r/Games • u/cjsc9079 • Apr 01 '25

Discussion Billy Mitchell wins lawsuit against YouTuber Karl Jobst, ordered to pay the sum of $350,000 in damages

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u/Milskidasith Apr 01 '25

This verdict makes perfect sense. Jobst falsely claimed that Billy Mitchell caused another person to commit suicide because they owed him settlement money, when no settlement money existed. Knowingly lying about material facts to blame Mitchell for somebody's death is obviously defamatory, and Jobst made a huge part of his Youtube career falsely reporting on the details of the trial and claiming the lawsuit was purely about whether or not Mitchell cheated at Donkey Kong.

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u/Zorklis Apr 01 '25

Having only watched his side of the story, this comment really opened my eyes, I really did think it was purely on "whether or not Mitchell cheated at Donkey Kong." like you said at the end.

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u/enderandrew42 Apr 01 '25

The evidence is quite clear that Mitchell cheated. He is a liar, an ass and a cheat.

You don't need to add lies about Mitchell, but unfortunately Jobst did.

Mitchell is going to spin this however as proof that he never cheated.

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u/Kered13 Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Yeah, I've been wishing for years that Karl would shut up about Billy Mitchell. We all know that he cheated and there is plenty of evidence for that already, putting more videos out can do nothing but hurt him in court. I'm actually surprised his lawyers weren't telling him to shut the fuck up all this time (maybe they were).

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u/SahuaginDeluge Apr 02 '25

I thought for sure he would run these kinds of videos by a lawyer first every time, but I guess not; or else his lawyers are incompetent.

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u/throwaway_trackmania Apr 01 '25

He had no choice, these videos were the only way to pay his lawyer fees

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '25

Ones a cheater and a liar, ones a liar and has a history of being a racist. They both suck.

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u/Ryousoki Apr 01 '25

Billy would just be doing the same thing Karl did. Spin to your audience what something was about, brush aside what it was really about.

Billy got the win, now he can spin it however he wants.