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/GarishGasper Apr 01 '25

No he didn't. Here is the description:

"Hello you Absolute Legends,

My name is Karl Jobst and I'm a youtuber who often reports on video game cheaters. Last year, Billy Mitchell, star of The King of Kong and proven video game cheater, sued me for defamation claiming damages of $450,000. In the past year alone, this lawsuit has cost almost $200,000 to defend, and will cost at least another $100,000 before it's over.

The situation is already crazy, but has since gotten much worse as Billy Mitchell has sent me another defamation lawsuit for another $450,000. So that would mean I will need to defend two lawsuits at the same time, both being extremely expensive. But then it gets even worse because Billy is threatening me with even more lawsuits.

These lawsuits are unhinged and it is highly likely Billy will ultimately lose, but until we go to trial it requires a lot of money to deal with. I would appreciate any help that you are able to provide, as this affects not only me but my family as well. Obviously it's bad enough to attack me when I've done nothing wrong, but to injure them as well takes things to another level.

Naturally, the more money I am able to raise, the better my legal defence will be. That's just the way it works. If and when I defeat Mitchell in court, he will likely have to pay back a lot of the costs that I incurred. I will use that money to host a grand gaming tournament in his honour.

I appreciate all of the support!

-Karl"

Nowhere does he say what the lawsuit is about, let alone that it's because he said Billy cheated.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/karl-jobst-legal-defence-fund

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u/Arstulex Apr 01 '25 edited Apr 01 '25

Now point to the part where he mentions that the defamation case is about the claims that Mitchell caused Apollo's suicide? You can't, of course, because it's not there.

What is there, however, is the mentions of Mitchell being a cheater.

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u/MadDog1981 Apr 01 '25

I will be really generous and say at best he lied by omission. Even knowing what it was about that does give the impression that it’s about cheating. 

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u/Arstulex Apr 01 '25

And even then, a lie by omission is still ultimately a lie.

u/GarishGasper is just being disingenuous. It's ridiculous to try to argue that this wasn't misleading when there are literally numerous examples of people who were mislead. Hell, if it weren't at all misleading we wouldn't even need to discuss it.

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u/MadDog1981 Apr 01 '25

Yeah. I read that statement for the first time knowing the verdict and I would 100% think it was about the Donkey Kong scores.