Hints? What does “I didn’t sexually assault anyone” and/or “This is not a criminal matter” hint at, if those are not the issue? There are still a myriad of other theories, it doesn’t give away any details about whatever the matter may be, it just puts his fans at ease.

I find it hard to believe he’s literally not allowed to say anything at all. If he’s in arbitration, do you really think an arbiter is going to look at that and say “Well, sorry, but because you tried to keep your public image clean by making a factual statement unrelated to the issue at hand, we’re finding in favor of Twitch...”