Fans Are Outraged Over a Man Crashing Twitch Streamer Emiru’s Meet-and-Greet To Try and Kiss Her Non-Consensually

Overview

Emiru Assaulted at TwitchCon refers to a video clip showing Twitch^[1] streamer Emiru being approached by a male attendee who grabbed her and tried to kiss her without her consent at a meet-and-greet event at TwitchCon^[2] 2025. The video was originally posted by X user @BaconCrumbz on October 17th, 2025, who said that Emiru returned to finish the Meet and Greet event despite the attack. After the video went viral on Twitter^[3] and the subreddit /r/Livestreamfails^[4], Emiru’s fans began sharing clips from earlier streams where Emiru claims that she was not allowed to bring her own “favorite” security guard to TwitchCon 2025 due to him detaining a harasser at a previous event. Other clips showed Emiru saying that she was obligated to conduct a meet-and-greet despite being reluctant to as part of her contract with TwitchCon. The event and the subsequent rumors surrounding Twitch’s supposed mishandling of Emiru’s safety led to significant backlash against the management of the event. The event occurred seven months after Emiru and fellow streamers Cinna and Valkyrae^[5] were followed and harassed by a stalker while livestreaming.

Background

On October 17, 2025, Emiru was reportedly approached by a male attendee who grabbed her and tried to kiss her without consent. The event took place at a meet-and-greet event at TwitchCon in San Diego, California.

The clip was originally posted to Twitter / X by @BaconCrumbz, who wrote, “So some freak just assaulted Emiru at @TwitchCon. This behavior is fucking disgusting. I’m amazed that she still came back to finish the Meet and Greet line, honestly she deserves the utmost of respect. THIS HAS TO STOP!!!” The post gathered over 3 million views and 11,000 likes in a day.

So some freak just assaulted Emiru at TwitchCon</a> . This behavior is fucking disgusting. I’m amazed that she still came back to finish the Meet and Greet line, honestly she deserves the utmost of respect. THIS HAS TO STOP!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/EmiruUpdatess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">EmiruUpdatess @emiru pic.twitter.com/pyO2QHQ9Pv^[6][7][8]

— BaconCrumbz 🥓 TwitchCon SD (BaconCrumbz) October 18, 2025^[9]

The clip was also posted to the subreddit /r/LivestreamFails on October 17th by u/Chris_Poole, who wrote, “Emiru assaulted at Twitchcon,” and gathered over 29,000 upvotes in a day.

Emiru assaulted at Twitchcon
byu/Chris_Poole inLivestreamFail^[10][11][12]

Developments

On October 17th, 2025, Redditor^[13] u/No-Friendship-5311 posted a clip to the subreddit /r/LivestreamFails, showing Emiru talking about how her “favorite security guard” was banned from TwitchCon at the San Diego Convention Center for physically restraining a man stalking her two years ago. The clip gathered over 7,000 upvotes in a day.

Emiru talks about her favorite security guard getting banned from twitchcon
byu/No-Friendship-5311 inLivestreamFail^[14][15][16]

Also on October 17th, Redditor u/dashieman66 posted a clip to the subreddit /r/LivestreamFails, writing, “Twitch contract requires Emiru to attend Meet & Greet to keep Twitchcon Show amid safety concerns,” gathering over 8,000 upvotes in a day.

Twitch contract requires Emiru to attend Meet & Greet to keep Twitchcon Show amid safety concerns
byu/dashieman66 inLivestreamFail^[17][18][19]

Twitch Response

On October 18th, 2025, the official Twitch X account issued a statement about streamer Emiru being assaulted at a meet-and-greet at TwitchCon, writing, “The behavior displayed by the individual involved in the incident yesterday involving a high profile streamer was completely unacceptable and deeply upsetting. In line with existing TwitchCon security protocols, law enforcement and event security were on site and responded to the incident. We immediately blocked this individual from returning to the TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events.”

Emiru’s Response

Also on October 18th, 2025, Emiru posted a tweet addressing her being assaulted at a meet-and-greet at Twitchcon, writing, “I don’t understand how he was allowed to make it to me in the first place. 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 did not react and let the guy walk away.” The post gathered over 58,000 likes in a day.

Online Reactions

On October 17th, 2025, X user @Sh3nAndygans reposted the video of Emiru being attacked, writing, “Saw so many women saying they weren’t going to be attending TwitchCon this year because they don’t feel safe, and then this happens to Emiru on day one,” and gathering over 40,000 likes in a day.

Saw so many women saying they weren’t going to be attending TwitchCon this year because they don’t feel safe, and then this happens to Emiru on day one pic.twitter.com/Yazc5VBPWF^[20]

— shenAndygans (@Sh3nAndygans) October 18, 2025^[21]

On October 18th, X user @TheLastDistress quote tweeted a video showing what appears to be Emiru’s assaulter walking around TwitchCon, gathering over 7,000 likes in a day.

HE GOT TO WALK AWAY WITH NO ONE FROM SECURITY TAILING HIM DUDE! Twitch is cooked DO NOT return to Twitchcon if you have remaining days.

I hope Emiru is okay and sues the living shit out of twitch as they FORCED her to do this or her show would be canceled. https://t.co/ILTCvVGXBA^[22]

— Distress (@TheLastDistress) October 18, 2025^[23]

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