Krypto-Youtuber Bitboy causes a lawsuit for defamation after a public outcry

25. August 2022, 10:40 Uhr

Von Krypto News Österreich

Ben "Bitboy" Armstrong had claimed that he had suffered losses of more than $ 75,000 after his YouTuber colleague "Atozy" published a critical video
Atozy collected about $ 200,000 from the crypto community to support its right-wing defense

Ben Armstrong - the Youtuber, who is known as "Bitboy Crypto" - recently sued the influencer Erling "Atozy" Mengshoel in a lawsuit for defamation.

He has now apologized for the lawsuit to attract public attention and drops the case.

"We will drop the lawsuit 100%," he said during his regular session Live broadcast on Wednesday. "I'm sorry that it became public."

Armstrong wanted the matter to stay private and announced that an earlier confidential complaint was enclosed according to his wishes. "I had another complaint. It was behind closed doors and it worked great. Both parties were satisfied and it was regulated," he said, without further details.

The YouTuber then said that he did not expect the public to find out of the lawsuit (all complaints are Public recording ). If he had done it, he wouldn't have submitted it, he said.

So via the @Atozy Law: It looks like everyone is doing the right thing now. And as I suspected, Ben seems to have been misleaded by his lawyers who definitely * should have known it better. Yay for happy ends.

- 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 (@Joelkatz) 25. August 2022

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his lawsuit submitted on August 12th was based on a Video from November 2021 , in which Atozy Bitboy Crypto describes a dubbed dirt. who milks his audience for quick money instead of giving them real advice ”. Atozy also hits the Youtuber for having played up a flop token called Pamp, and argues that he should not offer financial advice.

Armstrong claimed that he had suffered losses of over $ 75,000, and so his lawsuit called for general, compensatory and special damages due to defamation. The claim is withdrawn after the case has been set.

"Atozy, you are the winner here. He is the winner. I am the loser," he said.

This is not the first time that Armstrong planned unsuccessful legal steps. After the bankruptcy of Celsius in June he intends to start an accommodation against the lender because of its platform width Payout stops. When he realized that he once applied Celsius' business on his YouTube channel Bitboy Crypto, he dropped the plan.

The lawyers of Armstrong from Krevolin & Horst did not answer the Blockworks for comment until the editorial deadline.

atozy thanks the crypto community for collecting defense against Bitboy

atozy uploaded a video with the title "I got sued" on Wednesday, in which he defended his comments against Bitboy Crypto. "If the largest cryptochanal advertises something on YouTube that turns out to be fraud, it is something that is worth treating," he said.

he intended to fight the case. But because he lacked the money for it, he linked a Gofundme-side To defend "frivolous lawsuit".

to Thursday, Atozy received $ 53,407 from the 610 donations. In addition, the experienced crypto-podcaster cobie donated USDC worth

After Armstrong said the lawsuit was hired, Atozy confirmed that he had collected a total of around $ 200,000. He said he would refund the donors as soon as the suit was officially confirmed.

"Thank you guys that you saved me," said Atozy.

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