A multi-million dollar online gaming company in Bristol has been hit by scandal for the third time in just over a month.
Yogscast, which has 7.2 million subscribers on YouTube and gained global fame for videos on gaming, has seen a number of staff leaving over allegedly sending inappropriate messages to people.
Chief executive Mark Turpin was suspended and then resigned over the issue, while content creator Matthew Meredith, who had more than 100,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, was removed from the company.
Now another content creator - Paul 鈥淪jin鈥 Sykes - has also left the business following an investigation into inappropriate conduct. The co-founder of Yogscast, Lewis Brindley, announced the news on Twitter.
'I鈥檓 really sorry if my actions have caused any upset'
Sjin said in a Reddit thread: "Just to let you know, I鈥檓 stepping away from The Yogscast after 8 years. It鈥檚 been an intense few weeks for everybody but I believe this is the best way forward.
"For a long time I鈥檝e chatted privately with community members but I鈥檝e come to realise this behaviour might not be considered appropriate by everybody.
"I鈥檓 really sorry if my actions have caused any upset to anyone. I'm going to be taking a lot more time off but plan to continue making content independently one day when I'm ready."
The news follows the departure of Mr Turpin, who was suspended after a number of people approached the business, making allegations about him. He later announced he was leaving.
He said: 鈥淛ust to let you know I鈥檝e stepped down as CEO of the Yogscast,鈥 he wrote on the Reddit thread. "I have sent some inappropriate messages to several members of our community and I鈥檓 deeply embarrassed about this error of judgement.
鈥淭here鈥檚 no justification or excuse for my behaviour. I was in a position of considerable responsibility and you all deserved better from me. If you've been upset by my actions, I鈥檓 very sorry.鈥
Yogscast says it takes all complaints about staff and the network's content creators "very seriously".
"As soon as we were made aware of incidents involving a staff member and a content creator that broke our code of conduct they were swiftly removed," a spokeperson told the BBC.
