#MeToo claims upend Amazon, Nvidia ties to gamer personalities

Major brands are getting caught up in the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment and assault that’s sweeping through video-game streaming, the fast-growing but insular world of watching amateurs and professionals play live online.

In the past month, dozens of women — often, former girlfriends or fellow streamers — have accused more than 150 people of everything from rape to groping underage girls to cheating.

Nvidia Corp., which makes powerful chips used in gaming PCs and runs a gaming service, is among the big companies contending with the problem. The company was working on a sponsorship project this year with Samuel Earney, a streamer on Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch platform. Then the allegations hit.