>>88590784Coercion, probably. Elira had just arrived in Japan when it happened; if she was there on a work visa, then AC was effectively (if not literally) holding her visa hostage.
Also there's the "hipptiy hoppity, your streaming equipment is now our property!" clause in her contract, the fact that her presence in Japan made that clause enforceable, and the fact that what does or does not count as "streaming equipment" within the context of the contract is not clearly defined - in addition to stuff that obviously is streaming equipment, they could have decided that the suitcase she used to bring her equipment to Japan also counts as "streaming equipment," since it was something she used in order to conduct her streaming activities - meaning that in addition to getting deported, she's have to either stuff all her clothes and toiletries into a carry-on bag for her deportation trip, or spend a stupid amount of money on a new suitcase, or spend a stupider amount of money shipping it home via Fedex.
And if they were feeling particularly petty, they could have declared Petra's residence as part of Elira's streaming equipment, since Elira was gonna stay at Petra's place and do streams from there.
Basically, her choices were "do the black stream" or "get fired and deported."
