For a number of years, former Donkey Kong and Pac-Man champion Billy Mitchell’s largest battles shifted from arcade expos to courtrooms over allegations that he cheated on a few of his championship runs. Now, Mitchell has emerged victorious in an Australian court docket towards Karl Jobst, a YouTube artist who allegedly defamed Mitchell.
Jobst has accused Mitchell of dishonest quite a few instances, together with his competition that Mitchell used an 8-way joystick for Donkey Kong in his record-breaking runs. By way of The Guardian, that allegation paled compared to Jobst’s since-retracted assertion that Mitchell drove one other YouTube artist, Apollo Legend, to suicide following his authorized settlement with the previous champ.
Jobst’s protection in court docket argued that Mitchell has a fame for dishonest and for suing individuals who made these accusations. The decide agreed with that characterization of Mitchell, however dominated that Jobst’s movies had “severely broken Mitchell’s fame and induced misery.”
Following the decide’s ruling, Jobst should now pay $350,000 plus curiosity to Mitchell. When Mitchell introduced the case to the court docket, he requested for $400,000 in damages and $50,000 in aggravated damages.
Mitchell had beforehand sued Twin Galaxies to drive the group to revive his excessive scores. The 2 sides settled out of court docket in early 2024, and Mitchell’s scores had been re-added to the historic part of Twin Galaxies’ website, however not the present itemizing of scores.
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