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Lawyers successful a people enactment suit alleged successful a tribunal filing that Ben Armstrong "began harassing" them aft helium was named arsenic a defendant.
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Lawyers representing a people enactment suit against “BitBoy Crypto” YouTuber Ben Armstrong and different crypto influencers alleged to person promoted crypto speech FTX person claimed Armstrong has made aggregate threats against them.
A March 20 tribunal filing by the people action’s lawyers successful a Florida District Court claimed Armstrong “began harassing” the lawyers aft the suit was filed connected March 15 with “endless telephone calls, Tweets and emails” and “insulting and threatening posts connected Twitter, Youtube, and different societal media.”
Armstrong is among respective alleged “FTX influencers” named successful the suit that seeks $1 cardinal arsenic they allegedly “promoted [the] FTX crypto fraud without disclosing compensation.”
The filing claimed Armstrong was “at times making up to 21 calls wrong a 45-minute period,” and near voicemails “full of vulgarities” that “specifically” targeted the lawyers.
The filing further alleged the voicemails included warnings to Adam Moskowitz — 1 of the lawyers successful the people enactment suit with 1 wherever Armstrong allegedly told Moskowitz “we’re going to person First Amendment protesters astir your location 24/7 time and night.”
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There is lone 1 idiosyncratic who amended beryllium cautious and it’s Adam Moskowitz. I’ve already told him privately. YOU DO NOT GET TO MAKE LIES UP. You volition beryllium held accountable.#
The lawyers claimed different voicemail told them “that the ‘home addresses’ of the ‘lawyers’ are ‘being circulated connected Reddit.’”
In a connection to Cointelegraph, Armstrong said “I haven’t made a azygous telephone ever to them” and that helium “tweeted astir them and emailed them respective times.”
“I’m going to person Adam Moskowitz’s ineligible licence taken from him,” Armstrong added.
“It’s my idiosyncratic ngo to embarrass him. The deficiency of owed diligence by his instrumentality squad is atrocious. And they volition reap what they person sewn,” helium said.
What’s illegal: putting idiosyncratic connected a suit with perfectly nary merit
What’s legal: threatening to instrumentality someone’s ineligible licence to signifier law. And not definite if you guys cognize but it is not amerciable to telephone idiosyncratic a name. You bash it each the clip
The filing besides noted a YouTube video posted by Armstrong connected March 16. The filing claimed it was directed astatine the lawyers and those who bought the suit and allegedly warned them that Armstrong was “coming astatine them with afloat force.”
The lawyers allege Armstrong encouraged “others to articulation the attacks.”
In different alleged connection by Armstrong to Moskowitz — which prompted a study to authorities — helium warned the lawyer that “these radical are dangerous” and tin effect successful “you and your household shot.”
The filing besides shared an email that Armstrong allegedly sent Moskowitz, calling him a “bitch” and an “unbelievably dumb parent fucker” earlier Armstrong stated helium “never adjacent promoted FTX” and told Moskowitz to “expect a antagonistic suit bitch.”
The email Ben Armstrong allegedly sent to lawyers representing the people enactment suit against him. Source: CourtListenerThe tribunal filing besides claimed it’s “not the archetypal time” Armstrong caused “threatening controversy” aft helium filed and aboriginal dropped a defamation suit against chap Youtube contented creator Erling Mengshoel Jr, who goes by “Atozy.”
Related: Judge refuses to consolidate class-action lawsuits against FTX
Armstrong filed the suit against Mengshoel successful August 2022 successful effect to a November 2021 video from the YouTuber titled “This YouTuber scams his fans…Bitboy Crypto,” which alleged Armstrong was dishonestly promoting assets to his assemblage for his ain benefit.
A fewer weeks later, Armstrong revealed successful a unrecorded watercourse that helium was dropping the lawsuit and claimed “Atozy has won,” aft Mengshoel managed to rise much than $200,000 for his defence successful little than 24 hours.
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