Emiru TwitchCon incident

Emiru publicly disclosed being assaulted by a fan at TwitchCon San Diego in July 2024, prompting an industry-wide reckoning with creator-event safety protocols.

On July 20, 2024, at TwitchCon San Diego, OTK creator Emiru was assaulted by a fan during a meet-and-greet. She disclosed the incident publicly days later and criticized TwitchCon’s event-safety protocols as inadequate for the scale of creator-fan interactions the event facilitates. Twitch issued a statement committing to review protocols. The incident prompted broader industry conversation about how creator events — which operate at mid-sized convention scale but concentrate parasocial intensity unique to streaming — should be structured for creator physical safety.