Karl Jobst and SomeOrdinaryGamers (separate video linked here) have accused Jirard Khalil of lying to viewers about his charity.

Jirard is a YouTuber who runs a channel known as the Completionist, where he plays games to 100% completion and reviews them based on how enjoyable the experience was.

The Open Hand Foundation, which was co-founded by Jirard in 2014, was set up to raise money for dementia charities after his dementia-stricken mother passed away. However, their yearly filings with the IRS suggest that none of this money has been donated to charity.

Jacque (Jirard’s brother) responded to Karl’s emails to the Open Hand Foundation claiming that they are still searching for the correct charity to partner with and disburse these funds, whereas Jirard claimed that he was only aware that none of the funds had gone out last year, yet is still openly promoting Open Hand on stream and claiming they support the UCSF, Alzheimer’s Association, the AFTD and many other charities.

    • Kiosade@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      I heard that wasn’t true in the end, just some fucked up rumor some butthurt ex-fan started.

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      11 months ago

      Dan is a sex machine, and did hook up with fans before getting married. But none were minors, not even 18 years old. That part is false. What is Arin supposed to have done?

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        11 months ago

        Apparently Arin is just generally not a good guy. Nothing specifically controversial, just that he isn’t that great of a guy.