As Twitchy reported earlier this morning, the video showed Pepper pinching women’s butts (apparently) without their permission. Many people, including a number of YouTube stars, criticized the video.
Initial reaction to YouTube’s removal of the video has been uniformly positive:
Sam Pepper's disgusting video has been removed from YouTube. #TeamInternet http://t.co/ORmHAUbwee
— k (@msmrsound) September 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/iceteamalum/status/514067746355937280
Round of applause that @sampepper 's **sexual harassment** "prank" has been removed from YouTube. Seriously, good riddance.
— kylëē rïplêy ? øñlyfåns ? (@spacecadetkylee) September 22, 2014
Some Twitter users are claiming that YouTube suspended Pepper’s entire account.
Sam Pepper's YouTube account got suspended, oh my god??
— Ella Bottoms (@ella_bottoms) September 22, 2014
https://twitter.com/mostlyimabore/status/514075796290686977
At the time of this writing, that is untrue. The channel is still up. Only the sexual assault “prank” video has been removed.
Update:
Pepper has taken to Twitter to explain. See this post for more.
Related:
YouTube star Sam Pepper slammed for ‘prank’ sexual assault video
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