A company spokesperson declined to give the exact number of dismissals, or say which employees were fired or for what reasons. But change comes when Jimmy Donaldson, who garners millions of views under the MisterBeast alias with highly produced stunts and stunts, deals with allegations of impropriety against himself, his partners and others in his multimillion-dollar production company , which threatens their family friendship. image.

Investigators have identified only “several isolated instances of harassment and misconduct in the workplace,” according to a two-page letter sent Friday by Alex Spiro, a trial lawyer who worked with the white-shoe law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and whose clients include Jay-Z and Elon Musk.

The nearly three-month investigation concluded that there was no basis for allegations that MisterBeast team members committed sexual misconduct or “knowingly” employed people who had “a history of or inclination toward illegal or questionably legal conduct.”

Spiro said the team interviewed 39 current and former employees. According to the letter, millions of documents from phone, email and messaging platforms, including Discord and Slack, were also reviewed.

The controversies surrounding the so-called King of YouTube began to escalate this summer. Donaldson friend and fellow creator Ava Tyson, accused of sharing inappropriate sexual messages with minors over several years, left the channel in July. Also circulated online by YouTuber Rosanna Pansino was a 2017 recording of Donaldson making racist comments and using homophobic slurs.

July’s preliminary shoot for his ambitious Amazon Prime Video show “Beast Games” drew safety complaints from some contestants, who said they faced “limited sustenance” and “inadequate medical staff” while competing for the $5 million grand prize. Had to face.

According to Spiro, MisterBeast has hired new executives, including a head of personnel and a general counsel, and additional employees are receiving “targeted training and executive coaching” for undisclosed violations of company policy.

“The company has grown very quickly from a YouTube start-up made up of a group of talented young individuals into a much larger entity,” Spiro wrote to MisterBeast’s board of directors. “It is not unusual that in a mature company the necessary policies and practices will lag behind business success.”

Donaldson has remained largely silent on these matters. He recently launched a prepacked lunch brand with internet celebrities Logan Paul and KSI – marking his latest foray into the food market after his chocolate bar and burger line received mixed reviews. Their 325 million YouTube subscribers continue to watch their feeds filled with bizarre, high-energy videos like the recent one titled “100 Identical Twins Fight for $250,000.”

In a Friday post on X sharing Spiro’s letter, Donaldson wrote that he had been “asked to refrain from making public statements pending a thorough and impartial investigation.”

Pancino, one of Donaldson’s most vocal critics, responded on X that the findings of “workplace harassment and misconduct” and “multiple firings” mean “it may be time for a major investigation.”

Donaldson’s level of fame and growth puts him in “very rare company,” said advertising lawyer Robert Freund, whose practice helps creators resolve disputes. He said he suspected the letter was issued in an attempt to reassure stakeholders “that he is running a professional operation.”

“I don’t see anything suspicious or suspicious in what has been presented to us here as the public,” Freund told The Associated Press.

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