Legal professionals representing a category motion lawsuit towards “BitBoy Crypto” YouTuber Ben Armstrong and different crypto influencers alleged to have promoted crypto trade FTX have claimed Armstrong has made a number of threats towards them.
A March 20 courtroom submitting by the category motion’s attorneys in a Florida District Court docket claimed Armstrong “started harassing” the attorneys after the swimsuit was filed on March 15 with “limitless telephone calls, Tweets and emails” and “insulting and threatening posts on Twitter, Youtube, and different social media.”
Armstrong is amongst a number of so-called “FTX influencers” named within the swimsuit that seeks $1 billion as they allegedly “promoted [the] FTX crypto fraud with out disclosing compensation.”
The submitting claimed Armstrong was “at occasions making as much as 21 calls inside a 45-minute interval,” and left voicemails “stuffed with vulgarities” that “particularly” focused the attorneys.
The submitting additional alleged the voicemails included warnings to Adam Moskowitz — one of many attorneys within the class motion swimsuit with one the place Armstrong allegedly instructed Moskowitz “we’re going to have First Modification protesters round your own home 24/7 day and night time.”
Like wtf attorneys chiming in saying I higher watch out… LMAO it’s important to be kidding.
There is just one one who higher watch out and it’s Adam Moskowitz. I’ve already instructed him privately. YOU DO NOT GET TO MAKE LIES UP. You’ll be held accountable.#
— Ben Armstrong (@Bitboy_Crypto) March 17, 2023
The attorneys claimed one other voicemail instructed them “that the ‘dwelling addresses’ of the ‘attorneys’ are ‘being circulated on Reddit.’”
In an announcement to Cointelegraph, Armstrong mentioned “I haven’t made a single name ever to them” and that he “tweeted about them and emailed them a number of occasions.”
“I’m going to have Adam Moskowitz’s authorized license taken from him,” Armstrong added.
“It’s my private mission to embarrass him. The shortage of due diligence by his regulation crew is atrocious. And they’ll reap what they’ve sewn,” he mentioned.
What’s unlawful: placing somebody on a lawsuit with completely no advantage
What’s authorized: threatening to take somebody’s authorized license to apply regulation. And unsure if you happen to guys know however it isn’t unlawful to name somebody a reputation. You do it on a regular basis
— Ben Armstrong (@Bitboy_Crypto) March 21, 2023
The submitting additionally famous a YouTube video posted by Armstrong on March 16. The submitting claimed it was directed on the attorneys and people who purchased the swimsuit and allegedly warned them that Armstrong was “coming at them with full drive.”
The attorneys allege Armstrong inspired “others to affix the assaults.”
In one other alleged message by Armstrong to Moskowitz — which prompted a report back to authorities — he warned the lawyer that “these individuals are harmful” and can lead to “you and your loved ones shot.”
The submitting additionally shared an e mail that Armstrong allegedly despatched Moskowitz, calling him a “bitch” and an “unbelievably dumb mom fucker” earlier than Armstrong acknowledged he “by no means even promoted FTX” and instructed Moskowitz to “anticipate a counter swimsuit bitch.”
The courtroom submitting additionally claimed it’s “not the primary time” Armstrong brought about “threatening controversy” after he filed and later dropped a defamation swimsuit towards fellow Youtube content material creator Erling Mengshoel Jr, who goes by “Atozy.”
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Armstrong filed the swimsuit towards Mengshoel in August 2022 in response to a November 2021 video from the YouTuber titled “This YouTuber scams his followers…Bitboy Crypto,” which alleged Armstrong was dishonestly selling property to his viewers for his personal profit.
Just a few weeks later, Armstrong revealed in a reside stream that he was dropping the lawsuit and claimed “Atozy has received,” after Mengshoel managed to lift greater than $200,000 for his protection in lower than 24 hours.
