YouTuber and Twitch Streamer Matthew Meredith, better known as Caffcast, had today been sacked from the Yogscast. This comes after several allegations that Meredith abused his power as a content creator to sexually harass several women.
Yogscast CEO Mark “Turps” Turpin confirmed these allegations were true in a Reddit post. His statement on this unfortunate discovery reads as follows:
This news has caused great upset and shock amongst both Yogscast fans and creators. Hannah Rutherford, the owner of the YogsLomadia channel, was particularly upset having often been a part of collaborations involving Meredith.
This isn’t the first time a Yogscast content creator has been accused of sexual offenses. Paul “Sjin” Sykes got called out by his ex-girlfriend for allegedly asking for inappropriate images from minors. This was later debunked and thought to be a classic case of a jealous ex-girlfriend as she was released from her job “to avoid going bankrupt.” The other instance involved Steven “Ridgedog” Goates impregnating a fan which resulted in his contract not being renewed.
Turpin’s clear leadership and authority to deal with this situation quickly is a sign that things have changed. Regardless of The Yogscast’s history, this time around few will criticize how well they’ve dealt with this. Meredith’s YouTube career is effectively over and his ties to the Yogscast are being burnt by the second.
