A California man was arrested in February for continuing to stalk a World of Warcraft streamer who goes by the handle Nalipls online. Evan Baltierra, a former United States Marine and Los Angeles World Airport Police officer, was first arrested in 2022 for stalking the World of Warcraft streamer. He pled guilty, but was arrested again months later for violating the terms of his pretrial release. Baltierra was ultimately sentenced to two years in prison. He was released in 2024 before being arrested again on Feb. 27, according to an affidavit filed in a California court and obtained by Aftermath.
Baltierra had been a moderator on Nalipls's Twitch chat. He met the streamer at Blizzard Entertainment's annual convention, BlizzCon, in 2019, according to the 2022 arrest affidavit. In 2020, he began harassing and stalking her by posting her information online, spreading edited nude images of her, and sending threats to her and her family and friends. Baltierra had been banned several times from World of Warcraft and Battle.net due to the harassment, and Blizzard reportedly hired extra security for Nalipls at events, according to the 2022 arrest affidavit. Nalipls has since stopped streaming on Twitch and has little online presence.
Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent Nicholas Vicencia wrote in an affidavit filed in February that Nalipls contacted him in December 2025 after she started receiving messages from strangers who said they found her contact information on Reddit from a post advertising her interest in "dirty talk" and games. Vicencia determined, with subpoenas to Reddit and AT&T, that the IP address that posted the initial message was tied to Baltierra's father's house, where Baltierra was living.
Vicencia also said that probation officers found a handwritten note with Nalipls' phone number, address, and other private information at his home. "I believe that Baltierra used N.S.'s personal information to create fake online accounts and posts in N.S.' name to continue to stalk and harass N.S.," Vicencia wrote in the affidavit.
Baltierra was arrested at his father's home in California on Feb. 27 and charged with stalking. He's being held in custody ahead of his trial.
Vicencia wrote in the February affidavit that Nalipls has experienced "a great deal of anxiety" from Baltierra's continued harassment, "especially his continued activity after being charged and on supervised release." She's "fearful of what further actions Baltierra might take against her or her family," he wrote. She has "removed herself as much as possible from online activities," which he described as her primary source of income.
Baltierra's preliminary hearing is set for March 13, followed by a post-indictment arraignment on March 16. Aftermath has reached out to Nalipls and Baltierra's lawyer for comment.
Many women of Twitch face this sort of harassment and stalking, but few find justice. In March 2025, three of Twitch's most popular streamers—Rachel “Valkyrae” Hofstetter, Brittany “Cinna” Watts, and Emily “Emiru” Schunk— were harassed during an IRL stream. A man followed them around after asking for Schunk's phone number, then threatened to kill the women. That same month, streamer Kaitlyn "Amouranth" Siragusa was robbed at gunpoint by three men looking for cryptocurrency. Three teenagers were arrested and charged soon after.
Months later, Schunk was assaulted during a meet-and-greet at TwitchCon, the streaming platform's annual event. A man approached the streamer and attempted to kiss her. The incident came after several women, including Hofstetter and QTCinderella, who has not shared her full name online, pulled out of the convention.
Twitch promised "robust security measures" in the lead-up to the 2025 event. That beefed up security, however, did not prevent Schunk's assault.
“In line with existing TwitchCon security protocols, law enforcement and event security were on site and responded to the incident,” a Twitch representative wrote on X after the incident. “We immediately blocked this individual from returning to the TwitchCon premises, and they are banned indefinitely from Twitch, both online and in-person events. [...] Twitch has zero tolerance for harassment or acts that inhibit the safety and security of our community.”
Vicencia, the FBI agent working Nalipls's case, acknowledged the risk to streamers and their families in the affidavit: "I know that online personalities and their families are at high risk of being targeted by disgruntled fans and other online personas."
