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Fortnite gamer and ‘family man’ live-streamed himself ‘battering 21-year-old pregnant mother’ on Twitch
Luke Munday, 26, appeared to slap his pregnant wife during a livestream of the hugely popular game Fortnite
AN AUSTRALIAN gamer has been charged after he was heard allegedly bashing his pregnant girlfriend during a live stream of the video game Fortnite.
Fans of 26-year-old Luke Munday, who goes by the handle MrDeadMoth, reported him to police after a woman was heard screaming and crying off-camera.
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Police confirmed that two girls aged three and 20 months were at home at the time of the livestream.
The terrifying footage was inadvertently streamed to dozens of people via the streaming platform Twitch on Sunday night.
Clips of the altercation have gone viral on social media, and appear to show Mr Munday shouting to someone who cannot be seen: "I said I'll be out soon".
“No computer, I’m sick of this s**t,” his girlfriend responds.
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The Sydney gamer then moves away from the camera, leaving the livestream running, before he appears to slap the woman off-screen.
His girlfriend, 21, is heard saying "woman basher" and "you hit me in the face".
“You hear that, all those people there,” she tells the livestream.
“I cooked him dinner an hour ago and he refuses to eat it.”
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The woman throws objects at Mr Munday, including a cardboard box, as their child begins to cry.
Later in the video, the gamer leaves his computer again. The couple's children can be heard screaming "Daddy" in the background while his girlfriend cries off-camera.
In a statement, New South Wales Police said the streamer has been charged with assault after someone saw the video and reported it to the authorities.
“While the woman was not seriously injured she was distressed and shaken by the incident," a spokesperson said.
Mr Munday's Twitch and Twitter accounts have been taken down following the incident, but his YouTube channel remains live.
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Following success with tech giant Cisco's networking academy, Mr Munday was once described as a 'hard-working family man' by the company.
In an interview last year, the 26-year-old said he was determined to create financial security for his family after his father walked out on him at the age of two.
'When my partner fell pregnant with our first child, a lot changes and your responsibilities go through the roof,' he said.
'I had that philosophy I wouldn't let that happen to my own kids.'
Telecomms firm Telstra, who Mr Munday landed a job with following his Cisco academy success, confirmed they had stood Munday down from his job as a network engineer while police carry out the investigation.
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The incident follows the news last month that a man had been charged after he was allegedly overheard raping a girl during a live stream of Grand Theft Auto.
Daniel Enrique Fabian, 18, reportedly boasted that the 15-year-old girl was coming to his house to other gamers in June.
Fabian accidentally left a microphone on when the girl arrived in New Port Richey, Florida, it is claimed.
Players said they could hear the teen girl saying "no" and sounded in distress.
Fabian then returned and rejoined the game about 15 minutes later.
She later contacted police claiming she was held down and raped. A physical examination of the victim supported her claim.
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