Amouranth says she’s being abused, forced to stream by husband

[Ed note: This article discusses domestic abuse.]

Amouranth, Twitch streamer popular and creator of OnlyFans content on Saturday said that her husband is manipulating and abusing. Kaitlyn Siragusa is Amouranth’s real name. She claimed that her husband forced her to stream and threatened her dogs. He also took control of her bank accounts and finances.

“I’m basically living in a fancy prison,” Amouranth said on the live stream.

Amouranth’s stream has since been removed from Twitch, but clips of it have been shared widely on Twitter and YouTube.

During the live stream, Amouranth said that her husband saw the hot tub meta — a Twitch sub-genre where people stream in bikinis while in a hot tub — “as an opportunity,” and that he told told her to tell viewers that she was single, because it would “ruin the business model” to reveal she was married.

Amouranth posted a close up view of the phone showing a thread in text that she claimed was between her and her husband. The depicted messages call the recipient a “dumb fuck” and include threats to “dump luggage,” throw “merch” off a balcony, and delete Amouranth’s social media. More serious threats of financial abuse and threats to kill Amouranth’s dog are also part of the texts. Amouranth shared video of the broken doorknob and claimed that her husband had damaged it. This prevented her from locking the door.

“[It] keeps you there with the fear and the threats, and you fear that he’s going to do something to your animals,” Amouranth said on the stream. “And then he’s nice again and says, ‘Everything’s going to be OK.’”

Amouranth, her husband said that he called her on the stream. The man’s voice could be heard shouting at her and denying that he said he was going to kill her dog. “I’m going to give you one last chance,” the man on the line said. “I’m going to irrevocably fucking destroy everything.”

On Monday, Amouranth’s content lead Marz tweeted that Amouranth “says she’s fine,” adding “Police went multiple times since 5am yesterday.”

Popular streamer Ludwig Ahgren said in a video that he reached out to Amouranth’s assistant, and that she is “safe and OK.”

Polygon has reached Amouranth via email and Marz, her content lead, to request comment but has yet not heard back.

Amouranth, a popular creator of content, is active on Twitch and YouTube. Her Twitch channel was started in 2016 and has a strong focus on cosplay. She has grown her Twitch channel to over 5.9million followers. It includes video streams and Just Chatting videos. According to Streams Charts, she’s the most-watched Twitch streamer this year. She’s also extremely popular on OnlyFans. More than 640,000 people have followed her ASMR YouTube channel. She also has an online presence on Patreon and Instagram. Fansly and Snapchat are other accounts.

Amouranth is hard at work to keep these channels open. In August, she told Business Insider that she’s only taken 10 days off in the last few years. She streams regularly for extended periods, with some Twitch stream streams that can last up to 15 hours. Amouranth tweeted a July tweet to an image of her monthly earningsFrom March to July 2022 they average about $1.5 million per mois.

Amouranth was subject to harassment, doxing and threats throughout her professional career. YouTubers like PewDiePie have referred to her and other women as “Twitch thots,” a derogatory term used to insult female streamers and sex workers.

The hot tub meta’s 2021 launch saw Harassment in Amouranth gain popularity. Twitch’s terms have an exception to the Nudity and Attire Policy, which states that “streamers may appear in swimwear in contextually appropriate situations.” In May 2021, Twitch created the “Pools, Hot Tubs and Beaches” category for such streams.

In June 2021, Polygon interviewed Amouranth about the hot tub meta and the harassment she has faced: “I have thought about it — like, is it worth it? I really do think it is because every job has its stresses.” She also told Polygon that she had different hopes for the future beyond streaming, and that she hoped to use her savings to someday open an animal rescue.

“My passion, at the end of the day, is animals,” she said.

You or someone you know are suffering abuse in their home. National hotline for domestic abuseOur helpline is open 24 hours per day. To get help, dial 800-799-7233