The stalker who has since gone viral for threatening to kill Cinna, Emiru and Valkyrae identified himself as Russell
On Sunday night, Cinna, Valkyrae, and Emiru who collectively have over 3.6 million Twitch followers were filming for a week-long marathon stream event they dubbed “Sisathon.”
Who is Russell, stalker who threatened to kill Twitch streamers Cinna, Valkyrae, and Emiru in California in viral livestream video
A man wearing a grey hoodie approached Cinna, Valkyrae, and Emiru as they were making their way to Pacific Park on Santa Monica Pier in California, according to the video. He introduced himself as Russell. When he halted them and requested a picture, Cinna, 28, replied, “Yeah of course.” While the stalker is said to have claimed he was Russell, it is still unsure if that was his real name with him yet to be caught. His pictures have meanwhile gone viral on social media platforms from the live stream.
The piece of shit scumbag who attacked cinna, valkyrae, emiru, emily and rosii is the same guy they took a photo with earlier and changed his clothes later. What a damn loser. pic.twitter.com/GH3Pvk2chQ
— Ren Okami (@Ren_Okamii) March 3, 2025
The Twitch broadcaster Cinna, whose actual name is Brittany Lynn Watts, said that they are on a “time limit” and that they could not “hang out with them” when the man asked.
Then, before the man seemed to turn and leave, the women kept moving into the amusement park.
About 20 minutes later, though, the livestream captured the moment the women passed the same man who was now dressed differently crouching next to one of the attractions. When the man requested Emiru, whose real name is Emily Schunk, for her phone number, the Twitch streamers seemed worried.
Holy fuck people need to remember streamers are NOT your friends get mentally evaluated if you EVER consider doing some weird shit like this. Praying for Cinna Valkyrae and Emiru right now 😨 this is actually insane pic.twitter.com/DXoSdrrmph
— Poki (@PokiSage) March 3, 2025
She didn’t have a phone, the 27-year-old swiftly responded, and then the man said to the group, “I’m going to keep following her (Emiru).”
Then, a few minutes later, he caught up with the women, who had fled and were terrified. Cinna stood between him and Emiru and told the man to “get away from her” while he was off camera.
As the women cried, the man rushed towards them and yelled, “I’ll kill you right now, I’ll kill you right now.” Valkyrae, whose real name is Rachell Marie Hofstetter, immediately began phoning for security.
Then, before the video ended, the Twitch streamers ran out of the park.
The broadcaster and Valkyrae detailed their experience in a long video that was uploaded to Cinna’s Twitch account on Monday.
Cinna told her followers: “We are very much in shock and we need you guys to know, that clip does not do it justice for how scary it was.”
Cinna and Valkyrae cry while talking about the aftermath of when the stream cut off and they had to run to a shop to hide from the stalker pic.twitter.com/43cZsgoM3k
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) March 3, 2025
She added that Emiru is “safe” but needs time to “process it and stuff”.
“It is an attempt on our life and we are taking it very seriously,” Cinna told her followers.