Twitch bans Ryan Haywood after disgraced Rooster Teeth star attempts comeback Rooster TeethTwitch has banned the account of former Rooster Teeth personality Ryan Haywood, months after he was let go from the company in light of predatory allegations. [jwplayer smynPnSq] The disgraced Achievement Hunter will no longer be able to interact with the gaming community through Twitch. Haywood\u2019s personal account by the name of \u2018SortaMaliciousGaming\u2019 has been permanently banned from the platform. Following more than a dozen allegations against him, Haywood was dropped from Rooster Teeth back in October 2020. A few weeks of silence had gone by before he returned to the internet through Twitch at the start of the new year. Naturally, it didn\u2019t take long for the community to catch on with #BanRyanHaywood trending across Twitter shortly after. Twitch answered on January 20, finally erasing his presence on the site. \u274c Twitch Partner “”SortaMaliciousGaming”” (@ryanthetwit) has been banned! \u274chttps:\/\/t.co\/FlRXrww0nq#twitch #ban #firstban #partner #twitchpartner \ud83e\udd81 \u2014 StreamerBans (@StreamerBans) January 20, 2021 Haywood took to the streaming platform to share a lengthy message with his remaining followers. \u201cI wanted to say thank you to all of you who are still subscribed,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve spent the last few months figuring out what the next steps are. Through all of it, having your support has been an incredible help.\u201d Immediately, former colleagues and the greater Rooster Teeth audience latched onto the statement, slamming Twitch for allowing him a voice on the platform. Haywood had previously used social media to groom multiple fans over a number of years. Many had even engaged in intimate relations while underage. \u201cI made mistakes and will be leaving RT to focus on rebuilding my family and life,\u201d he said on Twitter on October 6. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to anyone I\u2019ve hurt.\u201d As a result of his infidelity and predatory behavior, Haywood\u2019s presence has since been wiped from years of Rooster Teeth content. Countless colleagues of his also took to social media to show support for the community. \u201cI\u2019ll keep you updated on what\u2019s going on,\u201d Haywood added in his message on Twitch prior to the ban, implying that it would be his primary form of communication moving forward into 2021. He now has no means of which to publicly engage with the community online. His privileges across Twitter, YouTube, and now Twitch have all been revoked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch bans Ryan Haywood after disgraced Rooster Teeth star attempts comeback Rooster TeethTwitch has banned the account of former Rooster Teeth personality Ryan Haywood, months after he was let go from the company in light of predatory allegations. [jwplayer smynPnSq] The disgraced Achievement Hunter will no longer be able to interact with the gaming community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}