The controversial opinion blogger Tim “KuchenTV” Heldt will soon be able to stream on Twitch again. The Braunschweig regional court decided this on January 30, 2024, as the streamer proudly announced.
What was the ban about? In December 2023, the German opinion blogger KuchenTV was banned from Twitch indefinitely. The ban followed a few days after a reaction stream in which he again discussed Pia “Shurjoka” Scholz.
The reason given by Twitch for the ban was that he “harassed others due to personal trauma.”
Shortly before his ban, KuchenTV claimed that Twitch support was not interested in streamer Shurjoka’s complaints.
Immediately after the ban became known, the opinion blogger announced that he wanted to take legal action. His streamer friend “Scurrows” had previously successfully sued Twitch. On January 30, 2024, the responsible regional court in Braunschweig decided in favor of KuchenTV – who lives in Braunschweig.
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KuchenTV thanks its lawyer and is planning a comeback
What did KuchenTV do? After his ban, the opinion blogger filed a lawsuit and asked for a written hearing. This would have the advantage of being more time-saving. Apparently the 28-year-old wanted to get the matter resolved as quickly as possible.
After he was denied the written hearing, KuchenTV tried to get the court to make a quicker decision.
What is the current status? On January 30, 2024, KuchenTV on X, formerly Twitter, reported that Twitch could not give a specific reason for its ban in court. Shortly afterwards he answered with the word “Won.”
In a series of other posts, the opinion blogger thanked his lawyer and celebrated his victory. His Twitch channel is currently not available again, but KuchenTV is already collecting ideas for its “comeback stream” (via X).
The opinion blogger had said several times in videos on his own behalf that he was sure he would win in court because the Twitch ban would not have met certain requirements. So he should have been warned in advance and told the exact reason for the ban. Neither happened.
He said lifting the ban was important to him because “financially, things are doing better on Twitch than on YouTube.”
For the contentious influencer, the return of his Twitch channel is likely to be important, not least because he can now appear in his colleagues’ streams again and can also go to influencer events that were broadcast on Twitch. Because it was due to the ban For example, his patron MontanaBlack is not able to react to the opinion blogger’s videos in the Twitch stream. But he shouldn’t do that in the future anyway, at least according to HandOfBlood:
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