Twitch Streamer Arcadum Accused Of Grooming Manipulation By Over 20 Women Dropped By Talent Agency

Earlier this week, the streamer Arcadum, known mostly for his Dungeons and Dragons streams on Twitch, was accused by over 20 women of acts including grooming, sexual manipulation and harassment.

The allegations first came to light after fellow Twitch streamer Momo posted a link to a TwitLonger including descriptions of voice calls, as well as screenshots of DMs between the two, showing evidence of Arcadum manipulating and guilting her by using private details of her life.

This is all I want to say.

Read: https://t.co/EXa41Dmjd2

— Momo (@MomoMischief) August 31, 2021

Momo's TwitLonger inspired over 20 other women to come forward with similar accusations of manipulation against Arcadum. Streamer Lyra121 posted a TwitLonger describing how Arcadum would repeatedly make advances at her despite being asexual, using their friendship and his power to manipulate her emotionally. Another streamer, Cri45, shared a TwitLonger about how she opened up to Arcadum about past abuse and became friends with him, only to have him hit on her despite her obviously vulnerable state, using personal information to make her feel guilty about not wanting to pursue a relationship. Arcadum ultimately sent her on a "spiral of PTSD" as she explained in the TwitLonger.

Arcadum, who has over 250,000 followers at the time of writing, was quickly dropped by his talent agency Novo, as announced in a statement by the company's CMO Devin Nash yesterday. Arcadum made a quick response to the allegations on Twitter that same day, saying he would discuss them at length in a livestream today.

My Official Novo Response to the Arcadum Situation

Read: https://t.co/JvWDrpFPP8

— Devin (@DevinNash) August 31, 2021

I will be addressing the events tomorrow on stream. Right now I am trying to find a place to set up so I can.

— Arcadum (@GloriousArcadum) August 31, 2021

The allegations have sparked a lot of support for Arcadum's accusers, and an equal amount of disappointment from his fans, who took to his latest Twitter post to express their feelings about the news. A megathread was set up on /r/LiveStreamFails to keep track of all the accusations and relevant information surrounding the situation.

I looked forward to your games every fucking day… I had fallen in love with your world and what you created. Do you know how many hours I spent watching YOU dm. My soul feels shattered right now. I’ve NEVER felt this betrayed before. I hate you. I hate you so much.

— Kenway Crusader (@marshall_erl) August 31, 2021

I think that's gonna be a bad move, dude.

Putting off your response, and making it content, radiates serious YouTube apology video vibes.

._.

But it's looking like you're more experienced at manipulating folks, so maybe I'm wrong.

— Patrick (@NopeJustPatrick) August 31, 2021

I fell in love with your work recently, I thought I found a gem of D&D and thought you were a fantastic guy who understood boundaries. I guess I was wrong, like multiple people I looked up to over the years, with the same allegations. Everyday is getting fucking darker.

— Daronkil (@TheDaronkil) August 31, 2021