An online gamer who posts live-streams on the popular video gaming platform Twitch casually admitted that she once killed a person’s dog on purpose while she was employed as a veterinary technician – a confession that has since caused outrage in the gaming community.
During a live-stream interview Tuesday on Twitch, an Amazon-owned website where people can make money from donations by streaming themselves playing video games, host Rajj Patel asked three female gamers what’s the worst thing they have ever done.
The two other ladies, Jenna and FT Bella, said they weren’t sure but gamer Simone Scott, known online as Aqua, said that she once killed an animal.
Online gamer Simone Scott, known online as Aqua, admitted she killed another person’s dog while she was working as a veterinary technician
Scott (bottom right) made the disturbing confession during an interview with two other female gamers on the gaming platform Twitch
Scott brushed off her confession saying that the dog’s owner ‘was a really bad person’ and she was never caught because she’s ‘a professional’
The video was shared on Twitter by gaming host Dion Anderson who has since called on Twitch to remove Scott’s profile
‘Well, I used to work as a veterinary technician so I once killed someone’s dog,’ she said, adding, ‘on purpose.’
When Patel asked Scott was she sure it was on purpose, she responded: ‘No one knew because I’m a professional’.
‘Oh my God, oh no, that’s really bad,’ Patel said. ‘I’m gonna pretend like you didn’t say that.’
Scott, smiling, brushed it off telling the host that she didn’t like the dog’s owner.
‘It was a really bad person,’ she said.
‘I know but, like, Jesus,’ Patel responded. ‘The poor dog.’
The video, which was shared on Twitter by gaming host Dion Anderson, has sparked outrage in the community with many gamers demanding Twitch deactivate Scott’s profile. As of Thursday, her account was still active on the platform but it says Scott hasn’t used it since the interview was streamed online.
‘Streamer @AqualaGamer admits to killing someone’s dog while she was a veterinarian because she didn’t like them. And no remorse or sense of guilt at all? What kind of f***ed up sociopathic s*** is this,’ Anderson tweeted. ‘I mean giiiiirl you gotta be a WHOLE other kind of evil to just nonchalantly go on about some s*** like this.’
Interviewer Rajj Patel (in the front) had asked the gamers what was the worst thing they had ever done. After Scott’s confession Patel said he removed her from the interview
Patel said Scott is not allowed to come on his platform after her confession
Many people in the gaming community are calling on Twitch to remove her account. Scott uses the platform to make money by streaming herself playing video games
She later responded to the backlash suggesting that it was meant as a joke
Patel also responded to the backlash saying he was ‘appalled’ by Scott’s comments and announced that he would be donating the $600 raised from the live-stream to Best Friends, a non-profit animal welfare organization.
‘The abuse of animals is completely unacceptable and morally reprehensible,’ he tweeted. ‘The individual involved was removed as a result and will never be welcome on my platform again. I’m really upset about it and can’t believe that anybody would have the capacity to do something like that.’
Scott, who studied biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz before becoming an online gamer, suggested on Twitter that she was joking when she said she had killed a person’s dog.
‘You would think this community would know how to recognize a troll when they see one,’ she tweeted.
Twitch has not responded to the backlash, and has not yet returned the Daily Mail’s request for comment.