YouTuber Karl Jobst to pay more than $230,000 to Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitchell in defamation ruling
YouTuber Karl Jobst to pay more than $230,000 to Donkey Kong record holder Billy Mitchell in defamation ruling
Mitchell sucks, but falsely claiming that he drove a person to suicide is a dick move to say the least.
As soon as I heard that line in the video, I thought to myself, "oh no Karl, that might have been a bridge too far."
It's unfortunate but Karl really thought to himself, "I'm going to say the most inflammatory shit about the most litigious person on the internet, and because Billy is such a huge loser I can't fail!"
The annoying thing is that Mitchell is going to use this to falsely claim he has been cleared of cheating allegations. Dude is an insufferable cunt.
pcgamercom with the spineless headline which should have read "Donkey Kong cheater Billy Mitchell"
Billy Mitchell is an asshole and Karl Jobst is yet another YouTube outrage peddler, just video game flavored this time. I have a hard time mustering sympathy for either of them.
Billy Mitchell can sue people all the live long day and win or lose it doesn't make him less of a clown.
Jobst was pleading for donations to help fight the lawsuit for a long time. Constantly making videos about it to get more viewers, sympathy and money. All to then run his mouth costing him the case.
Edit: Turns out Jobst was running his mouth the whole time. With so much donated money on the line, it was important to communicate the details of the case accurately but Jobst failed to do so. He made a lot content about it (monetized and sponsored) but was too arrogant about his chances of winning. IMO not as serious, careful or tactful as he should have been throughout.
Edit x2: Monday-morning lawyering from me but I stopped watching Jobst a long time ago because I just wasn't on board.
I stopped watching the day i looked in the description for more info on the topic, and it was only for sponsor-of-the-month. Felt like the prioroty was sponsor, while the gameplay/story is in the back seat.
Similar experience for me. I was interested in the case at first cause I was hoping Billy Mitchell might face some consequences for his vexatious approach to litigation. Using threats of lawsuits to silence critics etc. But soon in it became clear to me that Jobst was using any excuse to make content, then padding out those videos with ads and petty attacks/lame jokes, all the while asking for more donations. I stopped watching early on.
Wow, but I thought Billy Mitchell was that cheaty guy
He still is a cheater.
The lawsuit wasn't about him cheating (he was). It was about a claim that he drove someone to suicide (he didn't).
The award is based on the suicide claim and not the cheating claim.
Wait, he lost? How
The article makes it pretty clear. Jobst always implied the lawsuit was over the cheating allegations, which wasn't the case. He claimed in one of his videos that Mitchell drove another Youtuber to suicide by suing him and forcing him to pay a large sum of money. As it turns out, that Youtuber didn't have to pay anything at all. The settlement was just to take his existing videos down and not make any further videos about Mitchell. Honestly seems justified to me and not a good look for Jobst.
As if Mitchell can BE defamed.
implied that Mitchell's settlement with Smith involved the latter paying him a large sum of money, ultimately leading to his suicide in 2020. Jobst also claimed in the video that Mitchell had "expressed joy at the thought" of Smith's death. It was this—and not any claim about the legitimacy of Mitchell's Donkey Kong scores—that prompted Mitchell to sue Jobst.
This one time he truly was. April Fools came kicking ass this year..
The King of Kong is a great documentary I encourage everyone to watch. Whole thing is on YT and other sites
He has a wife, kids and a house, now he's going to have to pay $600k and his wife will probably leave him along with the kids because he wouldn't shut up about a Donkey Kong court case.
Billy Mitchell isnt the record holder. Twin Galaxy removed his records from the leaderboard and put it in an archive.
Does anyone have the video where Jobst makes the claim that Mitchel drove Smith to suicide?
Hello you absolute legends!!! Happen to have an extra $230,000 you want to send me? Until next time you absolute legends!!!
WTF
Deffo cases are truth defense here in Australia FYI for added context.
I haven't watched Jobst's videos for a while. I was in understanding that the lawsuit was about cheating allegations. At least that's what Jobst implied. It seems that wasn't the case after all. It was about (false) claims Jobst made in a video published in 2021.
Overall I think that Jobst went way too far with Billy Mitchell.
I've never liked Jobst. His "Hello you absolute legends" opener always rubbed me up the wrong way.
"Absolute legend" is is just an Aussie saying. Nothing bad about it. Calling someone a legend is very common in lots of parts of Australia.
I have nothing personal against him, but I can't watch his videos because the way he speaks is too distracting.
Same here, in addition to him pushing drama I couldn't care less about and padding out his videos
Yeah but that's not the issue apparently.
Everyone assumed Jobst was being sued for claiming Mitchell was a cheater. Turns out it was because he claimed Mitchell had driven another YouTube to suicide.
We've been taken for a ride and Jobst had been purposely avoiding taking about what the lawsuit was actually about.
Unfortunate. It still doesn't change the fact that Billy Mitchell is a huge loser.
Silly Bitchell