Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitBoy Crypto’s legal professionals, served Erling Mengshoei (Atozy) the official lawsuit at his dwelling on Aug. 23, 2022.
Atozy, who believes plaintiff BitBoy’s lawsuit alleging defamation and emotional misery is ‘frivolous,’ mentioned he would crowdfund his authorized bills.
BitBoy is claiming at the very least $75,000 in damages after Atozy posted a video 9 months in the past by which he accused Armstrong of scamming his YouTube fan base, calling him a ‘dirtbag’ a number of occasions.
In Dec. 2021, Atozy acquired a cease-and-desist order at his dwelling. Eight months later, the YouTuber arrived dwelling along with his girlfriend to discover a unusual car parked outdoors. A person with a lawsuit draft approached Mengshoei, advising him to take receipt of the papers, else he would return with the sheriff.
Three days later, a courier service delivered the identical draft. After that, Atozy was accosted by journalists asking for touch upon a lawsuit that had been formally filed in opposition to him. On Aug. 23, he was served with official papers confirming the lawsuit.
Sued for expressing an opinion
Atozy believes it’s “insane” that he may very well be sued for expressing an opinion within the United States of America.
He has reached out to his Twitter group to assist fund his authorized battle with Armstrong. The case might price him from $50,000 to $500,000, he mentioned in a YouTube video. In a Twitter thread, he posted his bitcoin and ETH pockets addresses. He mentioned he would ship any leftover crypto to the think-tank Coin Center. He warned his group to pay attention to scammers impersonating him and solely to ship funds to the listed addresses. He concluded that sharing the video and creating memes would additionally assist his trigger.
At press time, he had already acquired a suggestion of $100K from Twitter person @Cobie.
Suit cites BitBoy’s emotional misery
The go well with laid out BitBoy’s credentials in serving to his followers perceive appropriate cryptocurrencies to put money into, calling him an “industry-leading” cryptocurrency commentator. With the stage set, the go well with then addresses how Atozy’s feedback attacked BitBoy’s credentials, undermining his credibility as an trade knowledgeable. Atozy’s video referred to as into query a ‘PAMP’ cryptocurrency token BitBoy was selling in 2020, which Atozy believed was a rip-off. According to Atozy, the token was marketed as one that would solely go up in worth. Soon after, the venture promoters ‘rug-pulled,’ a time period used to explain a venture the place creators promote a token to drive up its market cap after which make off with the cryptocurrency, leaving the token holders to choose up the items.
The go well with alleges that Atozy’s remarks prompted emotional misery and bouts of melancholy for Armstrong as he got here to phrases with the impression Atozy’s video would have on his future enterprise ventures and repute.
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