Two famous YouTubers – Ben Armstrong (Bitboy Crypto) and Ben Armstrong (Atozy) are at loggerheads over a video that is almkst a year old. The dispute has taken a legal turn and Atozy has found a surprise ally in popular cryptocurrency warlord and trader commonly known by his pseudonym “Cobbie”. Cobbie has sent Atozy $100,000 to help defend the lawsuit.
Cobbie’s real name is Jordan Fish and he hosts the UpOnly podcast. Atozy revealed in a Twitter thread that he was being sued by Bitboy Crypto over a video he made over a year ago. The title of the video is “This YouTuber scams his fans… Bitboy Crypto,” and in the video, he accused Bitboy Crypto of scamming his followers.
It all started when Atozy came across a video on Bitboy Crypto’s channel that endorsed Pamp network token in 2020. For context, Pamp network token was a shady project that was ultimately rug-pulled. The video has also been deleted but not before Atozy saw it and subsequently called Bitboy Crypto a “shady dirtbag who milks his audience for a quick buck rather than giving them genuine advice”.
Now, Ben Armstrong happens to be one of YouTube’s most watched Crypto influencers. Armstrong also confirmed accepting payments from cryptocurrency companies to promote and endorse their products and services. He also expressed his regrets over the promotion as it resulted in significant losses for his followers.
Atozy’s video promoted Armstrong to pursue legal action against him because he claims that Atozy’s video damaged his reputation. It was also confirmed that Bitboy had sent a cease and desist letter to Atozy eight months before the defamation lawsuit.
The defamation lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta. In the federal complaint, Armstrong accused Atozy of causing “intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with business relations or potential business relations, violation of uniform deceptive practices act, and violation of fair business practices act”.
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