{"id":177268,"date":"2023-01-05T00:01:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/see-you-in-court-logan-paul-threatens-to-sue-youtuber-coffeezilla-over-cryptozoo-scam-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T00:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T00:01:18","slug":"see-you-in-court-logan-paul-threatens-to-sue-youtuber-coffeezilla-over-cryptozoo-scam-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/see-you-in-court-logan-paul-threatens-to-sue-youtuber-coffeezilla-over-cryptozoo-scam-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"‘See You in Court’: Logan Paul Threatens to Sue YouTuber Coffeezilla Over CryptoZoo Scam Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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YouTuber Logan Paul is no stranger to crypto\u2014or controversy. In a video published Tuesday, he vehemently denied <\/span>most<\/span><\/i> of the claims YouTuber <\/span>Coffeezilla<\/span> had made against his crypto game project, CryptoZoo, and said he intends to sue Coffeezilla, whose real name is Stephen Findeisen, for defamation.<\/span><\/p>\n

CryptoZoo is an online game on the <\/span>Binance Smart Chain<\/span> launched in 2021 where users buy \u201ceggs\u201d that hatch into hybrid animals. According to a company blog <\/span>post<\/span>the animals could yield holders passive income in the form of the ZOO token.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul previously said on an August 2021 <\/span>episode<\/span> of his podcast that CryptoZoo is \u201ca really fun game that makes you money.\u201d But that vision hasn’t exactly been realized.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ZOO token has plummeted roughly 89% in the past year, according to PancakeSwap <\/span>data<\/span>. And Findeisen spoke with over six different people who claim to have lost thousands each from their CryptoZoo purchases. In total, just six of the individuals claim to have collectively lost nearly $600,000. <\/span><\/p>\n

The CryptoZoo <\/span>blog<\/span> has not published a new post since April 2022, and neither its Instagram nor Twitter page have posted any new content since May 2022. Such a lack of activity could be interpreted as abandonment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CryptoZoo Twitter account did, however, suddenly retweet Paul’s Coffeezilla response video Tuesday\u2014and Paul insists that CryptoZoo is not dead yet. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCryptoZoo is coming. I will make damn sure of it,\u201d Paul said in his <\/span>video<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul denied that he ever scammed his fanbase through CryptoZoo and called Findeisen’s three-part series about the project \u201cdeeply unethical, dangerously misleading, and illegal.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou led the charge to drive and monetize a narrative telling millions of people that I’m a fraud or I tried to scam my audience,\u201d Paul said. \u201cThat is patently false.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul claimed that Findeisen actually knows Paul is innocent but was \u201ctwisting\u201d facts and published the videos anyway. Paul argued that Findeisen \u201cpublished a defamatory hit piece fully knowing I was innocent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Attorney and Adjunct Professor of Law <\/span>Andrew Rossow<\/span> told <\/span>decrypt<\/span><\/i> that because Paul is a public figure, he would need to prove \u201cactual malice\u201d or that Findeisen published the videos with a \u201creckless disregard for the truth\u201d in order for a court to take Paul’s case seriously. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think the biggest question that remains unanswered as of press time, which is at the heart of a potential defense claim, is whether or not Paul’s ‘CryptoZoo’ was actually a ‘scam’\u2014one that Paul intentionally created for the purposes of intentionally misleading and defrauding investors,\u201d Rossow said. <\/span><\/p>\n

When it comes to whether Findeisen could be held more liable in court, Rossow said that information is needed on all of the steps Findeisen took toward \u201cobtaining the truth\u201d from Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Logan Paul responded. TL;DW
0 apologies
0 addressing victims
0 accountability
I will reply in full when I organized my thoughts, but for now, Logan accuses me of not reaching out to him directly until Dec 24, 2022…but doesn’t mention I reached out over a year prior on Instagram. pic.twitter.com\/5AfEfDXFwj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Coffeezilla (@coffeebreak_YT) January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

While Paul might have plans to take legal action, he doesn’t disagree with <\/span>everything<\/span><\/i> in Coffeezilla’s series. Paul did agree with Findeisen’s assessment of former CryptoZoo employee <\/span>Eddie Ibanez<\/span>alleging that Ibanez is a \u201cprofessional con man.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul said Ibanez, who was previously listed on CryptoZoo’s website as their \u201cscientist,\u201d is currently \u201cbeing investigated by a higher authority that I cannot speak on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul also took issue with Findeisen’s interview with former CryptoZoo engineer Zach Kelling, who told Findeisen that he had a team of 30 engineers working on the project for $50,000 a week but were never paid. Paul said Kelling only had three engineers.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI got everything stolen from me and our community,\u201d Paul said of the CryptoZoo fiasco, claiming that he and his manager Jeffrey Levin have only lost money on CryptoZoo. <\/span><\/p>\n

Paul also claims that Findeisen’s published phone call interview with Levin was \u201cillegal\u201d and makes Findeisen \u201clike an internet criminal\u201d because he had not been granted permission to publicize the call. <\/span><\/p>\n

Neither Paul nor Levin have responded to <\/span>decrypt<\/span><\/i>‘s requests for comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Paul did spend some time addressing the controversy on the latest episode of his Impaulsive podcast Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guy is good,\u201d Paul said of the Coffeezilla CryptoZoo videos. <\/span>\u201cHe is a very good storyteller and he is very, very manipulative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless, Paul intends to take legal action against Findeisen for the trio of Coffeezilla YouTube videos.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI suggest you use the money you got from pumping your Patreon to hire a good lawyer\u2014you’re gonna need it,\u201d Paul said in his Tuesday response video. \u201cI’ll see you in court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a message to <\/span>decrypt<\/span><\/i>Findeisen said he has not yet received any legal action from Paul’s team.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact Logan is suing me instead of the criminals and con-men he hired says it all,\u201d Findeisen told <\/span>decrypt<\/span><\/i> via direct message. \u201cHe took zero accountability. Zero apologies. He just wants to save his own reputation instead of cleaning up the mess that he and his team created. \u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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