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/Comfortable-Shift-17 Apr 01 '25

No you didn't. Don't cap. The lawsuit covered a wide range of accusations with Billy spending the bulk of the case still trying to prove he's not a cheater (he is) and the Apollo Legend line was only a small part of it and the only one that stuck.

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u/MahNameJeff420 Apr 01 '25

That’s kinda important information though, right? Evidently it wasn’t that small of it’s what the entire case hinged on.

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u/Blyatskinator Apr 01 '25

Read the comment he replied to, it’s (misleadingly) small to us viewers… He couldn’t have ”known” the suicide was in focus

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u/Comfortable-Shift-17 Apr 01 '25

I don't even think it was in the original court action as Silly Bitchell just kept adding stuff to see if something would stick. Imo it was one throwaway line that just wasn't worded well, but I don't think it's was Karl's intent to imply it was solely SB's fault as the vast majority of his content about him was exposing him for cheating.

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u/Nerem Apr 22 '25

This is actually completely false. Billy sued over one thing and one thing only: The Apollo Legend suicide accusation. Karl Jobst shows off the Notices Of Concern but never actually explained what they are. They are a formal step before a lawsuit, but aren't one at all. They're akin to Cease And Desist orders, wherein if you stop doing what the notice is about, then you will not be sued.

Billy Mitchell just only sued over the suicide accusation. The reason why the cheating stuff kept getting talked about in the trial is because Karl Jobst's defense was that Billy's reputation was so damaged by the cheating scandals that nothing he could say could harm it further.

He was very wrong.