NICKMERCS Stands By Decision To Disassociate Itself From Dr. Disrespect

The return of popular content creator Guy “Dr. Disrespect” Beahm continues to stir up debate in the streaming community. However, other streamers are taking a stand against Beahm, including Nick “NICKMERCS” Kolcheff.

Kolcheff made a 17-minute response video to Beahm’s restream, in which the 33-year-old listened to the disgraced streamer’s full thoughts and stance on the situation. When Beahm originally released his statement on the topic on social media, the FaZe Clan co-owner reprimanded Beahm, expressing his strong disapproval of his actions and also disassociating himself from the streamer.

In the video, Beahm doubled down on his defense, stating that none of his actions violated any laws and that no illegal actions were found by authorities or Twitch staff. Beahm claimed that he knows “the legal definition of sexting,” which is one of the primary allegations against him.

However, according to Kolcheff, this does not excuse the fact that a husband and father has admitted to sending inappropriate messages to a minor.

“For me, this is not about legality,” Kolcheff said. “(He’s) in his late 30s, you have a child, a wife, and you do this kind of thing? (With) my morals and my understanding of the situation, I firmly believe he was wrong. I don’t care if he broke any laws, I don’t care if a judge finds him guilty or not, he admitted to it. We know there was at least a conversation going on. We also know he admitted to cheating on his wife, (and) you can put two and two together.”

Kolcheff admitted that there are people on Twitch’s staff “who don’t make great decisions,” and believes there were people on the staff who plotted against Beahm and his eventual permanent ban from the platform. However, he maintained that he will not be associating with Beahm in the near future.

The FaZe co-owner also expressed confusion over why Beahm wouldn’t just release the messages between him and the alleged minor, especially since he’s backpedaled on his original statement. If there really was no suspicious activity, releasing the messages would absolve him of any guilt, Kolcheff reasoned: “If he’s so adamant that they’re not bad, why not just show them to everyone?”