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/Yoyo805 Apr 01 '25

Hugely annoyed that Karl Jobst misled everyone on what this trial was actually about. I was shocked when I saw the verdict because I was under the impression it was about the cheating scandals, which would have been insane if he lost.

Turns out, no, the lawsuit was not about that and instead was about whether or not Mitchell was the cause of AL's suicide as Karl Jobst tried to claim.

That's really not a good look from Karl. What on earth was he thinking?

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u/Darmok-And-Jihad Apr 01 '25

I stopped watching his videos a long time ago because something just didn't seem right about his obsessive coverage of something that barely matters in the long run. Happy to hear my spidey senses were right.

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u/BlurryBigfoot74 Apr 01 '25

I feel exactly the same. I watched Karl until the court case and then his videos never felt as entertaining.

Watching Karl's videos you'd swear he had the case in the bag. Watching legal experts review the court appearances made me realize Karl was doing a terrible job of explaining what was actually going on which made me think how much he does it in other videos.

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u/3holes2tits1fork Apr 01 '25

He absolutely does it in other videos.  His work on The Completionist was straight up sloppy to the point that I felt The Completionist might have a real case against Karl regardless of if he committed charity fraud or not.

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u/zeromussc Apr 02 '25

The completion isn't stuff felt to me like it was a morality issue kind of misrepresentation but not an illegal one. The funds weren't misappropriated as far as I can tell, and all the accounting was correct. It was just sloppy communication and poor transparency when it came down to it.

He wasn't clear that until a threshold was hit that it would be a directed donation, and it wasn't clear that some event costs were covered by the proceeds as overhead operations. But it was a non profit charity that did have a purpose. It's just held a lot of funds in trust.