SYDNEY: A Sydney gamer heard on a livestream allegedly hitting a woman was charged with assault by Australian police Monday, after the incident went viral on social media.
The 26-year-old was using the Twitch video platform to broadcast himself playing the popular shoot-’em-up survival game Fortnite when the alleged assault happened on Sunday night.
Footage shared on Twitter showed the man, who was not named, shouting to someone offscreen “I said I’ll be out soon” before moving away from the computer monitor.
A woman’s voice is later heard saying “woman basher” and yells “you hit me in the face, don’t you dare touch my face, you hear that, all you people there?”
The argument continues, with further yelling and crying off-screen as the man moves to and from his monitor and shouts “leave me alone”.
In a second video, more yelling is heard between the pair as a child nearby cries.
Both videos were retweeted thousands of times on Twitter. – AFP
