder Family”. He announced his departure from the show and Stolas was recast with Bryce Pinkham. |
| 100 | * Colleen Ballinger, the creator of ''WebVideo/MirandaSings'', had her live shows cancelled in July 2023 after being hit with several accusations of grooming underage fans, which she infamously denied in a video where she played the ukulele. Shortly after, an ex-employee of Ballinger posted screenshots of her sharing nude photos of Creator/TrishaPaytas, resulting in Paytas ending ''Oversharing'', a podcast hosted by her and Ballinger. |
| 101 | * Colombian web celebrity Daneidy Barrera, known as Epa Colombia, was legally banned from using her social media for almost 4 years after she filmed a video of herself vandalizing some [=TransMilenio=] stations during protests against President Iván Duque. |
| 102 | * Incidents regarding wrestling writer/producer/host Adam Blampied: |
| 103 | ** In 2017, he and other fellow coworkers from ''WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling'', originally departed from the channel to form ''{{WebVideo/Cultaholic}}'', but during the transition, he was hit with allegations of inappropriate behavior he'd previously engaged in with female fans, including lying about being in an open relationship with his girlfriend to solicit naked photos. He would quickly confess to the allegations and following a public apology voluntarily stepped down to seek counseling for his behavior, and while ''Cultaholic'' considered temporarily halting the launch of the site to record new material without him, the decision was instead made to terminate his employment. Blampied returned to wrestling journalism in 2020 through ''[=WrestleTalk=]'' (it's been claimed that Blampied has since spoken on good terms with his former colleagues at ''Cultaholic'', though as they've since developed comfortably in their own career paths, they have no plans of working together again). |
| 104 | ** In August 2023, Blampied was supposedly placed on disciplinary leave from ''[=WrestleTalk=]'', sister channel ''[= PartsFUNknown=]'', and his co-founded BoardGames channel ''No Rolls Barred'' following allegations of inappropriate and "predatory" behavior by former collaborator Carley Reinhard (exactly what the alleged misdemeanor was is unknown, but Reinhard claimed "if you're familiar with Adam's history, it is more or less and copy and paste of problematic behavior.") By September 2023, ''[=WrestleTalk=]'', ''[= PartsFUNknown=]'', ''No Rolls Barred'', and Blampied himself announced their mutual decision to part ways. All parties affirmed that he had not been dismissed nor fired -- Blampied himself claims he stepped down voluntarily for the sake of his mental health and to preserve the welfare of his former associates, pleading his innocence as "certain language has been used to describe me that I categorically refuse," but that he can't go into detail based on legal advice. |
| 105 | * Edd Blann, a relatively popular B-list [=YouTuber=] and fellow member of Chameleon Circuit, was technically exposed in August 2013, although it took a while for all of the accusations to come to the public eye. The allegations in question were also of sexual and domestic abuse, in which his now ex-girlfriend claims Blann forced himself on her repeatedly and then hit her when she called him out on his behavior. This caused DFTBA to publicly drop him and fellow band members, Charlie and Liam, to publicly sever ties with him. |
| 106 | * Tom Boyden was the camera man, editor, and business partner for the Youtube fitness influencer Jon "Jujimufu" Call. However in March 2021 it came to light that Tom would be leaving the channel due to him stealing over $100,000 from Grip Genie, the company Tom had been a partner in with Jon, to pay for his gambling addiction and being sued by Jon. Along with that, it was also revealed in said lawsuit that behind the scenes Tom was prone to fits of anger and was generally unpleasant to work with. Tom would later go on to post an apology video, but it was later deleted and he has seemingly vanished from the internet. |
| 107 | * ''WebVideo/MovieTriviaSchmoedown'' semi-regular Robert Meyer Burnett was dismissed as show manager in June 2020 after having a Twitter meltdown over the shooting death of former police officer David Dorn, shortly after the murder of George Floyd, where he told people to kill looters, as well as having a bigger meltdown when others told him his tweets could incite violence. |
| 108 | * ''VideoGame/KerbalSpaceProgram'' and spaceflight [=YouTuber=] Matthew Cable was a popular [=YouTuber=] known for his Kerbal Space Program cinematics of either spaceflight concepts or recreations of real missions. His fame soon came crashing down because on January 2023, revelations came out of him sexually harassing dozens of women, grooming, emotional manipulation, transphobia, racism, bigotry, and a whole host of other unsavoury behaviour. Matt initially deactivated his Twitter account before reactivating to post two apologies, one written and one with a facecam. These were not well received, with many considering them insincere. He deactivated his Twitter account soon thereafter, though he did attempt to return to [=YouTube=] in late February 2023 via announcing it in a community post. The post and the one prior was deleted after the subsequent backlash with people informing his audience about what he has done. An attempt to rebrand himself to Shuttle Man Productions also failed, as people called him out for doing so in the comment section. He has since gone radio silent on Youtube and it remains to be seen as if he'll ever return. |
| 109 | * On March 5, 2020, Twitch streamer and esports professional Soar Carl saw his career tank after he accidentally fired his gun into one of his monitors while he was drunk during a stream. Twitch banned him, and his team, Soar, let him go. |
| 110 | * Alex Carpenter, a [=YouTuber=] and musician who was big in the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' "wizard rock" community, was forced to disappear after it came to light that he had sexually assaulted at least two of his former partners, emotionally abused and manipulated a few others, and started a relationship with a fan when she was below 18 (the age of consent where she and Alex both lived at the time). Though she claims they didn't actually have sex until it was legal, the interactions were somewhat sexual in nature and there are reports of similar behavior with other underage fans. His [[{{Sockpuppet}} attempts to pose as an anonymous supporter of one of his victims]] later backfired when he forgot to comment anonymously, at which point he was dropped by his record label, DFTBA, and he withdrew in disgrace. |
| 111 | * Brazilian [=YouTuber=] [=CaveiraGames=] faced a storm of controversy among the speedrunning community after he was caught cheating twice in order to claim the current record for ''VideoGame/YuGiOhForbiddenMemories''. He was banned from submitting any further speedrunning attempts of the game for consideration, and his ensuing bullying of speedrunning personality [=GFC_=] (who originally brought the accusations to light) caused his channel (as well as at least one alternate channel) to be terminated by [=YouTube=]. He was also banned from Twitter and Platform/{{Twitch}}, the latter of which was related to his habit of {{mooning}} his viewers on stream each time he got a big enough donation. |
| 112 | * Beauty [=YouTuber=] Creator/JamesCharles lost hosting duties of his show, sponsorships, and was temporarily demonetized by Platform/YouTube in April 2021 after two 16-year-old [=TikTokers=] accused him of grooming and sexting them. |
| 113 | * In July 2022, animator Hyojin "Squizzy" Choi was exposed by her ex-boyfriend Punk Duck for physically and emotionally abusing him throughout their two-year relationship. Of particular note is Choi's escalating physical aggression around that time, including violently assaulting her partner and pulling a knife on him. After releasing a public statement which only incurred further backlash in addition to her history of animal abuse, racism and pedophilia, she went radio silent on all social media and has not been active since. |
| 114 | * Prolific [=LPer=] and LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys member {{LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy}} went on hiatus in January 2024 when WebVideo/LadyEmily accused him of unwanted erotic roleplay, with his former friends LetsPlay/MasaeAnela and [=AntDude=] following with accusations of him violating their boundaries. Evidence of Emile sending sexual messages to a 15-year-old fan when he was 19 in tandem with the allegations above led to The Runaway Guys going on an indefinite hiatus. Masae archived her videos containing Emile following the fallout, and both LetsPlay/ProtonJon and LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun have professionally distanced themselves from Emile. The charity stream, "The Runaway Guys Colosseum" would be rebranded as "Thrown Controllers Colosseum", and Jon would mention him and Tim would consider making a new collab channel without Emile, though noting has been firmly decided yet. |
| 115 | * While Luke Conard seemingly survived the [=YouTube=] sexual abuse scandal, the news that he abused his one-time girlfriend Italktosnakes was enough for DFTBA to drop him. |
| 116 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' [=YouTuber=] Corl was kicked from LetsPlay/ThePals in February 2019 after he made a series of tweets directed against a fan of The Pals. This resulted in the fan almost being DrivenToSuicide. Denis stated on February 28, 2019 that Corl would no longer be a part of The Pals. This would ultimately cause the group to disband in June of that same year. |
| 117 | * Cosmodore, a cartoon reviewer known for his "Every [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob]] Episode Season X Ranked" videos, publicly admitted in July 2020 to having knowingly dated and abused a minor, which was backed by additional revelations of abusive behavior towards other content creators. After becoming disowned by former fellow cartoon reviewers, he withdrew from social media. He attempted to return in October 2020, but left again in May 2021 when he announced in a [=YouTube=] Community post that he had "relapsed" and sexually groomed another minor. |
| 118 | * [=YouTuber=] and artist Creepshow Art was exposed in June 2021 for anonymously advertising herself and insulting other creators on a gossip forum. Shortly after, [=YouTuber=] Emily Artful revealed that both Creepshow and her husband had stalked and harassed her for years. Creepshow lost several subscribers and left [=YouTube=], briefly returning to post a video attempting to refute Emily's claims, which was accused of backing up Emily's claims. |
| 119 | * After admitting to engaging in sexual encounters online with underage fans while dating his then-girlfriend, LetsPlay/{{Cryaotic}} ended up being removed from the ''Late Night Crew'' Twitch group. Cryaotic went into silence after the incident and was later banned from Twitch entirely on September 10, 2020. |
| 120 | * WebVideo/ShaneDawson was revealed in June 2020 to have had a history of racism and sexual misconduct towards minors (infamously including a young Creator/WillowSmith). Tangled in with an additional, separate controversy surrounding Creator/JeffreeStar inciting the attempted cancellation of Creator/JamesCharles (during which he made poorly-received comments on Creator/TatiWestbrook revealing she was a victim of sexual assault), all three of his channels were demonetized, and Target announced that his books would be removed from their shelves. |
| 121 | * Creator/AlexDay's high-profile [=YouTube=] soured in early 2014 after several people (many former fans, and few of whom were underage) came forward with extensive allegations of sexual abuse and manipulation. His band, Music/ChameleonCircuit, broke up in part due to the scandal, he himself was dropped from DFTBA Records, and after disappearing and attempting to make a comeback later in the year, he announced his plan to retire his original "nerimon" channel in 2015, though his subsequent successor channel, "The Daily Day", has since been cleansed of all public content. |
| 122 | * Twitch streamer [=DrDisrespect=] was suspended from Twitch and had his [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] pass revoked after he had filmed himself entering and using one of the public restrooms at E3 2019 on at least three occasions, with several other unwitting attendees caught on camera (Twitch has guidelines against recording and streaming people against their will and without permission, and California state law makes it illegal to film the inside of a restroom). Although Beahm later returned to Twitch one month after the E3 debacle, he was banned from the platform permanently in June of 2020 for an as-yet-unspecified incident. |
| 123 | * In March 2021, [=YouTuber=] Creator/DavidDobrik came under fire, when ''Insider'' reported that during the filming of a 2018 vlog about group sex, an extra was allegedly raped during filming by then Vlog Squad member Dom Zeglaitis while drunk and unable to consent. Since the allegations, Dobrik has lost numerous sponsors and fans, and has also stepped down from his position at Dispo. On top of this, [=YouTube=] temporarily demonetized his channels: David Dobrik, David Dobrik Too, and the channel for his video podcast, Views. |
| 124 | * Around the end of October of 2021, WebVideo/{{Dream}} added multiple new people to the WebVideo/DreamSMP, including a streamer named Demetrius, also known as Jikishi. Days after he was added, ''dozens'' of people came forward accusing Demetrius of sexual misconduct towards his fans, with most of his victims being ''very'' young teenagers. After Demetrius confirmed in private that the accusations were true, he was ''immediately'' removed from the SMP and received a permanent ban. |
| 125 | * WebVideo/EDP445 faced a series of allegations of inappropriate conversations with underage girls during the latter half of 2020, but was caught during a sting investigation in April 2021 by an online group known as the Predator Poachers, who lured him to a faked meetup with a minor where he made several damning admissions of sexually engaging with minors. Once this was revealed, his entire internet presence (including his [=YouTube=], Facebook, and other social media accounts) was wiped, and any attempts to appear on other platforms were met with immediate bans. |
| 126 | * ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' streamer Ekuegan was banned from discussing or streaming the game in public by Bungie (thereby stifling his entire career) after a formal investigation revealed he was responsible for a ContentLeak of ''Season of the Deep'', along with an unknown number of other prior leaks. He has also claimed he was banned from the game itself, but Platform/{{Steam}} analytics indicate this is a lie for added drama.[[note]]Contrary to popular belief, Steam ''will'' track bans for linked Bungie.net accounts.[[/note]] |
| 127 | * [=EntityMays=] was a small but slowly growing [=YouTuber=] who made videos on the Pokémon anime, having formed a small podcast and friend group called the ''[=AniPokeBros=]'' with two other [=YouTubers=], ''[=Lumiose Trainer Zac=]'' and ''[=ThePokéRaf=]''. However, on July 15, 2021, multiple of May's fans and viewers revealed that Mays had been sending inappropiate messages and exchanging nudes with others. He has since deleted his Twitter and Instagram accounts before vanishing off the internet, with Zac and Raf disbanding the group and Zac deleting May's avatar on his intros from videos since then. |
| 128 | * Ergot_695 used to be a regular of streamer group ANKO (a primarily ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''-based gamer group tied to streamer and [=YouTuber=] "Salty Phish"), but he disappeared after allegations arose in September 2020 revealing that he had been sexually grooming underage female fans. All members of ANKO (including Salty Phish) have publicly disowned and cut all ties from Ergot, with his Twitch channel and online presence in general since having gone radio silent. |
| 129 | * Around February 2020, Chris Essery of the [=YouTube=] channel "Horology House" was caught selling at least one fake Rolex, with an ensuing scandal leading him to delete most of his social media accounts and take down the [=YouTube=] videos. He never uploaded any further material, and while the videos were restored at some point, his channel has since been deleted. |
| 130 | * In July 2021, esports/entertainment organization [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaZe_Clan FaZe Clan]] took action against several longtime creators -- firing Kay and indefinitely suspending [=FaZe=] Jarvis, Nikan, and Teeqo -- after they were involved in a shady cryptocurrency operation where they used their platforms to heavily promote a "Save The Kids" altcoin, which turned out to be a pump-and-dump scheme defrauding their audiences. Teeqo would later be reinstated after investigators like WebVideo/{{Coffeezilla}} revealed that he never sold any of his tokens, meaning he had no intention to profit. |
| 131 | ** Jarvis had previously been permanently banned from playing or streaming ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' in 2019 after he released [=YouTube=] videos of himself "testing" an aimbot in live games. He announced a year after his ban that he was finally returning to the game, but was promptly booted out again as the permanence of the ban was still in effect. |
| 132 | * Fedmyster was removed and expelled from the streamer house collective [=OfflineTV=] in June 2020 after several members (former and current) came forward with allegations of sexual advances and psychological manipulation. |
| 133 | * Benny and Rafi Fine, co-founders of {{WebVideo/React}} (formerly named Fine Brothers Entertainment), quietly stepped down from their positions in the company in June 2020 following a slew of allegations from former employees accusing them of racial discrimination, as well as enacting and enabling racist and sexist behavior backstage, which led to the resurfacing of an old WebVideo/ShaneDawson video featuring Benny Fine appearing in {{blackface}}. Their departure from the company had not been made public until it was [[https://www.businessinsider.com/racist-jokes-microaggressions-and-tokenism-in-the-influencer-world-2020-8 reported by Business Insider a month later]] (despite the two having made an apology statement on Twitter) -- when React Media was bought out by Electric Monster Media in 2021, the Fine Bros. did not join and are definitively no longer involved, having since disappeared from the public eye. |
| 134 | * Flash_Hound used to be one of ''VideoGame/SuperAnimalRoyale'''s official Content Creators, but was stripped of his title in February 2020 after being caught stealing a streamer's artwork in order to win an art giveaway (incidentally also getting him disqualified). |
| 135 | * Brian W. Foster has been a longtime "friend of WebVideo/CriticalRole", ever since the Creator/GeekAndSundry days, as the boyfriend, then fiancé of cast member Creator/AshleyJohnson. He game-mastered for the show, hosted (and named) the aftershow Talks Machina, interviewed guests for the spinoffs Between the Sheets, coined catchphrases such as "Don't forget to love each other," and more. On August 16, 2021, it was announced that he would leave the channel to focus on other creative projects. It gradually came out that, in addition to his tendency to mobilize supporters to attack dissenters on Twitter, he had relapsed on drugs, had been harassing, assaulting, threatening with violence/death, and blackmailing people. Johnson and Foster separated, she filed a restraining order against him, then sued him for abuse alongside six other ''Critical Role'' current and former women staff members. In July 2023, almost all content featuring Foster to a heavy degree (Talks Machina, Undeadwood, etc.) has been quietly removed from Critical Role's [=YouTube=]. |
| 136 | * Creator/FPSRussia ceased making videos on firearms after he was arrested in August 2017 on drug charges, with the ATF subsequently raiding his home and confiscating his massive firearm collection. He was sentenced to two months in prison and two years of probation and July 2019, and with the drug charges leaving him banned from possessing firearms in America, his video channel has remained defunct. However, he still maintains a lower profile as a cohost of the ''Painkiller Already'' podcast. |
| 137 | * Controversial Mommyblogger [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Franke Ruby Franke]] had her {{Platform/Youtube}} channel ''8 Passengers'' canceled after one of her children was found by the neighbors starved and with open wounds. The channel had been declining in popularity for months due to allegations of abuse but this time the police were called. Franke and her therapist Jodi Nan Hildebrandt had launched an instagram account - that too was shut down and authorities looked into the conduct of both Franke and Hildebrandt. In the end the two were convicted of abuse. Franke lost all her social media accounts and was sentenced to prison after a guilty plea. Hildebrandt had to forfeit her counseling license and plead guilty to abuse. |
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| 142 | * Namy Gaga, artist and creator of ''WebOriginal/{{FNAFNG}}'', cancelled production on the AU after people found several pieces of art that glamorized or condoned pedophilia and incest, as well as evidence that she knowingly groomed a 16-year-old fan of hers. |
| 143 | * [=YouTuber=] [=GaoGaiKingTheGreatVA=] was a voice actor in numerous projects, but was fired from virtually all of them after August 2020 after allegations of grooming a minor came to light; his role as Happy ENA in the first episode of ''WebAnimation/{{ENA}}'' was additionally recast for later installments with Gabe V in the role. He hasn't been active on his [=YouTube=] channel following this, and has since deleted his Twitter[[note]]Someone else [[https://twitter.com/GGaiKingDGreat claimed the handle]] after he left, solely to just mock him.[[/note]] and disappeared from the internet. While his [=YT=] channel is still up, time will tell how long that will last. |
| 144 | * [=YouTube=][=/=]Instagram influencer Olivia Jade Giannulli was cut off from her promotional partnerships with beauty brands [=TRESemme=] and Sephora in 2019 after she and her parents, Creator/LoriLoughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, were caught up in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_college_admissions_bribery_scandal Operation Varsity Blues]] (a sting operation in which dozens of wealthy parents were caught [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney bribing college admissions officers, coaches, and test proctors]] to get their children fraudulently admitted to elite schools). |
| 145 | * Harry Gilliatt, bassist of the band seaqueens and also known as "Hard G" or "sharkpilot", was exposed in 2014 for emotionally exploiting at least two fans who either had previously suffered from abuse at someone else's hands or were suffering from mental illness, pressuring underaged girls into sending him nudes and so on. The backlash caused him to publicly declare that he was leaving the Internet, with "seaqueens" disbanding not long afterward, and its remaining members openly severing ties with him before moving on to form Wooden Dogs instead. |
| 146 | * ''WebVideo/MovieTriviaSchmoedown'' semi-regular Ben Goddard was dismissed as a competitor in February 2022 after it was revealed that he engaged into sexual misconduct with one of his Twitch followers. |
| 147 | * Gootecks -- veteran MediaNotes/FightingGameCommunity member and immortalized face of global Twitch emote [="PogChamp"=] (as well as other off-brand emotes like [="WeirdChamp"=] and [="PogU"=]) -- was delisted after tweeting his support of the storming of the United States Capitol in January 2021. His face was removed from [="PogChamp"=], and after a brief period of rotating daily between [[MemeticMutation recreations of the expression]] by different people, it has since settled on repurposing [=OSKomodo=] (an emote depicting a Komodo dragon yawning, originally created for an AudienceParticipation stream hosted by Old Spice) through an official poll. |
| 148 | * Hashinshin, an online personality focusing mainly on ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' content, was permanently banned from Twitch in July 2020 following a swathe of accusations from over a dozen women alleging that he was a sexual predator who used his platform to groom minors. While he maintains his innocence, has repeatedly challenged his ban, alleges that he was cleared following an FBI investigation in October 2020, and has accused the evidence used against him as being doctored, Twitch has remained steadfast in their decision to keep him off their site. |
| 149 | * Trevor "[=McSkillet=]" Heitmann was a [[VideoGame/CounterStrike CS:GO]] [=YouTuber=] known for frequently participating in the game's controversial skin-trading community, as well as operating the site CSGO Magic until it was shut down in 2016. This came crashing down once he received a trade-ban from Creator/ValveSoftware in June 2018, preventing him from further participating in the scene. %%Kindly refrain from adding in mentions of his death, which has nothing to do why he lost his role. |
| 150 | * Illumina had been a prominent recurring competitor of ''WebVideo/MinecraftChampionship'' since [=MCC12=]. His reputation was destroyed on October 22nd, 2023 after he was exposed of sexually assaulting and taking advantage of a woman while she was intoxicated at [=TwitchCon=] in Las Vegas that year. However, it was revealed Illumina also took advantage of the woman in the past. Illumina confessed his actions and apologized before he deleted all of his social media accounts and has since retired his persona altogether. |
| 151 | * Commentary [=YouTuber=] Iilluminaughtii got into hot water in April 2023 after falsely accusing an editor for WebVideo/LegalEagle of plagiarizing video effects she used. As this happened, she made a video calling out several [=YouTubers=] she had previously associated with, including The Click, Wonderstruck Guy, and Oz Media. This led to said [=YouTubers=] releasing statements alleging that she had a history of abuse and harassment, with the allegations leading to her sponsorships with [=HelloFresh=], Stitch Fix and [=ExpressVPN=] being dropped. As said videos quickly grew popular and more allegations and evidence were brought to light (including plagiarism, emotional and financial abuse of her partner and general abuse and gaslighting of previous collaborators), Iiluminaughtii's viewership dropped to less than a tenth of what it used to be, and her subscriber count has declined. |
| 152 | * [=YouTuber=] [=ImJayStation=], was demonetized after being arrested for assaulting his then-girlfriend, Alexia Marano, following a series of videos in which Jay claimed she had died in a car accident, which was part of a stunt to promote his secondary channel Dream Team. After returning and briefly reconciling with Marano, the two coasted on said secondary channel until they broke up again, and both channels were terminated in March 2021 for violating the Terms of Service. |
| 153 | * JC-the-Hyena, the author of the infamous {{Creepypasta}} ''VideoGame/SonicExe'', lost ownership of his creation in the summer of 2021 when it was revealed that he had been doing sexual roleplays with minors and covered it up. He had also emotionally abused his at-the-time girlfriend, Shannon Love/[=srlOctober23=], and conditioned her into believing that what he was doing was acceptable, henceforth, she also participated in sexual roleplays with minors and has since given up ownership of Sonic.exe willingly and gone to seek professional help, whereas JC has attempted to justify his actions by blaming his father for mistreating him ([[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse only for his claims to get shot down by most of the fandom]]) and then making a resurgence on the internet using a new username. As of 2024, Sonic.exe is owned by [=JoeDoughBoi=], well known for his own exe concept in ''VideoGame/SonicPCPort'', and has redone the continuity. |
| 154 | * Austin Jones, a former musician on [=YouTube=], was removed from the Vans Warped Tour in 2015, after a [[http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/kevin_lyman_responds_to_accusations_against_warped_tour_youtuber_exclusive report alleged that he had engaged in inappropriate interaction and manipulative behavior with younger fans]], such as telling them to twerk for his amusement on webcam. The subsequent backlash against his behavior led to organizer Kevin Lyman booting Jones off the tour (as well as all other [=YouTubers=] involved, [[MisplacedRetribution though they were reinstated after they weren't found of any wrongdoing themselves]]). Jones was later arrested in June 2017 for persuading numerous underage female fans to send him sexually explicit videos of themselves and was eventually [[https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/04/us/austin-jones-youtube-child-porn-sentence-trnd/index.html sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his crimes]]. Shortly after his conviction, [=YouTube=] terminated Jones' channel. |
| 155 | * The [[ASMRVideo mukbang]] channel KASUMI ASMR had its reputation ruined when Kasumi accidentally uploaded a video with an editing mishap that showed her spitting out food she was pretending to eat. She uploaded a handful more videos following the backlash, but quickly gave up. |
| 156 | * Infamous [=YouTuber=] Keemstar, of "Drama Alert" and "Federation of Asshole Gamers" (abbreviated to "F@G") infamy, had his channel suspended on [=YouTube=] (as with his gamertag) at least ''ten'' times over the years, for trying to sell partnerships on the site (which is illegal) and for behavior which was generally considered inappropriate. However, he usually creates a new channel afterward and continues until that gets banned as well, and so on. He was later [[http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sk93r3?new_post=true banned outright from UMG]] after tweeting a false rumor that was spread by a kid about UMG_Chris, the then-head of UMG (as well as insulting the American military, who occasionally sponsor tournaments), perpetuating harrassment towards Chris to the point that he resigned. |
| 157 | * Animation reviwer Rebecca Kruleski, known online as Star Giant Productions, served as a video editor for WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter. While her tenure as editor had repeated reports of unprofessional behavior, she was only finally fired in 2020 after revealing that Mr. Enter's new Twitter account was managed by someone else, ruining the team's plan to build up mystery as to who ran the account, and for complaining that a fellow editor's suicidal feelings were only for "brownie points." In 2024, after an on-and-off rivalry with Rebecca, Enter's team would later put together a comprehensive investigation of her behavior with an intent to pursue legal action, with allegations of harboring predators, grooming minors, and running a fraudulent flexible fundraising scheme. Following this expose, Rebecca deleted all her social media and her Discord server and claimed she would never make a video again. |
| 158 | * ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' [=YouTuber=] L for Leeeee x was kicked off of ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'' after it was apparently found he had sexually assaulted a woman; though it was later revealed that the accusation was false, he never returned to the series again. The InUniverse explanation given for his absence was that [[PutOnABus he left to track down Hit The Target and help others the way he had helped Stampy]]. Lee then posted a video in 2018 to explain the exact reason why he left the series, but was later disproven by Sqaishey and Stampy themselves over five years later. |
| 159 | * [=LeafyIsHere=] became a popular "drama" coverage [=YouTuber=] starting from 2016, infamous for engaging in gossip that other [=YouTubers=] (including WebVideo/IDubbbzTV and WebVideo/{{h3h3productions}}) criticized as being malicious {{cyberbullying}}. This culminated in August 2020 when his account was permanently terminated, [[https://www.theverge.com/tech/2020/8/24/21397058/leafy-ban-youtube-permanent-harassment-bullying-policies with a YouTube spokesperson confirming]] that he had repeatedly violated site policies on harassment, amassing at least three strikes within 90 days prior to the ban. Leafy moved onto streaming on Twitch, but he was also permanently banned from the site on September 2020 for "hateful conduct and threats of violence against a person or group of people". Leafy would make additional [=YouTube=] accounts to try to continue his line of work, only for each one to be terminated just like his original channel. |
| 160 | * Animator Jacob Lenard of Creator/LenstarProductions was a [=YouTube=] animator best known as the creator of various webtoons such as ''WebAnimation/{{Mugman}}'' and ''WebAnimation/LooseEnds''. However, Jacob locked his Twitter account and privated all his videos (though he later relisted them with the comments turned off) early in 2021 when many of his former colleagues revealed that he had engaged in a lot of homophobic and transphobic behavior in the past, alongside general mistreatment of his peers. Most damning of all, however, was his long-term abuse of a minor who worked with him on his own projects, ultimately leading to them attempting suicide and ending up disfigured because of him. |
| 161 | * Lola Presents was a semi-active user on [=FanFiction.net=] who wrote many fanfics based on ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' revolving around the Loudcest[[note]]A very controversial subgenre of ''Loud House'' fanfics that involves IncestYayShipping between two or more of the Loud siblings.[[/note]] subgenre. In her bio, she stated she was a 20-year-old female victim of child sexual abuse who wrote these fanfics as a form of catharsis and coping mechanism with her trauma. However, on September 25, 2023, it was revealed that Lola was actually a married man in his fifties who had attempted to gaslight other users on the site. Shortly after this revelation, Lola deleted his account and scrubbed all of his fanfics off the site, ending his presence on the internet. |
| 162 | * [=YouTuber=] and musician Mike Lombardo was dropped from DFTBA records in February 2012 after allegations of possessing child pornography came to light. He was later sentenced to five years in prison in February 2014, and his channel was also deleted. |
| 163 | * Lowtax was forced to sell Website/SomethingAwful to new owners and relinquish all control in 2020 after it came out he was a serial spousal abuser. [[HeKnowsTooMuch Many people who posted allegations against him got banned from the site for doing so]], but one of the first things the new owners did was reverse many of these bans. |
| 164 | * British [=YouTuber=] Lukesbeans was exposed in November 2014 of being emotionally abusive to former friends, with one of them releasing a recorded phone conversation of Lukesbeans admitting he's been sending inappropriate pictures to underage fans. He was forced to confess, and swiftly disappear. |
| 165 | * [=LupisVulpes=] had her career as a [=YouTube=] animator as well as the creator of both ''WebAnimation/{{Audience}}'' and ''The Birds Are Working'' burnt to the ground in late August 2020, when a user named Jasper exposed Lupis for refusing to use a pride flag for her commission, claiming Lupis sees the pride flags as anything sexual and it took a toll on Jasper's mental health. Afterwards, Lupis was exposed for engaging in homophobia and transphobia, as well as racism.[[note]]One of her former characters for ''Audience!'', Duskky, was originally named "Darkky" by Lupis, which is actually a derogatory and provocative slur to refer to African-Americans and similar color. She also drew characters that looked dangerously offensive to native American roots.[[/note]] She eventually made a non-apology video, attempting to evangelize her viewers with her religious beliefs, before going radio silent after she was blacklisted from the animation community. |
| 166 | * Josh Macedo was a well-known personality on Platform/{{Tumblr}}, [=YouTube=], and Platform/{{Vine}} for his various types of content -- from cosplay, to his progressive blog posts -- but became a pariah after September 2013 after several women (some underage) came forward, revealing that he had sent them sexually explicit messages and pressured them for sex. He deleted his blog and [=YouTube=] almost immediately afterwards, and his current whereabouts are unknown. |
| 167 | * ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' and ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' [=YouTuber=] LetsPlay/{{Mangs}} went into hot water on July 2020 after he was accused of sexually assaulting Goosaphone, followed by more women outing him for similar reasons. Damaging his reputation further is that it was also discovered he had made suggestive comments towards young female cosplayers, and frequently used offensive slurs, mostly those made against black and LGBT+ people. This incident resulted in other ''Fire Emblem'' creators, most notably Mang's long-time collaborator Mekkah, to no longer work with him. After having publically apologized for his actions, Mangs had since deleted his Twitter account, was booted from multiple ''Fire Emblem'' communities, and went on a temporary hiatus on [=YouTube=] before coming back a few months after the incident. Despite having recovered, he is nowadays largely disowned by the ''Fire Emblem'' fandom (and, to a lesser extent, ''Advance Wars[='=]'') in light of these events, and veterans from either community will usually inform unwary newcomers to avoid watching his content. |
| 168 | * Michael Christopher Martin and his wife Heather, the owners of the [=YouTube=] channels [=DaddyOFive=] and [=FamilyOFive=], were forced to take down all the videos from their channels after being criminally charged with child abuse in 2017. The couple had uploaded several videos in which they were shown pulling and filming abusive schemes on their children, particularly their youngest, and adopted ones, Cody and Emma (the video that brought the abuse to the spotlight was one in which Cody is reduced to tears by getting yelled at for spilling what's later revealed to be invisible ink). They later lost the custody of both Cody and Emma (who were placed under the care of their biological mother), and their channels were terminated by [=YouTube=] in 2018. |
| 169 | * [=YouTuber=] Maximilianmus ended up irreparably damaging his online presence after being ousted in February 2021 (primarily by WebVideo/{{Critikal}} in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1q_qCNjNk8 a video exposé]]) for his various acts of harassment, from spamming sexually explicit messages, bullying individual streamers for calling him out, to [[{{Squick}} encouraging a mentally ill person to eat his own feces]]. Not long after, he was also ousted for hosting a Discord server full of child pornography, something he unintentionally admitted to ("I know he called me a pedophile. [[SayingTooMuch I mean he's right]], but he has no evidence"). He deleted his two channels, then attempted to return after laying low for a month, but after quickly being found out again, he privatized his videos and has remained defunct. |
| 170 | * WebVideo/DoubleToasted member Tommy [=McGrew=] was fired from the site in early 2016 after [[http://kxan.com/2016/02/16/driver-returned-to-scene-of-january-hit-and-run-denied-involvement/ committing a hit-and-run that managed to kill a 22-year-old woman.]] |
| 171 | * Mechawreck was a popular ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' Youtuber known for his videos and tutorials featuring the Engineer class. However, in May 2019, after relevations came out of him being a sexual predator to several underage fans on Discord, one of whom was 12 years old, he was banned from Recharge Gaming League, LLC, and community and trade banned from Steam, before he deleted all of his social media accounts and practically vanished off the internet. |
| 172 | * [=YouTube=] channel Midnight's Edge stopped featuring fellow [=YouTuber=] [=MechaRandom42=] on their round-table panel discussions and ceased all collaborations with her on March 2021, after she made some tasteless comments about Creator/ZackSnyder's daughter who died by suicide in 2017. She had made these comments in retaliation against the aforementioned film director after [[https://www.thewrap.com/zack-snyder-rips-alt-right-youtube-channel-geeks-gamers-on-justice-league-livestream/ an incident]] in which the latter publicly disowned and distanced himself from the [=YouTube=] channel Geeks+Gamers implicitly calling them a hate group. This also led to Rob Schlomo being let go from the [=ME=]'s channel since he opposed the severing of the association with Mecha due to being (at the time) in a sentimental relationship with her. |
| 173 | * [=MickeyMario64=] was a former ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' Machimania animator and a Pokemon fan dub hoster, beloved by many for his dub of the fanmade ''Eeeveelution Squad'' webcomic. On December 5, 2020, all of the ''Eeeveelution Squad'' dubs were suddenly privatized, which was later revealed to be due to copyright strikes by one of the VA's involved in the project. Said VA later accused Mark for underpayment and manipulation, with other associates making similar accusations. [=MickeyMario64=] was radio silent for two years before giving an apology and explanation, and announcing he was moving on. |
| 174 | * Internet personality Mister Metokur had his [=YouTube=] account banned in late 2019 after he made several videos attacking and mocking transgender people. This was followed by his Patreon and Twitter accounts being terminated (the straw that broke the camel's back was an extremely graphic video he made mocking gender re-assignment surgery). |
| 175 | * In June 2020, Mini Ladd, a former and frequent collaborator with [[LetsPlay/VanossGamingAndCompany Vanoss and his crew]], was accused by two people of sending them inappropriate messages while they were underage and he was in his twenties. After a series of attempted comebacks in the following months, his Twitch channel was permanently banned in February 2021, his main channel was torn down (with him since moving onto his second channel, Craig Thompson), and his Twitter has been completely vacated. |
| 176 | * [=YouTuber=] Kelly Montoya withdrew from the public after numerous allegations of sexual manipulation and rape were filed in early 2014. |
| 177 | * Twitch streamer [=MrDeadMoth=] was arrested in December 2018 after physically and emotionally abusing his pregnant girlfriend for interrupting him while streaming ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''. He was convicted and sentenced to 14-month community corrections one year later and his channel was permanently deleted by Twitch. |
| 178 | * Former ''VideoGame/GarrysMod'' let's-player and WebAnimation/MeatCanyon editor Creator/MsBreezy was fired from the latter position in January 2024. Though she attempted to host a stream accusing Hunter of wrongful termination, Bree [[SayingTooMuch repeatedly slipped numerous details]] that would be considered unacceptable employee behavior in any company, including but not limited to willful neglect of her workstation and thus assets for Hunter's videos (to the point of being frequently deleted in malfunctions), blowing off work for drug use and partying, and trying to spin a ''very'' generous severance package as "hush money." This was quickly picked up by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKxaB2KB9nM TomDark]], who broke down the stream in detail; following a response from Bree that admitted to not even watching Tom's original video, accused his fans of transphobia rather than owning up to anything, and was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKhMvlymQU0 broken down itself by Tom]] as even further compromising her position, she deleted her [=YouTube=] channel on January 9th. |
| 179 | * Scott Murray co-hosted the podcast ''Lost in the Static'' with [[Podcast/{{Radiodrome}} Josh Hadley]] until 2016, when he was arrested for possession of child pornography, prompting Josh to sever all ties with him. |
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| 183 | * Mexican actress Patricia Navidad was booted from Twitter in January 2021 after tweeting in support of the Capitol storming as well as for repeatedly posting misinformation about the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. She attempted to evade her suspension several times to no avail. |
| 184 | * Twitch streamer and [=FaZe=] Clan co-owner Nickmercs had an Operator skin of himself added to ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' in May 2023. The skin was removed a month later when Nick posted a tweet in response to a school voting to recognize pride, in which he said that LGBT activists "should leave little children alone". |
| 185 | * Onision was already in hot water after multiple fans, co-workers, and even his previously-adopted child accused him of sexual harassment, and he was banned from Patreon after making a Twitter post that included one of the accusers' phone numbers. In January 2021, a day after [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery+]] aired the final episode of ''Onision: In Real Life'' -- a documentary hosted by Chris Hansen of ''[[Series/{{Dateline}} To Catch a Predator]]'' fame that examines these allegations -- [=YouTube=] permanently demonetized all three of Onision's channels. Shortly after, he uploaded his final video on all of the aforementioned channels, announcing that he was leaving the platform. |
| 186 | * While Otako Studios disappeared off the internet when in April 2019, he was arrested for (and later confessed to) [[https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/three-indicted-for-trafficking-12-year-old-girl-04-25-2019 human trafficking and the sexual assault of a minor]]. |
| 187 | * Chilean [=YouTuber=] Peluchin Entertainment had his reputation destroyed in December 2018 when he uploaded a graphic video of him abusing his pet cats (even ''murdering'' one of them in the progress). Despite actually being arrested and treated in a mental institution for animal cruelty (he was not jailed due to him being a minor), he still continued to upload graphic (and in some cases sexual) videos until his channel was terminated in September 2020, shortly after being featured in a [=YouTube=] video from WebVideo/{{Critikal}} that spread his actions to a wider audience. |
| 188 | * [=YouTuber=] Sam Pepper torpedoed his reputation in 2014 from his controversial series of prank videos. In September 2014, he released a "Fake Hand Ass Pinch Prank" video, which got him in heat for committing sexual harassment, which alone got him dismissed by his network, Collective DS, and subsequently being stripped of his "partner" status on [=YouTube=]. Upon making further videos of the similar premise, his heightened profile opened the floodgates for allegations of Pepper sexually assaulting people off-camera as well, which collectively resulted in him being blacklisted from [[WebVideo/{{React}} YouTubers React]], Vidcon, Summer in the City, Playlist Live and [=DigiTour=]. |
| 189 | * WebVideo/PewDiePie had been no stranger to controversy based on his sense of humor, but he ended up burning bridges with Creator/{{Disney}} and dropped by Maker Studios after a controversial video featured Felix paying two men to hold up a sign reading "Death to all Jews" (itself a joke on people committing stupid behavior for money, but the image [[MemeticMutation ended up blowing up on social media]] at face value). This subsequently also resulted in the second season of ''Scare [=PewDiePie=]'' being cancelled. |
| 190 | * Pinkfluffylion was an artist and animator in the [=DisneyTVA=] fandom, known for her artwork and merchandise of shows such as ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', that even got endorsed by the shows crews themselves. However, her fame came crashing down due to a Career Vapourising Felony, as on August 2022 it was revealed that in May of the same year, she sexually assaulted one of her friends whilst they were under the influence of drugs and asleep without giving consent. Leah, despite apologising and admitting guilt to the two witnesses present and the victim, went ahead to deny the events in her private Discord server, whilst claiming she moved accounts due to imposter syndrome. Following the news going public and the reveal that she was extremely abusive towards an ex-partner, Leah was forced to deactivate/abandon all her social media accounts, all her merch being pulled from circulation and refunded those who purchased said merch. She went MIA for nearly a year until April of 2023 in which she attempted to return under the alias "gayerthings11" on Tumblr and entered the ''Series/StrangerThings'' fandom. The account was subsequently deleted once she was found out. Leah now operates a [=TikTok=] account under the username @Elmaxruinedme where she is semi active and is actively blocking those who call her out. |
| 191 | * [=PlatinumSpeed=] was faced with allegations in June 2019 of sexually predatory behavior towards minors and rape dating back to 2015 (along with the discovery of explicit {{lolicon|AndShotacon}} images on her blog). She was quickly booted off from her voice acting role in ''WebVideo/SonicSong182'', the ''Trans*mission'' LetsPlay channel she was in was cancelled, and her social media was shut down, ending her presence on the internet. |
| 192 | * [=PleasantRyan=], disappeared from the Internet in late 2014 after allegations of him being emotionally abusive and manipulative with somebody that he knew in real life. While he officially said that it was due to him being unable to create on what he considered a stagnant website, the timing of his sudden withdrawal, plus the deletion of his channel, did not convince anyone. |
| 193 | * [=PokéCommunity=], which was once one of the largest ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' fansites and a Mecca for FanGame developers, got caught up in the [=#MeToo=] movement in March 2018 when it was discovered that the owner of the site, Steve Heffron, was a convicted pedophile and registered sex offender, which triggered an exodus of creators from the site. The fact that he was additionally under suspicion in the present day for siphoning money from the site didn't help matters, either. Needless to say, any previous association with the site is now considered [[OldShame shameful]] among many in the fandom, particularly in the various creative scenes it had nurtured. |
| 194 | * [=YouTuber=] [=TheQuartering=][[note]]Previously known as [=UnsleevedMedia=], real name Jeremy Hambly[[/note]] was permanently banned from attending any ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' convention by Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast in December 2017, after making a now-deleted video claiming that cosplayer Christine Sprankle had supposedly fabricated her claims of being harassed within the community. The video resulted in Sprankle being harassed to the point of leaving the community in November 2017, resulting in many calling for Jeremy to be banned. Jeremy was later banned from [=GenCon=] in September 2018 following a physical altercation. |
| 195 | * On March 25, 2024, voice actress Kelly Nora Queen was abruptly fired from every single project she was working on, and her roles assigned to different voice actors. While the initial reason was unknown, it was soon brought to light evidence of her unsavory behavior, including sending inappropriate photos to a minor. |
| 196 | * Alt-right livestreamer Ethan Ralph, had his [=YouTube=] channel terminated in November 2018 after he made a charity stream in which he donated all its superchats to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which had attached donors' messages that denied the Holocaust and/or celebrated the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. The hospital also refunded all donations. |
| 197 | * Gaming [=YouTuber=] [=RaqibMarvelous=] disappeared off the face of the earth come EVO 2017, where [[https://youtube.com/watch?v=E2gF_CF0nD0 Etika]] and [[https://youtube.com/watch?v= Cobanermani456]] exposed him for stealing $40,000 from a friend, posting the friend's personal problems (which includes family issues and his mental health) on his Twitter when Raqib was told in confidence, forging the friend's signature on legal documents for financial fraud, and repeated use of the N-word. |
| 198 | * Spanish [=YouTuber=] Kanghua Ren faced a massive backlash in 2017 after uploading a video of himself giving a homeless man an Oreo filled with toothpaste, which caused the man to throw up when he ate it. In June 2019, he received a 15-month jail sentence (most likely suspended), was ordered to pay the man €20,000 in compensation, and was banned from uploading [=YouTube=] videos for five years. |
| 199 | * Mexican [=YouTuber=] Rix's career was ended after being publicly denounced for sexual abuse by another vlogger known as Nath Campos in February 2021, and was arrested shortly afterward. |
| 200 | * The podcast ''Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe'' used the song "It's a Departure" by John Roderick as its theme song since 2011. This ended on January 3, 2021, after Roderick posted a multiple-tweet story on Twitter the day prior revealing that he made his nine-year-old daughter spend six hours figuring out how to open a can of beans by herself, which got him accused of child abuse. The "#[=BeanDad=]" story then led people to look into his old tweets and discover that he made numerous racist, anti-Semitic and ableist statements over the course of several years. The backlash led Roderick to delete his Twitter account, and within mere hours, the Creator/McElroyBrothers [[https://twitter.com/MBMBaM/status/1345853609175560193 announced they would no longer use Roderick's music on the show]] and would be looking for a new theme song. |
| 201 | * On November 28, 2023, WebAnimation/IdolCorp announced the termination of Riro Ron for a laundry list of sins including inviting fans to meet her IRL and [[HaremSeeker possibly have sex with her]], accepting gifts from said fans, having sex with one of her managers (who was also terminated), and having a donothon in which one of the incentives was for her to take drugs on stream. [[https://youtu.be/9AWQeYs_wfI?si=avce8oCKgTxu1VUm Here's a video discussing how insane the termination was.]] |
| 202 | * On September 7, 2020, Adam Rosner, creator of Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos web series ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'' was accused by several women, including [[WebVideo/DarkHarvest Heather Faller]], of attempting to groom and/or rape them while they were as young as 15 years old. With the addition of the accusers providing credible evidence of Rosner's misconduct, a recorded phone call Rosner was on with one of his accusers being made public, and a damning statement made by fellow online creator and former friend [[WebVideo/NightMind Nick Nocturne]] on the matter on January 9, 2021, Rosner promptly went into hiding, making it likely that ''Tribe Twelve'' will never be finished. |
| 203 | * Swedish [=YouTuber=] Sagutoyas was known in the ''[[Literature/WarriorCats Warriors]]'' fandom for her artwork and animations. She was involved in multiple projects as well as having worked at Spindlehorse Toons (of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' fame). Her fame and status quickly burned up when in February 2023 she was outed as having been in a relationship with a minor whilst she was 20/21 years old, with the relationship involving sending pornographic content to the minor whilst Sagutoyas pushed the minor and several others into keeping the relationship secret due to them known that it was wrong. Following the news breaking out, Sagutoyas was blacklisted from the MultiAnimatorProject community, removed from every in-progress projects she was involved in, and fired from Spindlehorse. She went radio silent on all of her social media channels and hasn't been heard from since. |
| 204 | * Ben Schoen was initially part of the popular ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-themed podcast ''[=MuggleCast=]'' before he left to do other things, but his online image was irreversibly tarnished after he [[http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/ben-schoen-grace-spelman-mugglecast/ publicly harassed Grace Spelman]], a writer for [=BuzzFeed=] that he had previously befriended, but following her turning down his implicitly romantic advances, became the subject of incensed and hateful messages. Andrew Sims, creator and host of ''[=MuggleCast=]'', made it very clear that Schoen would never be allowed to return to the podcast as a result of what happened. |
| 205 | * The [=SevenAwesomeKids=] network of [=YouTube=] channels came to an abrupt halt in August 2018 after its founder, Ian Rylett, was arrested for molesting one of the young stars. [=YouTube=] demonetized all of the channels, effectively rendering them dead with the removal of the [=SevenAwesomeKids=] Instagram account only amplifying matters. After Rylett pleaded guilty in March 2019, [=YouTube=] promptly terminated all the channels. |
| 206 | * Shmorky, animator best known for ''WebAnimation/TheFlashTub'' and ''LetsPlay/GamingGarbage'', effectively vanished from the web after it was uncovered that they had engaged in ERP about a minor to an underage fan. |
| 207 | * ''WebVideo/ScreenJunkies'' (of ''WebVideo/MovieFights'' and ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' fame) fired creative leader Andy Signore after it came to light that he had a history of sexually abusing women. |
| 208 | * LetsPlay/SkyDoesMinecraft was exposed in January 2022 of being a chronic abuser, kickstarted by an ex-partner named Elizabeth publicly disclosing a document with evidence detailing a long history of Sky committing various types of emotional and sexual abuse towards herself and several others. Following this, along with several other collaborators affirming their private history of abusive behavior (as well as bigotry), Sky has gone completely radio silent on [=YouTube=] and other social media; it was eventually revealed by [=SunnyV2=] that they have been attempting to sell their channel on a third-party website, indicating they will never return. |
| 209 | * Johnny Robert Smillie, better known online as John Bob, was an up-and-coming Internet animator who was gaining a significant amount of popularity in the online art space for his talent of producing high-quality cartoons within a small timeframe, even forming a strong friend group of other artists at one point. However, in August 2020, all goodwill Smillie cultivated with his fans and friends was instantaneously destroyed when he confessed to having sexually charged conversations with minors at the age of 18. He deleted all his social media accounts after his victims and the artists he brought together disavowed him publicly. |
| 210 | * James Somerton rose to popularity through the late 2010s to early 2020s for his essays on queer topics and media analysis until his reputation was marred in December 2023 when WebVideo/{{Hbomberguy}} and WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows released back-to-back videos showing that Somerton plagiarized most of his videos and often lied or made dubious statements (For example, he copied footage from WebVideo/AlexanderAvila almost wholesale, and claimed that only the "boring gays" survived the [=AIDS=] crisis, respectively). Shortly after the videos released, Somerton unlisted all of his videos, deactivated his Patreon and Twitter/X account, then vanished off the internet for two weeks. During this same timeframe, numerous other creators such as WebVideo/JessieGender and WebVideo/FoldingIdeas would come out of the woodwork to relate their own stories of James' misconduct and lies, further marring his reputation and later prompting Hbomberguy to say "[[https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/hbomberguy-interview-james-somerton-plagiarism.html I wouldn’t call it an open secret, but everyone has a James Somerton story.]]" Somerton would release an apology video attempting to apologize while hoping to make new content and donate to creators he stole from alongside restarting his Patreon, but would subsequently delete the video and deactivate his Patreon again within a day after further backlash, stating he would apologize "properly" when he is more mentally stable. |
| 211 | * On March 17, 2023, WebAnimation/SquimpusMcGrimpus openly admitted to having groomed an underage user on Discord and apologized, but due to the apology’s negative reception, they said that they're going to be taking a break and is currently seeking help. |
| 212 | * On October 13, 2023, [=SSSniperwolf=] posted an Instagram story doxing WebVideo/{{Jacksfilms}} for frequently parodying and criticizing her content. This caused [=YouTube=] to temporarily demonetize her channel, and she lost her partnerships with G Fuel and WebVideo/DharMann. She attempted to bypass the demonetization using a third channel, which was later demonetized as well. |
| 213 | * ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' machinimist [=Starman3=] stopped making guest appearances in ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' after being accused of acting inappropriately with both minors and members of the [=YouTube=] Rangers group he led. |
| 214 | * Parenting vlogger Myka Stauffer lost all of her sponsorships in May 2020 after releasing a video in which she and her husband announced that they had rehomed their autistic four-year-old son Huxley, who they adopted from China only two years prior, believing that they were unsuited towards caring for him. Many people were critical of Stauffer's decision, since she, who had three children before Huxley, previously wanted a child with special needs, and had monetized the videos of her adopting Huxley. |
| 215 | * Creator/TaraStrong was officially [[https://twitter.com/BoxtownOfficial/status/1712542262406820178 dropped]] from ''WebAnimation/{{Boxtown}}'' in October 2023 after tweeting Islamophobic remarks in direct response to the UsefulNotes/ArabIsraeliConflict. It was subsequently announced that her role would be recast for the main series, despite Strong apologizing not long after the fact. |
| 216 | * Creator/Stryder7x, whose channel focused primarily on exploiting bugs in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', was forced into near-complete radio silence in March of 2020 following accusations of rape and severe abuse by a former girlfriend. Barring a statement of proclaiming his innocence and an update on his health from his Discord server, he hasn't put out any videos or livestreams since. |
| 217 | * Welsh [=YouTuber=] [=TheGearsKeepTurning=], was exposed in early 2014 for a variety of reasons, including sexually abusing one partner, trying to solicit nudes from a minor, and emotionally manipulating fans into having sex with him (while in a relationship, several times). The subsequent backlash caused him to not only stop posting videos, but to delete his Twitter, Tumblr, and the [=YouTube=] channel. |
| 218 | * Platform/TikTok user Tenkohugs was a relatively popular cosplayer known for her videos featuring ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' character Ayano Aishi. However, in late 2021, an expose made by an account belonging to her ex-girlfriend accused Tenkohugs of sexually assaulting her, as well as various instances of unsavory behavior such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, body-shaming, and general harassment of inexperienced cosplayers on the platform. She later posted an apology video, attempting to gain sympathy by mentioning she was 17 at the time of the incidents, but it gained negative reception among the wider cosplay community, and her account would later be permanently banned. She has attempted to ban-evade on several accounts since, only for each account to be banned as well. |
| 219 | * Guatemalan [=YouTuber=] Valdroxx, also known as Cristali (and was already infamous for plagiarizing various [=YouTube=] animators, and artists alike, and sometimes plagiarizing videos from internet personalities), was ousted in 2018 by several underaged female fans, alleging that he had asked, pressured, and bribed them for nudes in exchange for collaborations on his videos. He was put under house arrest a year later and had all of his electronics confiscated after the parents of one of the former fans told the Guatemalan authorities about what Valdroxx had done. In August of 2020, he was sentenced to three years in prison and was registered as a sex offender for possession of child pornography, and his channel was terminated by [=YouTube=] a year later. |
| 220 | * Mason "mason" Venne, a ''VideoGame/DOTA2'' streamer, was banned from the game in December of 2023 for toxic behavior, which he attempted to get around by using a behavior score farmer to boost his in-game behavior score. Of course, this being Valve, the way he discovered the ban was by [[{{Troll}} opening a reward box as part of the Christmas update and receiving the ban alongside a lump of coal]]. |
| 221 | * Lyric West was fired from ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'' and his role as Kirk Odd was recast to Puz after Seismo was made aware of fetish art he drew of canonically underage characters. West also [[UnPerson remains uncredited]] in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVPBaPO99Uw official first season of the ARG]]. |
| 222 | * [=YouTuber=] [=WhatTravisSays=] (Known for being a huge ''Series/DoctorWho'' fan) was exposed in April 2014 for pressuring minors and/or into sending nudes (often with some incredibly dehumanizing message), trying to manipulate them into taking nudes with friends, sending unwanted photos of himself masturbating to them, thinking up rape fantasies and constantly threatening them with these scenarios ''to their face'', then ''told the same person to have sex with their very young sisters and dogs'' (they didn't comply) and then emotionally abusing them when they wouldn't play along. The ensuing backlash caused him to disappear. |
| 223 | * [=YouTuber=] and voice actor Gabriel Valez, better known as [=RealGamerDuck=] or Gabe V., was accused in August 2023 of raping his girlfriend at the time twice before sexually assaulting his friend some time later, along with other accusations such as animal abuse and emotional manipulation. After the news broke out, he was evicted from the home he shared with the aformentioned friend and his roles, most prominently as the happy side of the titular protagonist of ''WebAnimation/{{ENA}}'' and both Robert and Streber from ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'', were recast with Creator/GriffinPuatu and Corey Wilder respectively. After attempting to respond with a document that garnered more backlash, he deleted his Twitter account and has gone radio silent on social media since. |
| 224 | * Creator/EmilyYoucis started her animation career in 2005 as a teenager, and soon became known for her series ''WebAnimation/AlfredsPlayhouse'' and her particular brand of BlackComedy and DerangedAnimation that eventually got her a job with Creator/{{Troma}}. That ended in 2016 when it came out that she had ties to alt-right and neo-Nazi groups and made posts on Twitter denigrating Black, Muslim, and Jewish people and promoting white nationalist talking points. This cost her not only her support from Troma but also her job as the "Pistachio Girl" with the [[UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball Philadelphia Phillies]], while most of her former collaborators (including her bandmates with Music/EmilyPukisAndTheVagrants) distanced themselves from her. Since then, nearly all of Youcis' work has been in far-right activism. |
| 225 | * [=ZilianOP=] was a Twitch streamer who was supposedly caught in an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, but in 2013 [[ObfuscatingDisability accidentally broadcasted himself walking out of his wheelchair]], [[IsThisThingStillOn not knowing the camera was still on]]. After admitting that he and his girlfriend crafted this false disability plan of theirs to make sympathy money, Twitch shut down both his and his girlfriend's accounts based on fraud. |
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