On the first day of TwitchCon 2025, the most famous cosplayers, YouTube userAnd Twitch streamer Emiru – who has Nearly two million followers – He was apparently assaulted during a meet-and-greet event on Friday, October 17.
In a video posted on X, a person can be seen approaching Emiru, grabbing her, and appearing to lean in to kiss her. Amero pushed the person away before security intervened and pulled him away by the arm. According to X reports, Amiro returned to the meet and greet and completed the event. videowhich was posted at 8:21 PM EST, already has nearly 400,000 views.
“So some weirdo assaulted Emiru at @TwitchCon. This behavior is disgusting. I’m surprised she came back to end her meet-and-greet streak – honestly, she deserves the utmost respect. This has to stop!!!” reads the original post.
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Twitch responded to the incident with a statement to Mashable, emphasizing its commitment to attendee safety:
“The safety and security of all who attend TwitchCon is our top priority,” a Twitch spokesperson said. “The behavior exhibited by the person involved in this incident was completely unacceptable and extremely disturbing. We have immediately removed this individual from TwitchCon headquarters, and he has been banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events. Twitch has a zero tolerance for harassment.”
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A few hours before the incident, Twitch’s head of community, Mary Kish, told Mashable that it was “important to educate all streamers” about the prevalence of harassment, especially against women. She said it was necessary to “make these spaces safe.”
“I wouldn’t encourage women to participate in streaming if I felt like it wasn’t safe for us. We have to continue to be really aggressive in this space and be on the cutting edge of this space,” she said, adding that safety measures like linking phones to accounts to ward off online harassment and making sure blocked accounts can’t watch the stream have helped “prevent someone who is aggressively following someone from directly creating another account.”
This isn’t the first time TwitchCon has faced criticism over attendee safety. Streamers Valkyrae and QTCinderella have notably withdrawn from this year’s event, expressing deep concern about the risks streamers face in public venues like TwitchCon. Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has done so repeatedly It promised to improve safety protocolsnoting, “We take security at our events, like TwitchCon, very seriously.” Still, in 2024, the streamers belong to Kick The event was disruptedharassing Twitch streamers on the site.
For Amero, this is the second high-profile harassment incident in recent months. In March, while streaming live in Santa Monica with streamers Cinna and Valkyrae, a man reportedly threatened to kill them, according to a report. Report from BBC.
Additional reporting by Crystal Bell.