Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has released a detailed public apology to streamer Emiru following her sexual assault at TwitchCon 2025.
Clancy shared the statement on Twitch’s official X account, writing, “First, I want to be upfront and take accountability for the security incident that occurred during Emiru’s Meet and Greet. It shouldn’t have happened, and we take that very seriously.”
“We failed — both by allowing it to happen and in how we responded afterward,” Clancy continued. “We mishandled our communication surrounding the incident, including my own comments. I want to apologize to Emiru for everything that occurred.”
Clancy went on to outline Twitch’s plans to prevent similar incidents in the future.
“What are we doing moving forward? For Meet and Greets, we’ve begun a full review of the incident that took place, along with other issues that surfaced after TwitchCon ended,” he explained. “We’re examining everything — from how we handle sign-ups to event layout and enhanced security measures.”
He added, “We’re also conducting a comprehensive review of overall event safety and security, and we’ll be implementing updates for future TwitchCons. While we can’t share every security detail for privacy and safety reasons, we’ll keep the community informed about any changes that directly affect attendees.”
The assault took place on Oct. 17 at TwitchCon 2025 in San Diego, when a man breached multiple barriers during Emiru’s meet and greet and attempted to forcibly kiss her.
The next day, Emiru addressed the incident on X, writing, “Yesterday, the man who assaulted me was allowed to cross multiple barriers at twitchcon and even in front of another creator’s meet and greet to grab me and my face and try to kiss me. Fortunately he wasn’t able to, but a lot of people have pointed out it could have been a lot worse!”
She continued, “I’m obviously shaken up by what happened and it’s not the first time I’ve dealt with something like this, but to tell you honestly, I am a lot more hurt and upset by how Twitch handled it during and after the fact.”
According to Emiru, Twitch security allowed the man to leave without consequence.
Days later, Clancy addressed the situation in an interview, saying, “The safety of our creators is our top priority. The challenge we face is a challenge in today’s society. It’s not limited to Twitch — it extends throughout our society.”
He added, “I do think that when you’re livestreaming, in many ways, since you control your community and you can ban people, you can make it so that those people that you don’t want engaging with you and participating with you aren’t there. When I use other short-form content and people say all sorts of stuff, well I can’t stop that. But when I livestream, they basically don’t bother me.”
Clancy concluded, “Now, what happened yesterday was something we care deeply about — securing this environment. We’re looking very closely at everything that happened there, and I care deeply about Emi. She’s a friend of mine, and I want to see how we can support her. This is something we have to keep improving. Everyone recognizes our trust and safety tools as among the best in the industry for supporting creators, but there’s always more work to be done — that’s just the world we live in today.”
