Mini-Ladd: Another YouTuber I Can No Longer Watch

Trigger warning for: gaslighting, suicidal ideation, solicitation of images of a minor, and abuse.

Though not a gamer and certainly not a teenager, I have subscribed to a few gaming YouTubers over the years, primarily I have liked the content by GassyMexican and up until recently MiniLadd.

I didn’t find out about this all until I saw the apology video. At first, having not been aware of the full picture, I simply decided to unfollow him on Twitter. Though, over the last week, it has been eating away at me a little. It was last night that I finally watched the expose videos and as I looked more into the situation and evidence, I sighed, Craig Thompson, better known as Mini Ladd is yet another creator that I can no longer watch.

Two girls by the names of Halley2364 and Ash both posted about the manipulation and being used by him. Halley posted her TwitLonger on June 24th along with Ash both with screenshots.

The evidence shows Craig, DMing both girls and soliciting them for nudes. At first, the girls don’t want to as they are tired. Craig then has the audacity to gaslight them by using his mental health and the fact that he is suicidal to get them to finally coerce them into sending the images.

I want to pause here briefly and state that Craig has been open about his mental health issues, in fact, that was one of the reasons why I subscribed to him. However, his…