Twitch streamer Emiru was sexually assaulted through the first day of TwitchCon 2025.
In footage from her meet-and-greet occasion on Oct. 17, Emiru is in the course of greeting a fan when a person rapidly walks up and tries to forcefully kiss her.
Emiru pushed the person away and was escorted out of the world whereas safety pulled the person out of the world. Emiru reportedly returned afterward to finish the meet-and-greet occasion for her followers.
Emiru took to X to deal with the scenario, writing: “Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creators meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn’t able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!”
She continued, “I’m obviously shaken up by what happened and it’s not the first time I’ve dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.”
Emiru added that “the security in the clip who reacts is my own security (it’s true my favorite and usual security guard was banned for holding a stalkers arm to bring him to police, at a past Twitchcon).”
“However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who did not react and let the guy walk away, as you can see in the clip since they don’t even appear in the frame LOL.”
In an announcement to MashableTwitch responded to the incident by clarifying its dedication to the protection of its attendees.
“The safety and security of all those attending TwitchCon is our highest priority,” stated the spokesperson. “The conduct displayed by the person concerned on this incident was utterly unacceptable and deeply upsetting.”
“We immediately removed this individual from TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events,” the spokesperson continued. “Twitch has zero tolerance for harassment.”
Emiru contradicts this statement, writing, “In Twitch’s statement they said that the guy was immediately caught and detained, I’m sorry but that is a blatant lie. He was allowed to walk away from my meet and greet and I didn’t hear he was caught until hours after he attacked me, and it felt like this only happened because of my manager pressing for it, not because Twitchcon staff present thought it was a big deal.”
Emiru’s severe assault second is the second high-profile incident that she’s had with a supporter this yr. Back in March, Emiru was livestreaming with streamers Cinna and Valkyrae when a person threatened to kill them.
Emiru, Cinna, and Valkyrae have been within the midst of a week-long marathon stream in Los Angeles when a person, who launched himself as Russell, got here onto the stream and stated, “I’ll kill you right now” when Emiru refused to present him her contact info.
Cinna spoke concerning the scenario in a follow-up stream afterward, saying, “It sucks {that a} marathon that was to spotlight girls streamers is sadly ending up on one of many worst issues that may occur to a feminine streamer. We’re very grateful it didn’t finish with certainly one of us getting significantly harm.”