Overview
The RileyCS Cheating Allegations refers to allegations that cat girl VTuber RileyCS_ was caught cheating at the Battlefield 6 beta by using an aimbot. The allegations were leveled against Riley on August 8th, 2025, after she posted footage of her gameplay captioned, “the most locked in catgirl you’ll ever see in battlefield 6.” The allegations spread online and inspired criticism of RileyCS, with streamer Tectone criticizing RileyCS heavily. As the allegations went viral, RileyCS was temporarily banned on Twitch, however, it is suspected this was due to mass reporting, not cheating. In response, RileyCS uploaded footage of herself playing the game with a handcam in the bottom right corner, convincing many that the original footage was legitimate. Riley’s Twitch account was unbanned on August 12th.
Background
On August 8th, 2025, streamer RileyCS_ posted a clip of herself playing Battlefield 6 to X, captioning the video, “the most locked in catgirl you’ll ever see in battlefield 6,” garnering over 17,000 likes, 5,200 reposts and 52 million views in four days.
the most locked in catgirl you’ll ever see in battlefield 6 pic.twitter.com/NtrTK9U5qT
— riley (@rileycs_) August 8, 2025
Over the following days, commenters began claiming that RileyCS_ was cheating, claiming that they saw evidence of an aimbot being used in the clip. RileyCS repeatedly denied these allegations in response to the commenters.
On August 10th, X user @ArctixTV posted, as a comment, a detailed description of why they believed she was cheating, also providing screenshots of the momenst when they claim they can see an aimbot being used, garnering over 1,200 likes in two days.
Developments
Handcam Video
On August 10th, 2025, RileyCS_ posted a video on X showcasing more Battlefield 6 footage, but with a handcam in the bottom right corner showing her hand moving as she plays to prove she’s not cheating, garnering over 9,800 likes and 4.7 million views in two days.
used a handcam to prove im not cheating :p
cant wait for week 2 of the battlefield 6 beta!!! pic.twitter.com/q2uwYPBMc2— riley (@rileycs_) August 10, 2025
Tectone’s Criticism
On August 10th, 2025, X user and streamer Tectone, following the release of the handcam video, quoted the original “locked in” post, writing, “Grown man pretending to be a little girl Cheating in an open beta while denying it in every post So fucking gay brother Get a grip,” garnering over 66,000 likes and 1,900 reposts in two days.
Later that day, RileyCS made a comment under Tectone’s X post reading, “yo what’d ur dad do again btw?” Tectone responded with further criticism of RileyCS. Later, another X user asked Grok what Tectone’s dad did, resulting in Grok sharing the allegations against Tectone’s dad.
RileyCS_ Twitch Ban / Unban
On August 11th, 2025, RileyCS_ was reportedly banned from Twitch. Allegedly, the ban was due to mass reports, not the cheating allegations. On August 12th, RileyCS_’s ban was lifted and she announced her comeback stream on X, garnering over 1,800 likes in under a day.
Tectone continued to criticize RileyCS_ that day. On August 12th, he posted a screenshot to X of Grok suggesting that the handcam footage doesn’t sync up with the gameplay, garnering over 1,700 upvotes in under a day. Later, he made a post to X suggesting people stopped criticizing RileyCS_ because they found out she’s trans, garnering over 6,500 likes in under a day.
Online Reactions
RileyCS_’s cheating allegations garnered viral spread online, inspiring some who believed RileyCS_ was cheating to criticize her and others who believed she was innocent to defend her.
On August 11th, 2025, Redditor u/TylerKia421 made a post to the /r/FPSAimTrainer subreddit titled, “Still haven’t heard a good argument to explain why RileyCS was naturally able to game sense the player behind the rock for the ‘flick,'” laying out why they believed she was cheating and doubting the effectiveness of the handcam to prove she wasn’t cheating.
Later that day, X user @MalFPS_ posted a meme about Riley’s interaction with Tectone using the Lion Screaming at Monkey format, garnering over 8,400 likes in a day.
