The popular streaming website (and its owner, Amazon…) is getting attacked in court by James „PhantomL0rd” Varga.

Before getting banned from Twitch, Varga had sixteen thousand subscribers (which is roughly 40 thousand dollars for him per month…), and close to a million followers. Why did he get banned? Several streamers, including Varga, were accused of promoting a Counter-Strike skin gambling site (CSGOShuffle) without officially disclosing their business relations to the website.

Allegedly, Varga owned the website, but he still refutes any involvement with CSGOShuffle. He claims that the ban was flawed and unsubstantiated, and he says that getting banned from Twitch caused „significant monetary damages,” as well as „reputational harm.” The complaint has Varga’s lawyers argue that Twitch justified the application of the banhammer by „false accusations leveled at Varga by a third party” via „illegally obtained electronic records.”

The document also mentions that until January 2017, Twitch did not give an official explanation for the ban. Then, it suggested that the ban happened because of Varga having fraudulent subscribers. Later, the suggestion switched to his content, which also had non-gaming elements. „Twitch never provided any formal explanation for his suspension. Instead, Twitch has made only vague and ever-changing allegations of breaches of the terms of service,” the complaint says.

Although Varga’s involvement in CSGOShuffle would be substantial, it would also be difficult to verify that. Still, we’re curious to see if Twitch tries to solve the issue outside the court by paying Varga a sum of cash. After all, they are owned by Amazon…

Source: GamesIndustry