While streamers often focus on playing games or chatting with their audience, some content creators prefer to live stream while out in the real world. A streamer could broadcast their travels abroad or give their unfiltered point of view at a conference. But the trend of real-life livestreaming is at times moving toward more unsavory acts and even outright crimes. A 21-year-old YouTuber, Jack Doherty, caused major controversy on Saturday after he crashed his expensive sports car while streaming and texting on a Kick live stream. After the accident, Doherty continued broadcasting and showed the aftermath live to his audience.

Kick has long been a controversial streaming service that promises content creators freedom of expression – and promotes lucrative gambling streams. The platform aims to compete with Amazon-backed Twitch and offers generous profit-sharing quotas and a relaxed moderation policy.

These policies have resulted in Kick being embroiled in constant controversies, with streamers logging harassment, disruptions, and other unethical scenarios on the platform. While many of these incidents have sparked public outrage, few have attracted as much attention as Jack Doherty’s crash. During the weekend livestream, Doherty drove a sports car and frequently looked at his phone to read the chat. While multitasking, he lost control of his McLaren and crashed into a guardrail. Doherty then filmed himself getting out of the car and inspecting the damage. His passenger, a cameraman, is clearly bleeding in the footage. Doherty escaped uninjured, he said, and no one else was involved in the accident.

In response, Kick permanently banned Doherty. A spokesperson told NBC that the platform “does not tolerate illegal activity, which is why we took quick action to ban this YouTuber from the platform.” An online influencer since childhood, Doherty has a well-documented history of controversy on both YouTube and Kick. He is currently being sued for assault and battery in connection with an alleged altercation at a party involving his bodyguard.

Kick is already in public conflict due to a recent altercation at TwitchCon in which several Kick broadcasters were filmed harassing or attacking Twitch streamers. Kick CEO Ed Craven shared a violation of our IRL streaming guidelines.”