Bitboy vs. Atozy: YouTuber tso rau pej xeem foob vim nws mus rau pej xeem

YouTube crypto commentator Ben Armstrong, uas yog lub npe nws tus kheej li BitBoy Crypto, tshaj tawm hnub Wednesday tias nws tau tso tseg nws foob tawm tsam Erling Mengshoel Jr., aka Atozy, vim nws yeej tsis xav kom nws tshaj tawm rau pej xeem.

"Kuv xav tias kuv tsis nkag siab tias tam sim no kuv lub npe loj npaum li cas yog tias kuv foob, nws yuav raug pom thiab tshaj tawm rau pej xeem," nws hais hauv ib 16-feeb prologue rau nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam niaj hnub niaj hnub. "Qhov tseeb, yog tias [Kuv paub] qhov no yuav yog pej xeem, kuv yuav tsis ua nws."

Tag nrho tsoom fwv teb chaws foob yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm pej xeem cov ntaub ntawv. Armstrong qhov kev foob yog ib rooj plaub ntawm tsoomfwv vim tias nws muaj feem cuam tshuam thiab poob nyiaj ntau dua $ 75,000, thiab vim tias Armstrong thiab Mengshoel nyob hauv ntau lub xeev. Armstrong tus kws lij choj tau foob qhov kev tsis txaus siab nrog pawg txiav txim thov thaum Lub Yim Hli 12 nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas Tsev Hais Plaub rau Northern District of Georgia hauv Atlanta.

Armstrong tau hais tias "Peb yuav tso tseg qhov kev foob, 100%,". "Kuv thov txim qhov no tau dhau los ua pej xeem, kuv thov txim tias qhov no tau raug yuam kev."

"Qhov no tsis yog hais txog kev foob pob," nws piav qhia, yuav hais txog thiaj li hu ua SLAPP foob, uas yog npaj los silence kev thuam. "Thaum ib tus neeg hais tias koj tuaj yeem muaj teeb meem los ntawm SEC, qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, qhov ntawd yog qhov teeb meem loj heev, loj, loj heev."

Armstrong tau sau tseg tias "Kuv ntseeg tias kuv yog tus neeg nkag siab yuam kev tshaj plaws hauv crypto," Armstrong tau sau tseg.

Qhov kev tsis sib haum xeeb yog nyob ib ncig ntawm ib daim vis dis aus uas Mengshoel tau tshaj tawm thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2021 muaj cai "Tus Youtuber no dag nws cov kiv cua… BitBoy Crypto” Hauv daim vis dis aus, Mengshoel hu rau Armstrong "lub hnab ntim khoom tsis zoo ntawm YouTuber" thiab hais tias nws tau txhawb nqa cryptocurrencies ua tsis tiav thiab ua tsis tau zoo tshaj tawm cov ntsiab lus txhawb nqa.

Hauv kev teb rau qhov kev foob, Mengshoel tau tshaj tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab hu ua, "Kuv raug foob” nag hmo. Nws rov hais dua qhov kev tsis txaus siab, sau tseg tias thaum nws tau txais tsab ntawv ceeb toom tsis pub dhau los ntawm Armstrong thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis, "thawj zaug kuv ntuav los ntawm kev ntxhov siab - xoom tawm ntawm 10, tsis pom zoo."

Rov hais dua tias nws cov channel yog npaj los "npog cov khoom ruam uas tshwm sim hauv Is Taws Nem," nws hais tias qhov kev nce mus rau qhov kev foob yog "kev tsis txaus siab loj." Tseem, Mengshoel tau hais tias nws npaj siab tawm tsam.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv yuav sawv ntawm kuv tus kheej vim kuv tsis ntseeg tias tib neeg yuav tsum muaj peev xwm pov nyiaj rau cov kws lij choj kom ua rau lawv cov kev ua qias tuaj ploj mus," nws hais. "Kuv tsis xav tias tib neeg yuav tsum tau txais txiaj ntsig los ntawm kev foob qhov kev foob hnyav."

"Kuv xav tias nws yog vwm uas kuv raug foob vim hais tias kuv tus kheej xav," Mengshoel hais ntxiv. "Xav txog seb koj daim tawv nqaij tawv npaum li cas los ua qhov no."

Mengshoel kuj tau sau tseg tias nws tuaj yeem saib cov nqi raug cai ntawm $ 50,000 txog $ 500,000. Nws tso ib qhov txuas rau ib qho kev sib tw GoFundMe nrog rau qhov chaw nyob Bitcoin thiab Ethereum rau kev pub dawb.

Nws tau hais tias "Ua tsaug ntau rau cov neeg txhawb nqa vim tias kuv xav tau nws ntawm lub sijhawm no thiab nws nyuaj heev - qhov xwm txheej no tsis zoo li txhua yam uas kuv tau ua nrog," nws hais. "Yog tias muaj nyiaj seem tshuav ntawm qhov no, kuv yuav pub qhov no rau ntau lub koom haum, vim tias kuv tsis muaj lub hom phiaj los ntawm kev nrhiav nyiaj los ntawm koj cov kwv tij."

Cov phiaj xwm GoFundMe tau nce ntau dua $ 53,000 raws li kev sau ntawv no. Tsis tas li ntawd, nyob rau hauv teb rau Mengshoel's thov kev pab ntawm Twitter, tseem ceeb crypto Twitter tus tswv cuab Jordan Fish, hu ua @Cobie, pub $100,100 hauv USDC.

Hauv kev teb rau Armstrong cov lus tshaj tawm, Mengshoel tau tshaj tawm hauv Twitter tias nws qhov laj thawj tau nce txog $ 200,000, thiab qhov ntawd - ib zaug kev foob raug tshem tawm - nws yuav rov qab cov nyiaj pub dawb. Nws tau sau tias "Ua tsaug rau cov neeg uas cawm kuv dim," nws sau.

Armstrong tau hais tias nws tsuas yog sim tiv thaiv nws lub koob npe nrov thiab kom Mengshoel tshem tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab - lossis kho nws kom tshem tawm cov ntaub ntawv cuav.

Nws tau hais tias "Qhov ntawd yog txhua yam kuv xav tau, nws tsuas yog yuav tsum tsis txhob mus deb," nws hais.

"Nws yog tus yeej, kuv yog tus swb, thiab kuv vam tias nws yuav mloog qhov no," Armstrong xaus lus. "Kuv thov txim koj tau mus dhau qhov no ... thiab tshem tawm cov vis dis aus, lossis tsawg kawg rov qab mus thiab kho qhov tsis raug thiab khaws cia."