"I am sorry I let you down": Dan Clancy admits he and Twitch "failed" Emiru while addressing assault at TwitchCon 2025

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy addressed the assault on streamer Emily "Emiru" at TwitchCon 2025 in San Diego, California, admitting that he and the platform "failed," and apologizing to her by saying that "he was sorry he let her down." On November 7, 2025, Twitch issued another statement regarding the assault on Emiru at the streamer convention, admitting that they "failed" to keep the OTK (One True King) member safe and prevent the assault from happening:

"Although Twitch works very hard to try to keep TwitchCon attendees safe and to prevent incidents like this from happening, we failed to do both things in this case - to keep Emiru safe and to prevent the assault from happening. We deeply regret the distress we caused for Emiru, our other creators, and the entire community. In recognition of Emiru’s advocacy, Twitch will be making a donation to support non-profit organizations working to prevent sexual violence. More details on that to follow soon."

Dan Clancy quote-tweeted the platform's X post, stating that he and Twitch "failed" Emiru. He elaborated:

"Twitch failed in our response to the assault of Emiru at 2025 TwitchCon San Diego, and in particular, I failed to communicate clearly in talking about the incident afterwards during an interview. I do not believe, and in no way intended to suggest that Emiru had any responsibility whatsoever for the incident at TwitchCon."

While claiming to have a "great deal of empathy for what" streamers like Emiru "have to deal with every day," the 61-year-old apologized to the professional cosplayer, writing:

"I have a great deal of empathy for what creators such as Emiru have to deal with every day; I was trying to express that, and I did that poorly. I am sorry I let you down, Emiru, and I am sorry Twitch let you down."

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"How can we expect you to take assault seriously at your events?" - Asmongold slams Twitch for their statement regarding the assault on Emiru at TwitchCon 2025

Just Chatting streamer Zack "Asmongold" has responded to Twitch's statement about the assault on Emiru at TwitchCon 2025. While questioning how people could "expect" the livestreaming platform to take assault seriously at their events, the Texan called Twitch out for not permanently banning streamers who had committed assaults.

Asmongold wrote:

"How can we expect you to take assault seriously at your events if you can't even ban people who have committed assault four times on two separate people on your platform?"

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This was not the first time Dan Clancy has made a statement regarding the assault on Emiru at TwitchCon. On October 24, 2025, the former NASA employee took to X to apologize for mismanaged communications and for his comments about the situation.

Edited by Aarnesh Shrivastava