Judge orders YouTuber ‘BitBoy Crypto’ to appear and address alleged harassment Ben Armstrong
was ordered to appear in a Florida court
to address allegations he threatened and harassed lawyers behind a class-action lawsuit against him
and other crypto influencers.
A federal magistrate judge
has signed an order requiring
BitBoy Crypto YouTuber Ben Armstrong to appear in Florida as part of a status conference related to a lawsuit involving several crypto influencers.
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n an April 12 filing in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Judge Melissa Damian
ordered Armstrong and his counsel to appear on
April 20 along with the legal team representing the influencers. According to the order, the conference was aimed at bringing awareness of
“Armstrong’s harassment towards plaintiffs’ counsel.”
Armstrong, along with several other YouTubers, were named in
a $1-billion lawsuit filed on
March 15 for allegedly promoting
“FTX crypto fraud without disclosing compensation.” Adam Moskowitz, representing plaintiff Edwin Garrison and others in the class-action lawsuit, has claimed that Armstrong harassed the legal team with
“endless phone calls, tweets and emails,” voicemails “full of vulgarities,” and social media posts suggesting threats.
