Amouranth's Husband Abuse Allegations

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Overview

Amouranth's Husband Abuse Allegations refers to the alleged abuse of Twitch streamer and content creator Amouranth (real name Kaitlyn Siragusa) by her husband (Nick Lee) that was originally revealed during a livestream on October 15th, 2022, during which she stated not only that she had a husband (previously unknown to her audience) but that he was purportedly controlling, manipulative, emotionally abusive and had threatened to kill her dogs and empty her bank accounts. The allegations also included that her husband told her to keep their marriage secret in order to appeal to fans, as well as pushing her to do more NSFW content for money such as OnlyFans. The stream was deleted shortly after Amouranth's upload but subsequently sparked widespread media coverage and discussions online, including an outpouring of support on social media from fans and fellow streamers.

Background

Amouranth, whose real name is Kaitlyn Siragusa, is a Twitch streamer based in Texas. As of October 2022, she had nearly 6 million followers on Twitch and over a million likes on her OnlyFans page. She initially began posting in 2016 with her content ranging from ASMR and "Just Chatting" streams to cosplay material and hot tub streams. In recent years, Amouranth's content has somewhat shifted towards more NSFW material.^[7]

It was revealed in 2018 by YouTuber L OF THE DAY that Amouranth had a husband, based on publicly available information on Facebook.^[8] She demanded the video be taken down and pushed back against those who were upset by the news, making fun of people who believe "Every female on the internet is eligible to be dated by people who see her."^[9]

October 2022 Abuse Revelations

During an October 15th, 2022, livestream, Amouranth shared text conversations and a phone call with her husband, reportedly named Nick Lee,^[11] as well as describing their relationship. She told her audience that her husband was allegedly abusive, controlling the logins to her bank accounts and social media. She then shared texts where he purportedly berated and harassed her, threatening to take her money and kill her dogs. Weeping on camera, Amouranth also shared that he instructed her to keep their relationship from subscribers and made her do more risqué and NSFW content In order to make more money.

While the original stream was deleted, clips of it circulated on Twitter and other websites, such as the thread from user GUARD Hunter^[10] on October 16th that went viral shortly after, receiving over 164,000 likes and 22,000 retweets in less than 24 hours (shown below).

He forced her to continue saying she was single and commit to being a hot tub streamer.

(2/4) pic.twitter.com/xRxHrzDyvF

— GUARD Hunter (@HUN2R) October 16, 2022

Amouranth showed text messages from him calling her a dumb f*ck and supposedly throwing away money and her accounts as threats when she wasn't responding to him

(4/4) pic.twitter.com/ralvzIsskh

— GUARD Hunter (@HUN2R) October 16, 2022

In the wake of the livestream's spread online, it was unclear how Amouranth was doing or if she was connected to help and support. Fellow streamer Alinity shared in an October 17th livestream that her attempts to contact Amouranth and learn about her status from the police had been inconclusive (YouTube reupload seen below).^[1]

Police Visits And Aftermath

Amouranth started a stream on October 17th, ending a period of silence following the revelation of her husband's abuse.^[12] During the video, she seemed stressed and tired, and shared that her husband was seeking help, Amouranth had access to all of her accounts and her dogs were alive and well. She was thankful for the help and support offered by people. She shared that she feared "it would be messy" but that keeping it hidden had also been messy. Her dog was featured in the stream (seen below).

According to reporting from Dexerto and the testimony of other streamers, Amouranth had been visited by the police several times and was alive and well.^[13] She retweeted a take on the situation from @TheJuancho, summing up the drama of the past few days and her position on it (seen below).^[14]

Online Reactions

As the stream spread over the following days, several other female streamers, influencers and internet-famous people more broadly rallied to Amouranth's support. For example, YouTube and Twitch streamer Valkyrie posted a tweet (seen below, left) on October 16th, 2022, earning almost 200,000 likes in a day.^[2] Ethan Klein of h3h3 productions also sent his support (seen below, right) on October 16th, 2022, earning just over 57,000 likes in a similar timeframe.^[3]

Many of the expressions of support also took time to push back against a minority that had been upset over Amouranth's efforts to keep her private life private or claimed that the controversy might be staged. Numerous creators pushed back hard on these claims, including streamer PrismaticKitsune (BabyyKistunee) who posted on October 16th, earning over 70,000 likes in less than 24 hours.^[4] That same day, Twitch streamer Jake Lucky (JakeSucky) then called out Keemstar for accusing Amouranth of "scamming" (seen below, right) earning 70,000 likes in a similar timeframe.^[5] Keemstar went on to delete the thread against Amouranth according to later tweets from his account.^[6]

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