Streamer Emiru has disputed Twitch’s claim that it “responded to the incident” when she was assaulted during her TwitchCon Meet & Greet, calling the claim “a blatant lie”.

In a swift media statement, Twitch said “the safety and security of all those attending TwitchCon is our highest priority”, and called the behaviour of the man who pushed past the queue to grab Emiru and kiss her “completely unacceptable and deeply upsetting”. It then revealed it had “blocked this individual from returning to the TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events”.

Someone assaulted Emiru at her Meet & Greet at Twitchcon.

Security pushes the perpetrator away, but then turns back and allows the man to walk away. (???)

Emiru comes back shortly after to continue meeting fans.

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— Zach Bussey 🍁 (@zachbussey.tos.gg) October 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM

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A video shows the moment the man strides over to Emiru and assaults her before another man, presumably working in security, shoves him forcefully away.

Whilst it appears that Emiru was protected by TwitchCon staff, it’s since became apparent that the security guard was part of Emiru’s own team, and TwitchCon staff did not prevent the incident from occurring.

Emiru – who has almost two million followers on Twitch and almost a million on Twitter/X – explained what happened on social media, thanking people for their kind messages