Tilbage i juli blev den succesfulde og meget populære livestreamer, James "Phantoml0rd" Varga bandlyst fra Twitch på ubestemt tid. På daværende tidspunkt havde Varga over 16.000 betalende abonnenter og over en million følgere.
Varga blev sparket ud da det blev opdaget at han var involveret i den såkaldte "skin gambling"-industri, og promoverede Counter-Strike: Global Offensive-hjemmesider, som han ikke fortalte han selv var økonomisk forbundet til.
Ifølge GamesIndustry har Varga nu sagsøgt Twitch for tab af indtægter og skade på hans omdømme. Han mener desuden at grundlaget for bandlysningen er foruden beviser.
Klagen han har præsenteret imod Twitch lyder således:
"Twitch never provided any formal explanation for his suspension. Instead, Twitch has made only vague and ever-changing allegations of breaches of the Terms of Service.
"Twitch has attempted to excuse its conduct by alleging that Varga broadcast improper content. Yet, Varga broadcasted content similar to what many other popular Twitch content providers also broadcast, and in fact, during the course of Varga's performance of his contractual obligations as a content provider, representatives from Twitch repeatedly informed Varga that he was permitted to broadcast the very content that they later used as an excuse to illegally terminate his contract."
