Twitch streamer Alinity has been criticised and condemned the world over after she livestreamed herself allegedly abusing her pet cat.
The thirty-one year old streamer, best known for her World of Warcraft videos, was recording a video when her cat walked in front of her screen. She responded by seemingly throwing the poor animal over her head, though the angle of the camera makes it hard to fully see if the cat was harmed.
Check out the clip in the tweet below.
ATTENTION: @TwitchSupport,
— PETA – #BoycottSeaWorldDay (@peta) July 19, 2019
Take a stand for cats & please remove Alinity from @Twitch immediately. She is using the platform to post animal abuse, which sends a dangerous message to anyone watching her videos. Cats are not props to abuse for more views ?pic.twitter.com/EsIsB5o6Tf
This isn’t the first time that Alinity’s name has been associated with animal abuse, and thousands of enraged viewers have called out for her to be banned from Twitch for her actions.
However, Alinity herself is claiming that she’s not about to be banned from the platform anytime soon.
On her Discord server [via TheGamer] she wrote: “Don’t worry guys I’m fine. I spoke to someone at twitch today and I’m not getting banned. But, people who have been harassing me might be.”
It’s not known what Twitch has decided what to do with the situation as of yet, but there’s plenty of people out there who are hoping Alinity’s claims are false and hope she’ll no longer be welcome on Twitch.
As for her claims of harassment, the controversial social media presence has since taken to Twitter to express her concern about people who she claims have been approaching her home.
She wrote, “Please stop coming to my house and asking my neighbors where I am. It’s actually really scary.”
She later added: “Hate to interrupt a good witch hunt in full swing but if you’re using dubious screenshots that are old or fake or whatever else you’re pretty mean spirited. But I guess that’s the point.”
With celebrities including the creator of The Office, as well as PETA weighing in, it hopefully won’t be long before we hear from Twitch as to their decision.
Featured Image Credit: Alinity