Beahm himself described the move as “a total shock” in a later conversation with theWashington Post.
He was trying to meet up with her at TwitchCon.
The powers that be could read in plain text.

Case closed, gang."
(Twitch Whispers is a now-retired private 1-to-1 messaging service.)
“I should have agreed with you sooner.”
“Just completely remove myself from the scene.
It’s what I need to do.”
We assumed his innocence and began speaking with parties involved.
And so that maintain our principles and standards as a studio and individuals, we needed to act.
For this reason, we are terminating our relationship with Guy Beahm immediately.
I’ve mailed a representative of Beahm to ask for comment about Midnight Society’s statement.