Billy Mitchell is no newcomer to lawsuits, having already been to court regarding the legitimacy of his Donkey Kong world records. That lawsuit took place over the course of around five years, with the matter settled privately, and Mitchell's high scores being reinstated. Now, a second legal matter has concluded, once more in Mitchell's favor.

YouTube content creator Karl Jobst has called out Mitchell on a handful of occasions, claiming that the latter's records were cheated and illegitimate. Jobst also made a YouTube video that claimed following yet another Mitchell-related lawsuit against content creator Apollo Legend, Legend took his own life as a direct result of owing too much in debt to Mitchell.

Jobst: He also sued YouTuber Apollo Legend for $1,000,000. I haven’t spoken about this publicly but this lawsuit ultimately ended with Apollo giving in and settling with Mitchell. He was forced to remove all his videos about Mitchell’s cheating and paid him a large sum of money. This left him deeply in debt, which required him to find extra work, but with his ongoing health issues this was all too much of a burden and he ultimately took his own life. Not that Billy Mitchell would ever care, though. In fact, when Billy Mitchell thought Apollo died earlier he expressed joy at the thought. The lawsuit against Apollo was just as frivolous as the rest and Apollo definitely would have won in court, but again he was extremely ill and couldn’t handle the ongoing stress.

Mitchell filed a defamation case against Jobst, with his lawyers claiming Jobst's statements to be harmful to his reputation. KC Barlow, a Queensland, Australia judge proceeding over the case, found that while Mitchell has a negative reputation amongst the community as both a cheater and to frequently engage in suing parties for defamation, Jobst's videos on Mitchell were untrue. The defense team for Mitchell provided evidence that Apollo Legend never had to pay Mitchell any amount of money after the lawsuit--only if he made further content about Mitchell, which he never did--so Jobst's statements were incorrect and damaging to Mitchell.

Barlow: For the reasons below, I have made the following findings a) Mr Jobst defamed Mr Mitchell by making all the imputations that Mr Mitchell alleged;(b) Mr Mitchell has suffered significant personal and reputational harm as a consequence;(c) although he had the previous reputations alleged by Mr Jobst, and the defamatory video raised other substantially true contextual imputations about him, Mr Mitchell suffered substantially more personal and reputational harm as a consequence of Mr Jobst’s imputations about which Mr Mitchell complains;(d) Mr Jobst’s conduct since the first publication of the video, including during this proceeding, has been aggravating and has caused additional personal hurt and reputational damage to Mr Mitchell.[20] I therefore award Mr Mitchell $300,000 in general damages for non-economic loss and $50,000 in aggravated damages, plus interest on those sums at 3% per annum since the first publication on 21 May 2021. Subject to any submissions to the contrary, Mr Jobst should pay Mr Mitchell’s costs of this proceeding.

The judge ruled in favor of Mitchell, stating that Jobst now owes the former around AU$384,000 ($241,000) in damages, legal fees, and interest. Jobst had previously started a GoFundMe account to help pay for the legal case, with some of his backers reportedly claiming that Jobst misled his fans. A subset of his community say that Jobst asked for money, claiming that the lawsuit was due to Mitchell suing Jobst over cheating claims.

Jobst took to X to defend himself, after the ruling. Here, Jobst claims that he never misled his audience, though he could have been more transparent regarding the matter. He also states that his comments on Apollo Legend were a result of "relying on incorrect information from multiple sources." According to Jobst, he owes "well over 600k" in legal fees.

 

[Tsukiru]

I truly feel sorry for anyone so detached from reality that they actually know who these people are and what they look, sound like.

This kind of statement really says more about the person saying it than who it's aimed at. In a "I've never heard of it so clearly anyone who has needs help" way.

He's been a figure since the 80s for his records, appearing at conventions and in record books. He's even been made fun of on Regular Show.

Just really weird to call people detached for... Being aware of a public figure.

 

[ChronosNotashi]

The YouTuber couldn't prove that what he said was substantially true?

He also clearly didn't know when to just shut up and let his lawyer take care of everything. I mean, did he even have a lawyer? I haven't checked the case details, but if Jobst was representing himself, that would make the whole thing even more hilarious.

 

[slaphappygamer]

What if call them both sissies.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

the right man won.

 

[KingVamp]

Don't know much about either, only first knowing Billy from Regular Show. Crazy how there's no good side here.

 

[genxor]

A great lesson in when to shut your mouth. Like, as soon as lawyers are involved just STFU for your own good

 

[NinStar]

Jobst's overconfidence and unprofessionalism fired back, the fact he labels himself as a journalist always concerned me.

And just to be clear, I'm not defending Mitchell's actions, he has his pathological behavior of turning truths into lies over time, but the way Jobst handled this and others situations was just baffling to say the least.

 

[Viri]

I can't stand either of them, but Karl Jobst defamed Billy by claiming he led to someone's suicide. This has nothing to do with the world record bs. Karl was in the wrong, and is learning about it the hard way.

 

[whitesword7]

King of Con still remains on top

Turns out its the King(s) of Con, I’m refering to both Jobst and Billy

2 sides of the same clown coins

 

[Phascomon]

Now what is Jobst supposed to milk for greasy gamer cash?

 

[BobsYurUncle]

That guy used to throw embarrassing temper tantrums when things didn't go his way playing Goldeneye.

Billy remains the endless source of supervillain-like entertainment, bless him.

 

[KanaKonpaku]

Man can't say I like it, but it makes sense with the evidence and the case that was argued. Was really hoping it was an April foods though.

 

[Adran_Marit]

Hey, I actually watched the back end of the trial and judgement as they happened

1) Karl did have an attorney.
2) Part of the counter case was that the since Billy already had a reputation it couldn't get worse.
3) The parts about the settlement and Apollo were very poorly addressed by and countered Karl's legal team (in my opinion).
4) This isn't near the maximum amount of damages for a defamation case here in Australia, but it is on the higher end of things.
5) The payment isn't fully finalized yet and Karl's legal team are submitting things to get that number amount reduced, though didn't argue the interest amount. Just the damages awarded.
6) The full judgment can be read here.

 

[ShadowOne333]

That guy used to throw embarrassing temper tantrums when things didn't go his way playing Goldeneye.

Billy remains the endless source of supervillain-like entertainment, bless him.

He's like the Lex Luthor of videogames

 

[NinStar]

I guess this didn't age well...

 

[NetSanity]

Diabolical

 

[TheRealDoomguy]

I wish this were a joke, but Mitchell's rampage of buffoonery continues.

 

[TheZander]

I don't get it, I always knew it was about the Apollo thing and not the cheating thing. I forget hour I knew but it was made apparent.

 

[CMDreamer]

The YouTuber couldn't prove that what he said was substantially true?

What's the average of youtubers that say truth on their videos?

I'd say less than 1% of them all.

Most youtubers make use of clickbait (which is lying) and lies in their arguments, before, during or in the end of their videos.

All they care about are views because that's what give them profit, not saying truth. Even worse, many youtubers use other's IP to make profit too.

Youtube is a cancer in the internet.

 

[The Catboy]

None of this pleases The Catboy