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Progressive YouTuber and livestreamer 'Destiny', who has over 630 million views on his videos, has been accused of 'revenge porn' by four women, DailyMail.com can reveal. <br><br>Steven Bonnell II, 36, who is better known by his online username 'Destiny', is a prominent gamer and Democratic activist with over a million followers who has led grassroots campaigns for  [https://content.buildamerica.com/ cibai] Democrats in Georgia, Ohio, and Nebraska.<br><br>The Florida-based streamer has appeared on Piers Morgan, Jordan Peterson, and Lex Friedman's shows, and interviewed Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna.<br><br>One approximately 25-year-old woman, who goes by 'Pxie Love' online, sued Bonnell last week for $2.15million, claiming he leaked videos of himself having sex with her when she was about 21, that ended up being viewed on porn sites over 70,000 times, leaving her suicidal.<br><br>Another, whose online name is Chaeiry, says she has filed a police report against Bonnell for sharing 'an intimate audio recording taken of me without my consent'.<br><br>Pxie's lawsuit alleges that two other women, including his ex-wife Melina Göransson, and a woman named 'Stasia', have also 'publicly alleged that Bonnell has released sexually explicit videos of them without their consent.'<br><br>As one of the first full-time gamer streamers, Bonnell has built up more than a million followers across social media platforms, gaining notoriety as a critic of Donald Trump, and organizing political campaigns for top Democrats.<br><br>His YouTube account has 842,000 subscribers and over 634 million views, he has 289,000 followers on X under the handle 'TheOmniLiberal', and 117,000 on Kick.<br><br><br><br><br>At least four women have accused popular YouTuber and gamer Destiny - real name Steven Bonnell - of revenge porn, DailyMail.com can reveal <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>A fellow YouTuber and Twitch streamer known as 'Pxie Love' online (left) sued Bonnell aka Destiny last week for $2.15million, claiming he leaked pornographic videos of online, while another female online streamer Chaeiry (right) said she filed a police report against him for similar alleged sex leaks<br><br>But he is now mired in deep controversy and facing a potential legal firestorm.<br><br>The lawsuit by Pxie, a Puerto Rican-American, was filed in Miami federal court on February 18 under the pseudonym 'Jane Doe', but she has shared posts online about the complaint identifying herself as the plaintiff.<br><br>She claims Bonnell met her online in 2018 when she was 19, and that she had 'sexual relations' with him two years later in September 2020.<br><br>She alleges he made a sex tape then sent it to another 19-year-old, 'Rose', who he met on the online platform Discord.<br><br>Then on November 29 last year, the video was uploaded to website Kiwifarms, and shared on several porn sites including notfans.com, thothub.com, pornbiz.com, epawg.com and erome.com, according to the lawsuit.<br><br>Pxie's legal complaint says her face 'is visible and identifiable in the video' and that she is 'shocked, humiliated, and mortified'.<br><br>Pxie also shared her feelings in a Substack post on January 20.<br><br>'My dignity, peace of mind, and hopes for the future, were stripped away in a mere matter of seconds following the betrayal of someone I previously trusted,' she wrote.<br><br><br><br><br>Pxie went public with her claims last month, sharing her claims on Substack and on crowdsourcing site GiveSendGo (pictured) where she has so far raised $50,000 to fund her lawsuit<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Pxie claims the explicit video, in which the lawsuit states her face 'is visible and identifiable', was filmed when she was about 21, but she only learned about the leak on November 29<br><br>'When I was 19 (over 5 years ago) I was extremely sexually inexperienced and sheltered.<br><br>'I thought I could trust Destiny who I had multiple long conversations with regarding consent and boundaries.<br><br>'So you can imagine my surprise when I discover he distributed pornographic content of me, without my consent.<br><br>'Steven Kenneth Bonnell II, sent pornographic content of me to a random 19 year old e-girl discord kitten whom he had never met before, and then she published it to the whole world.<br><br>'The betrayal, coupled with the hundreds of messages I've received filled with sexual harassment and abuse, have left me feeling hopeless and devoid of almost all happiness.<br><br>'The only thing that has kept me going is the hope that I can bring this man to justice, and have him face legal consequences for his actions.'<br><br>Pxie's lawsuit says the sex tape was viewed more than 78,000 times across the various porn sites.<br><br>She cited text messages in her lawsuit in which Bonnell allegedly admitted to sharing the video.<br><br><br><br><br>Pxie's lawsuit was filed in Miami federal court on February 18 under the pseudonym 'Jane Doe', but she has shared posts online identifying herself as the plaintiff<br><br><br><br><br><br>The filing cites text messages in which Bonnell allegedly admitted to sharing the video and saying he's 'super sorry' <br><br><br><br><br><br>The lawsuit also named two other women, with the 'screen names' of Melina Göransson and Stasia, who 'have recently come forward' with similar claims<br><br>'I'm so sorry there's literally no excuse, I'd had phone convos and stuff with this person they were fairly close to me, it's worthless to say it at this point but I'm super sorry, there's literally no excuse,' Bonnell's alleged November 29 message to her said.<br><br>Pxie claims the leak left her suicidal.<br><br>She claimed she wrote to Bonnell in December telling him she was 'just tired of living anymore.'<br><br>'It's a matter of time until my family discovers what happened,' the lawsuit says she wrote. <br><br>'I feel like the best thing to do is for me to kill myself and schedule a post just detailing my feelings on what happened to try to ensure a situation like this doesn't happen again.'<br><br>Bonnell then allegedly tried to backtrack and deny his 'guilt', telling his followers that the 'leak happened without my knowledge, consent, or authorization,' Pxie's legal complaint said, adding that 'his only crime' was being 'too much of a gooner', a slang term for a porn addict.<br><br>Pxie claims she has since obtained more bombshell details.<br><br>The legal filing says that on January 20 this year 'one of his followers reached out', telling her 'Bonnell had sent the video to her sister about two months earlier.'<br><br><br><br><br>Another woman and named Chaeiry came forward publicly on X last month to say she planned to file a police report against the YouTuber <br><br><br><br><br><br>In her statement, she claimed she only became aware the previous day that Destiny had allegedly recorded her without her consent while having sex in September 2023<br><br>'The follower informs plaintiff that she believes [https://www.groundreport.com/?s=Bonnell Bonnell] is still sending her sister sexually explicit videos of other women without their consent,' Pxie's lawsuit claimed.<br><br>'In or around the end of January, 2025, approximately fifteen women reached out to plaintiff to tell her that they had received sexually explicit images from Bonnell of other women without the other women's consent. Three of these women also tell plaintiff that Bonnell deleted their chat threads after January 23, 2025.'<br><br>The lawsuit named two other women, with the 'screen names' of Melina Gorasson and Stacsia, who 'have recently come forward and publicly alleged that Bonnell has released sexually explicit videos of them without their consent.'<br><br>Pxie's filing says they believe 'these images were then posted on different pornography websites without their consent.'<br><br>The streamer raised $50,000 to fund her lawsuit via crowdsourcing site GiveSendGo.<br><br>Another young, female, online streamer Chaeiry says that she has filed a police report against him for similar alleged sex leaks.<br><br>'It is only yesterday I became aware that Destiny had recorded me while we had sex without my consent, and with no regard for me, also shared that recording to others,' she posted on X on January 21.<br><br>'Two women now have let me know they have received sexual recordings taken of me in September 2023 without my consent.'<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Destiny is a liberal commentator in addition to being a gamer and has appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, most recently in November (pictured) to discuss the 2024 presidential election <br><br><br><br><br><br>The Florida-based streamer, who interviewed Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna (pictured) in 2023, has been the focus of controversy in the past for his political statements<br><br>She tweeted the next day: 'I submitted my report and my evidence to the police this morning,'<br><br>Bonnell posted a lengthy response on Reddit last month, saying 'I do not believe I have violated any laws' and claiming he was a victim of the leak.<br><br>'Sometime in November, extremely sensitive and personal material of mine was leaked,' he wrote.<br><br>'I am actively pursuing criminal and civil litigation on these matters against multiple parties.'<br><br>Chaeiry and Pxie did not respond to DailyMail.com's requests for comment. <br><br>Bonnell said he kept silent until January because Pxie asked him to, adding that, 'Speaking publicly about these materials brings more attention to them, which harms all of the victims involved'.<br><br>Bonnell said he told Pxie 'she had every right to pursue a legal course of action' and 'at no stage did I try to convince her otherwise.'<br><br>He said he 'offered to help her financially' after the scandal emerged, but she declined. <br><br><br><br><br>Bonnell responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment with a link to a 4,491-word public Google document posted last week <br><br><br><br><br><br>In the document, which is seen in part above, he maintained he was the 'primary target' of the revenge porn posting<br><br><br><br><br><br>Destiny also admitted sharing explicit videos of himself and Pxie 'engaged in a sexual act' with a Discord user called 'Rose', but claimed the footage was then leaked when their personal messages were made public<br><br>Bonnell said he has 'shown a willingness to make things right as best I could', but that Pxie wanted to 'punish' him financially.<br><br>'Some of my most personal messages have gone out to the world because of what happened, including multiple incredibly explicit videos of mine, many of which have been forwarded to family members and colleagues,' he wrote. <br><br>'Information has come out which has irrevocably damaged my personal relationships. This saga has been a nightmare for all parties involved.'<br><br>Bonnell responded to DailyMail.com's request for comment with a link to an even longer 4,491-word response in a public Google document he uploaded last week, making similar points. <br><br>In the document, he admitted sharing with a Discord user called 'Rose', explicit videos of himself and Pxie 'engaged in a sexual act'.<br><br>He claimed another user called 'Solo' got access to her account, took the videos and other explicit material from Rose and Bonnell's chat log, and posted them online.<br><br>Bonnell was raised in a conservative catholic home in Omaha, Nebraska, according to a 2020 profile in magazine Wired.<br><br>He revealed he cleaned carpets to make ends meet, until he found a career as a video game streamer - one of the first people to do so. He made more than $100,000 in his first year, Wired said.<br><br>Until 2012 Bonnell described himself as 'right of center', but he later became more liberal.<br><br>He has been the focus of controversy in the past for his political statements.<br><br>Though campaigning for Democrats and arguing against far-right influencers in online debates, he has also been temporarily banned from streaming platform Twitch for using the word 'fa**ot', and later indefinitely banned for 'hateful conduct' in 2022.<br><br>He said at the time he believes it was because he said 'trans women shouldn't compete with cis women in women's athletics'.<br><br>He also allegedly called online transgender activists 'inbred'.<br><br>Bonnell caught headlines after the first assassination attempt of Donald Trump last year, when he said Trump supporters 'reap what they sow, and I'm here to watch the harvest'.<br><br>During the George senate runoffs in 2020 and 2021, he was credited with mobilizing 140 volunteers to knock up to 20,000 doors in Columbus for Democrat candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.<br><br>He reportedly led canvassing for 2021 Omaha mayoral candidate, Democrat Mark Gudgel, and organized canvassing for political activist group Progressive Victory in Cincinnati, Ohio, supporting senatorial candidate Sherrod Brown in February last year.<br><br>Bonnell has been married twice. His second marriage, with Swedish streamer Melina Göransson, was 'polyamorous' or open. The two divorced in 2023 after two years.<br><br><br>DemocratsOhioDonald TrumpNebraska