Twitch faces backlash after popular streamer Emiru allegedly assaulted by fan on video at …

Livestreaming service Twitch is facing backlash after videos captured popular streamer Emiru being assaulted by a rogue fan during a TwitchCon meet and greet. Video footage circulated on social media of the man storming toward Emiru, whose real name is Emily-Beth Schunk, and attempting to grab her face and kiss her during a meet and greet event on the first day of the streaming platform’s flagship convention in San Diego on Friday. Schunk, 27, visibly recoiled as her personal security guard ran to shove the man away, the clip showed. Twitch is facing backlash after videos captured popular streamer Emiru being assaulted by a man during a TwitchCon meet and greet. yeet/X The popular cosplayer with over two million followers on Twitch blasted the platform’s handling of the alleged assault in a statement on X. “Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at TwitchCon and even in front of another creator’s meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me,” Schunk wrote. “The security in the clip who reacts is my own security … However, there were at least 3 or 4 other Twitchcon security staff in the area who
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