Twitch partnerships director accused of sexual assault TwitchTwitch Accounts Director of Strategic Partnerships Hassan Bokhari is facing allegations of sexual assault from longtime broadcaster \u2018Vio,\u2019 as more streamers are coming forward with similar accounts. Bokhari, known on the platform as simply \u2018Hassan,\u2019 reportedly used his position of power at Twitch to levy event passes, free products, and Partner status \u2013 a sought-after career goal for some streamers \u2013 to get closer to these women. Eventually it culminated into Vio feeling pressured to perform sexual acts and engage in intimate relations with Bokhari. Just to clarify, this is a perfect example of one of many ways he\u2019d get his foot in the door with you if he was interested. I noticed he\u2019d often hang out\/seek out smaller streamers that weren\u2019t partnered. A lot of grooming behavior that I\u2019ve experienced as well. \u2014 Vio ?\ufe0f?????? (@VioTCZ) June 25, 2020 \u201cEventually he managed to pressure me into oral sex,\u201d Vio said. \u201cBy PAX West 2015, he managed to pressure me into sex. I said no more times than I can count, but each time Hassan took \u2018no\u2019 as \u2018convince me.\u2019\u201d Vio, formerly known as \u2018vio7_2\u2019 on Twitch until a favor from Bokhari immediately resulted in the change, shared her story detailing a pattern of manipulation, persuasion, and promises she said he would use to form bonds. \u201cHe abused his position a lot,\u201d Vio said in her TwitLonger. \u201c[One night he] links me to a form. The form was meant for partners as a Christmas gift to them\u2026 He used the form to get my number, and I even called him out on it which he casually played off.\u201d She mentioned that some items Bokhari was offering were only meant for partnered Twitch streamers, which he allegedly replied: \u201cI have a feeling you\u2019ll be [a partner] soon.\u2019\u201d Promotion packages and other gifts, like an instant pass into Pax East 2015, were methods he would use to get information on potential victims, such as phone numbers, or ways to get near them, according to Vio. She noted how the Twitch Director would handle sensitive information about other partnered streamers, \u201cI\u2019ve seen things from partner dashboards\/revenue dashboards, work emails, work group chats\/emails especially in regards to bans, personal partner contracts including the ones of some of the biggest streamers.\u201d After forming a consistent relationship with Bokhari, Vio later said that she confronted him about explicit photos of her circulating among friends. According to her, she had shared concerns about taking the images for him, and later caught wind that Bokhari was the likely source of them getting out. He denied involvement in the leaked photos, according to Vio. Bokhari nor Twitch have responded to the allegations. Other female Twitch streamers have spoken out about interactions with Bokhari. \u201cWhen I was an affiliate [Bokhari] hit on me and asked me to go to Vegas with him after lurking in my chat for like a week,\u201d streamer \u2018yellowspoongirl\u2019 said in reply to Vio\u2019s story. \u201cIt really threw me off and I was scared to directly turn him down because I legit thought I wouldn\u2019t get partnered.\u201d Vio shared messages between Bokhari and a female streamer referenced as \u2018Domi,\u2019 in which he reportedly contacted her to give promotional items and then later suggested a meet-up. Since posting this I\u2019ve had a couple of women reach out to me privately, sharing similar experiences. Dom wanted me to share this exchange as an example of his power abuse\/how he\u2019d hit women up to do them favors. The same tactic that he used with me. Note, she wasn\u2019t partnered. https:\/\/t.co\/hlf5toVmF3 pic.twitter.com\/1ZbtThR0YQ \u2014 Vio \ud83c\udf19\u2728\ud83d\udda4 (@wtfisavio) June 25, 2020 These accusations follow Twitch\u2019s announcement on June 24 that the company would be making strides to make the platform a safer place for its users. \u201cFor those who\u2019ve come forward and would like to share additional information, and to anyone who hasn\u2019t shared their experience and wants to do so,\u201d Twitch wrote in a statement.\u201d You can report confidentially through the reporting tools on each streamer\u2019s channel page. \u201cWe\u2019re also committed to continuing our efforts to make Twitch a safer environment with more tools to combat harassment and hate\u2026 We will continue to assess accusations against people affiliated with Twitch and explore ways Twitch can collaborate with other industry leaders on this important issue.\u201d An update on our investigations into the recent allegations of sexual abuse and harassment involving Twitch streamers and actions we\u2019re taking. https:\/\/t.co\/OLJzU9LEVU \u2014 Twitch (@Twitch) June 25, 2020 The allegations against Bokhari come at the heels of numerous survivors in the scene sharing their stories against creators, streamers, and prominent industry figures like Syndicate, TobiWan, SayNoToRage, Mini Ladd, THINND, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Twitch partnerships director accused of sexual assault TwitchTwitch Accounts Director of Strategic Partnerships Hassan Bokhari is facing allegations of sexual assault from longtime broadcaster \u2018Vio,\u2019 as more streamers are coming forward with similar accounts. Bokhari, known on the platform as simply \u2018Hassan,\u2019 reportedly used his position of power at Twitch to levy event passes, free […]<\/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-86985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86985","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=86985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}