YouTuber Tim Pool is accused of holding a CAT called Betsy hostage after business negotiations with his partners at his news company soured YouTuber and podcaster Tim Pool has been accused of holding a cat called Betsy hostage during business negotiations over the future of his online news site Pool, who has more than three million YouTube subscribers, has found himself embroiled in a public spat with Emily Molli and Rocco Castoro They had been working together on SCNR, formerly known as Subverse, which was billed as a non-partisan news company They have since accused Pool of holding Molli's cat Betsy hostage at his Maryland mansion after their business dealings turned sour in January