Nina Lin is firing back after viewers accused her of stealing from a Target store.
A circulating clip shows the 24-year-old Twitch streamer ringing up items at a self-checkout kiosk during a recent stream.
Several people online noted that she seemed to be holding a stick of butter and a steak in one hand, but only scanned the butter with the handheld scanner before bagging both items.
Lin addressed the accusations later in the stream, saying, “I’m telling you, bro, even if it was the steaks, … ain’t nobody missing no fucking money, bitch. Calm the fuck down.”
She went on, “No, Target is not losing no type of fucking money from some steaks, bitch. Fucking bum ass steaks, I don’t give a shit. Matter of fact, put this on Twitter too: your mom’s a bitch, she was a bitch and happy holidays, all you hoes is bitches … I don’t give a fuck. Happy holidays, whores.”
She then lifted a shoe and claimed she’d stolen that too.
“I got these from Target too, guys,” she said. “Guess how much I paid? Free-99. Get mad, bitch.”
Back in September, CNN noted that Target played a major role in shaping public concern about shoplifting after its CEO Brian Cornell said in 2023 that the retailer was seeing “an unacceptable amount of retail theft and organized retail crime.”
That same year, the company projected $500 million in losses from stolen or missing merchandise tied to organized retail crime, per CNBC.
But Target later shifted its messaging, pointing to better inventory tracking and stronger coordination with law enforcement. By August, the company reported its shrink rate was on track to fall below pre-pandemic levels — a far different picture from what it painted during the height of the conversation.
