Internet celebrity Logan Paul has filed a defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Stephen Findeisen, better known as Coffeezilla, over a series of videos about Paul’s failed NFT game CryptoZoo.
The fee is contaminated In San Antonio District Court on June 27, Paul alleged that Findeisen “maliciously and repeatedly” published false statements accusing Paul of committing fraud in connection with CryptoZoo.
Court documents allege Findeisen “spread this false story, knowing it to be completely false, in order to increase his profile and increase his viewership and income.”
Trilogy video The series in question was published in late 2022. In the report, Coffeezilla accused Paul of engaging in fraud by promoting CryptoZoo and collecting money from NFT holders, but failing to actually pay the developers, leaving investors and participants without a functioning product.
The video quickly went viral, racking up tens of millions of views and remains one of Coffeezilla’s most popular videos.
After this video was released, Paul released a response video stating that the game is still in development. This video has since been removed from YouTube.
Court documents allege that Coffeezilla omitted key information from the video showing that Paul never intended to defraud anyone. “On the contrary, he always intended to create a legitimate blockchain-based game.”
The document blames advisor Jake Greenbaum and developer Eduardo Ibanez for the project’s failure, saying Ibanez “proved to be a fraud who incompetently oversaw the process and failed to pay the developer team.”
Paul’s team is seeking $75,000 in damages, plus legal costs, interest and additional damages to be determined by the court.
“Paul files this defamation lawsuit to hold Findeisen accountable for his actions and for the extensive damage he caused to Paul’s reputation by willfully and recklessly disseminating defamatory falsehoods.” This is an added document.
After CryptoZoo failed to implement and follow through with Coffezilla’s video, Paul announced that he would: buy again Paul personally paid for the CryptoZoo NFTs to mitigate the losses suffered by those who purchased them.
The Block has reached out to Findeisen for comment.
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