Amouranth says she’s being abused, forced to stream by husband

[Ed note: This article discusses domestic abuse.]

Popular Twitch streamer and OnlyFans content material creator Amouranth stated in an impassioned, tearful stream on Saturday that she is being manipulated and abused by her husband. Amouranth, whose actual title is Kaitlyn Siragusa, stated her husband, who was not named, has forced her to stream, threatened to damage her canine, and has taken management of her funds and checking account.

“I’m basically living in a fancy prison,” Amouranth stated on the dwell stream.

Amouranth’s stream has since been faraway from Twitch, however clips of it have been shared extensively on Twitter and YouTube.

During the dwell stream, Amouranth stated that her husband noticed the new tub meta — a Twitch sub-genre the place individuals stream in bikinis whereas in a sizzling tub — “as an opportunity,” and that he advised advised her to inform viewers that she was single, as a result of it could “ruin the business model” to reveal she was married.

Amouranth shared a close-up view of a cellphone displaying a textual content thread that she stated is between her and her husband. The depicted messages name the recipient a “dumb fuck” and embrace threats to “dump luggage,” throw “merch” off a balcony, and delete Amouranth’s social media. More critical threats of economic abuse and threats to kill Amouranth’s canine are additionally a part of the texts. Amouranth additionally shared footage of a damaged doorknob, saying that her husband broke it, thus stopping her from being ready to lock the door.

“[It] keeps you there with the fear and the threats, and you fear that he’s going to do something to your animals,” Amouranth stated on the stream. “And then he’s nice again and says, ‘Everything’s going to be OK.’”

In the stream, Amouranth additionally spoke on the cellphone with a person who she stated is her husband. The man’s voice may very well be heard shouting at her and denying that he stated he was going to kill her canine. “I’m going to give you one last chance,” the person on the road stated. “I’m going to irrevocably fucking destroy everything.”

On Monday, Amouranth’s content material lead Marz tweeted that Amouranth “says she’s fine,” including “Police went multiple times since 5am yesterday.”

Popular streamer Ludwig Ahgren stated in a video that he reached out to Amouranth’s assistant, and that she is “safe and OK.”

Polygon has reached out through electronic mail to Amouranth, in addition to her content material lead Marz, for remark, however has not but obtained a response.

Amouranth is an especially well-liked content material creator with a presence on quite a few platforms together with Twitch, YouTube, and OnlyFans. She began her Twitch channel in 2016 with a cosplay focus. Since then, her channel has grown to 5.9 million Twitch followers, and spans from online game streams to Just Chatting movies. According to Streams Charts, she’s the most-watched Twitch streamer this yr. She’s additionally extraordinarily well-liked on OnlyFans. Her ASMR YouTube channel has greater than 640,000 followers, and her on-line presence additionally contains Patreon, Instagram, Twitter, Fansly, and Snapchat accounts.

Amouranth works onerous to preserve these numerous channels. In August, she advised Business Insider that she’s solely taken 10 days off in the previous couple of years. She recurrently streams for lengthy stretches, together with some 15-hour Twitch streams. In July, Amouranth shared a tweet with an image of her monthly earnings from March via July 2022, which common round $1.5 million per thirty days.

Throughout her profession, Amouranth has skilled harassment and doxing threats on these content material platforms. YouTubers like PewDiePie have referred to her and different ladies as “Twitch thots,” a derogatory time period used to insult feminine streamers and intercourse staff.

Harassment of Amouranth gained momentum as the new tub meta took off in 2021. Twitch’s phrases have an exception to the Nudity and Attire Policy, which states that “streamers may appear in swimwear in contextually appropriate situations.” In May 2021, Twitch created the “Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches” class for such streams.

In June 2021, Polygon interviewed Amouranth in regards to the sizzling tub meta and the harassment she has confronted: “I have thought about it — like, is it worth it? I really do think it is because every job has its stresses.” She additionally advised Polygon that she had totally different hopes for the longer term past streaming, and that she hoped to use her financial savings to sometime open an animal rescue.

“My passion, at the end of the day, is animals,” she stated.

If you or anybody you already know is experiencing abuse at house, the nationwide home abuse hotline is obtainable 24 hours a day. Call 800-799-7233 for assist.