Paul “IcePoseidon” Denino was considered the most controversial streamer on Twitch, who became famous with the MMORPG OldSchool Runescape and IRL streams. However, in 2017, he was permanently banned from Twitch. Now he streams on Kick and is facing serious legal troubles after a wild night in Bangkok.
Who is IcePoseidon?
- IcePoseidon was a successful gaming streamer during the time before Twitch exploded with Fortnite in 2018. He made a name for himself starting in 2015 with the MMORPG “OldSchool Runescape”.
- He became famous and infamous for chaotic IRL streams that took place unscripted in the real world.
- His end on Twitch came in April 2017, when he was on a plane that was forced to land due to a bomb threat. Some people had figured out which plane he was on and deliberately played pranks on him. Twitch couldn’t tolerate this any longer and permanently banned him. IcePoseidon was accused of not being able to properly hide his location, thus causing harm to others.
However, IcePoseidon has left his mark on Twitch to this day: Successful streamers like Mizkif and Amouranth see him as an influential role model for their careers. Mizkif was even IcePoseidon’s cameraman.
A party in the hotel gets wild and unruly
This is what happened: After his Twitch ban, IcePoseidon is once again active as a streamer on the platform Kick and held an IRL stream in Bangkok, Thailand, with acquaintances.
Bangkok has been seen in the West as a wild party city since “Hangover 2”, but for IcePoseidon, the partying did not go well at all.
In a hotel, IcePoseidon and some of his friends celebrated on June 28 in a separated room, a lounge, in a lively party that was streamed live via Kick.
In a 16-minute YouTube video, you can see IcePoseidon putting on black lingerie: He wears panties, garters, and a bra. His girlfriend Kimberlee encourages him to give her a lap dance, and IcePoseidon awkwardly complies.
Manager bursts into the party, finds it disrespectful, gets angrier
How does the situation escalate? But then things get out of hand: The hotel manager shows up with some security personnel and explains to the streamers in English with a strong accent that such conduct is not acceptable in Thailand. She has also recorded everything.
The streamers say it’s no problem, they will pay, and will leave.
However, they seem unable to get out of the situation. With each passing minute, the atmosphere becomes tenser, and the manager gets angrier, her tone sharper. Apparently, their attempts to calm her down only further irritate her. When they offer her money, it even gets worse.
Ultimately, the hotel manager announces that she will immediately notify the police. The streamers do not respect Thai culture and Thai women:
You can’t do this in Thailand. This is very serious. My manager is also a woman.
The manager then barks at IcePoseidon to put the camera away or if he wants trouble with her.
The manager seems to be getting more and more upset, the reason is not entirely clear.
The streamers reassure her: “We will pay for this” – but the manager says money is irrelevant to her. Money is worth nothing in Thailand. It’s about respect to her.
In response to the statement, “We just wanted to have fun,” she replies: “This is not funny” and demands to see the IDs of those present immediately.
In a YouTube video, you can see the party and the escalation:
Situation seems resolved – Streamer says we just need to report to the police
What happened immediately afterward? As IcePoseidon said after the stream, his girlfriend was accused of wearing a dress that was “too sexual for public” and having “shown too much breast”.
IcePoseidon apparently only realized after the stream what kind of problems he had gotten into while he just wanted to have fun. He seemed quite contrite in his statements.
He said:
“We were drunk, we were in a room. I didn’t understand the seriousness of the situation we were in.”
However, after the stream, one of his spokespersons stated: No charges had been filed as no law had technically been broken. The streamers would only need to visit the police station the next day and “assist with the investigation” (via talkesport).
Situation worsens – now imprisonment is threatened
But what happened next? The situation worsened significantly compared to what was initially assumed after the incident.
As Dexerto reports, IcePoseidon was detained and had to spend some time in a Thai prison, where he was held under difficult conditions.
He reports on Discord that he was given only a bucket to relieve himself, but the bucket already contained feces.
According to his statements, he now faces 5 years in prison. The streamer is out on bail of over $12,000 but must remain in Thailand to await his trial, which is not expected to take place until 2024.
The streamer says: “If I get 5 years, I will just kill myself. I will not survive in a Thai prison.”
He reports that he is charged with spreading obscene content because the lap dance was filmed. His girlfriend’s dress has also become a problem.
All information stems from a Discord server where IcePoseidon keeps people updated about his fate.
This already sounds like a very unpleasant situation. Even though Kick has looser rules than Twitch, that doesn’t mean they enjoy any kind of free pass in the real world:
