In World of Warcraft, the streamer “Nalipls” has undergone a horror trip. One of her moderators (29) allegedly mutated into a crazy stalker after a meeting at BlizzCon 2019, forging and distributing naked photos of her, as well as harassing her permanently. The behavior became increasingly protective over the years. Blizzard wanted to protect her. Ultimately, the FBI got involved.
Trigger Warning: The post describes a frightening and threatening situation related to harassment and stalking that Twitch streamer Nalipls encountered. This may be unsettling or distressing for some readers.
This is what the streamer says: On January 27, 2022, Twitch streamer “Nalipls” posted on Twitter, describing that she has been harassed and threatened by a former moderator of her Twitch channel for 2 years.
The person had been a member of her community and a moderator of her stream for a long time (via twitlonger).
After a personal meeting at BlizzCon, the moderator becomes a stalker
But trouble began when she first saw him at BlizzCon 2019, where she signed autographs. After this meeting, his behavior became “concerning.” He wanted more and more attention from her, donated more money, and wanted to talk to her privately on Discord.
When she made it clear that she was already in a relationship, he tried to visit her in Canada. Additionally, he began to publish “inappropriate comments” about her photos. Apparently, he used several accounts for this, as the Twitch streamer writes.
Man forges naked photos of the streamer and sends them to everyone
This is how it escalated: The situation apparently escalated when she confronted him about his increasingly bizarre behavior. Now he allegedly threatened to commit suicide – Nali alerted the police.
When the police officers determined that the man was fine, she cut off contact with him and revoked his mod privileges.
“He completely lost it now. He started harassing me and my moderators with numerous fake accounts on Twitter, Twitch, and in WoW […] It was at that point when he started photoshopping my face onto the bodies of naked women and paid others to do the same. He then took these photos and sent them to my friends and followers. At that time, I also had to go to the emergency room due to stress-induced heart problems.”
Nali says that she even had to stop streaming in February 2021. Her heart problems worsened continuously. The harassment became more and more severe.
Under each of her posts, the man packed countless naked images. Every time one of his accounts was banned, he simply created a new one. He must have hundreds of accounts, suspects the Twitch streamer.
Ultimately, Nali even obtained a restraining order against him, but because he lived in the USA and she in Canada, this proved to be difficult and costly. Despite a GoFundMe campaign, Nali had to pay $4,000 out of her own pocket.
Ultimately, Nali’s legal costs became overwhelming and for the procedure, she would also have to provide her address, which she didn’t want to do. Ultimately, the lawyer of the stalker made her an offer of $2,000: If she lifted her restraining order, then the man would also stop harassing her. She signed the out-of-court settlement, which she regrets today – the man simply continued and now had her address because she had to provide it for the restraining order.
Stress brings streamer to the intensive care unit
The stress increasingly affected Nali’s health. She had sleep problems and went into therapy:
“In August 2021, I became very ill with heart problems. I almost died. […] I spent a week in a Canadian intensive care unit. I had to completely withdraw from the situation. I was told that any stress could lead to a recurrence of the problems.”
Nali withdrew from the public eye, from WoW, and from Twitter, focusing on her studies.
As Nali describes, it was primarily her partner, Borngood, who kept her afloat during that time. But now the stalker began to harass him and his family as well – as Nali had gone offline, she was now out of his reach.
When she started back with WoW after her break, the situation escalated to the next level. She says: Now the stalker even started paying people to create “deepfake porn videos” of her.
His messages had also become increasingly threatening. He had already written to her boyfriend Borngood that he should get a “coffin for Nalipls,” it would be an “event at a convention that would make the news.”
FBI arrests man, searches apartment, finds fake naked photos
This is how it ended: According to a statement from the California District Attorney’s office, the man was arrested on May 24: He is a 29-year-old former airport police officer. He is accused of stalking a professional online player in a multi-year harassment campaign.
The statement states that FBI agents apprehended the man and he is scheduled to appear in court for the first time in Santa Ana on the same day.
The report recounts the story:
In November 2019, the victim traveled to Anaheim to attend “BlizzCon,” an annual gaming convention focused on various video game franchises, including “World of Warcraft.” The victim met the accused personally at a meet-and-greet with fans at the Anaheim Convention Center.
After the convention, the accused allegedly asked the victim if she wanted to be his “Valentine.” When she replied, she politely told him that she had a boyfriend.
The FBI searched the man’s apartment in March 2022 and found “many photoshop-altered naked images” of the streamer, as well as evidence that he owned email addresses from which the streamer received harassing messages.
According to the district attorney’s office, the man is accused of continuing to stalk the victim despite a restraining order in February 2021 and despite an agreement to stop the harassment.
It is said, however, that these are currently only allegations against the man of having committed a crime. Every accused person is presumed innocent until proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The man is charged with stalking. If convicted, he faces up to 5 years in federal prison, the district attorney’s office reports. The FBI is investigating the matter.
As the US site Polygon reports, WoW developer Blizzard also banned the man multiple times from WoW and even from the Battle.net platform. Blizzard is said to have even hired its own security force to protect the Twitch streamer at events.
Stalkers seem to be becoming an increasingly big problem for influencers:
27-year-old recounts how much she and the biggest Twitch streamer in the world suffered
The title image is from the Twitter account of Navipls. It shows her and the cat Oliver.
