Video essayist and YouTuber Jacob Geller removed from MinnMax following sexual assault allegations

YouTuber and video game essayist Jacob Geller was removed as co-host of the MinnMax video game podcast on Thursday, MinnMax wrote in a statement posted on social media.

“Jacob Geller is no longer part of MinnMax,” MinnMax wrote on its official BlueSky account. “He will not be featured on content moving forward and we will not be publicly airing this week’s episode of The MinnMax Show. We are shocked and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.”

Geller was named in a message broadcast Wednesday describe as violations that include “gender discrimination, sexual harassment (including sexual violence), or other forms of sexual misconduct.” This post has since been deleted, but his quotes are archived on the video game forum ResetEra.

As the allegations spread, a lawsuit surfaced from 2016 – which ended in 2020 – in which a judge ordered the school to publish a record of all sexual assaults, misconduct and violence violations since 2007, after four years of legal battle. These documents are no longer available in their original location, but were archived by the Wayback Machine. The name “Jacob Geller” appears on the second page of the report as having been suspended for one semester for violating the University of North Carolina’s policies regarding “sexual assault or sexual violence.” No further details are available in the document. Geller has not commented publicly; When contacted by Aftermath, Geller did not provide immediate comment.

No victims have been named.

Geller is widely known for his video essays posted on YouTube, where he has 1.5 million subscribers. He was also a co-host on MinnMax and other projects. Geller is also a “featured creator” for the streaming platform Nebula. The video game podcast Cane and Rinse also distanced itself from Geller; Podcast host Leon Cox said on the podcast’s website Thursday that all the podcasts Geller has appeared on and all the stories he has written, have been deleted. Twenty-three podcast episodes were removed, according to the blog.

Aftermath contacted Lost In Cult, which published two books by Geller and Nebula, for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.

(Geller appeared on Aftermath’s podcast, Aftermath Hours, in September 2024, and members of Aftermath appeared on his 24 Hours fundraising stream for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund that year.)