An Australian court has ordered YouTuber Karl Jobst to pay over AU$380,000 (around $237,000 / £183,000) in damages to ...

Billy Mitchell, the Donkey Kong champion had filed a defamation lawsuit against Karl Jobst, the Australian YouTuber. The legal battle began in 2020, and the verdict was delivered on April 1, 2025.

YouTube creator Karl Jobst has been ordered to pay up to AU$390,447 (or roughly $244,858 US dollars) to notable arcade gamer Billy Mitchell, following defamatory comments made against Mitchell in 2021 ...

Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst has lost in court to American video gamer and Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell. Numerous news reports say that the judge in the defamation trial slammed Jobst for ...

Retro gaming legend Billy Mitchell wins a defamation lawsuit against a Youtuber who falsely accused him of being involved in a suicide.

Jobst’s video not only alleged that Mitchell cheated to obtain his high “Donkey Kong” and “Pac Man” scores, but it also went on to allege that Mitchell’s lawsuit against Youtuber Benjamin ‘Apollo ...

Former Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell won his defamation lawsuit against speedrunning YouTuber Karl Jobst in Australia on Monday, over claims published in videos that blamed Mitchell for the ...

A Queensland court has ordered YouTube creator Karl Jobst to pay US gamer Billy Mitchell at least $350,000 in damages plus interest after finding he defamed Mr Mitchell in a 2021 video.

An Australian YouTuber saw himself as a knight wanting to slay a dragon but ended up defaming a Donkey Kong and Pac-Man champion, a judge has ruled.

My name is Karl Jobst and I’m a youtuber who often reports on video game cheaters. Last year, Billy Mitchell, star of The King of Kong and proven video game cheater, sued me for defamation ...

Mitchell found fame in the 1980s and 1990s by claiming high scores on such games as Donkey Kong and Pac-Man. He got another spell in the spotlight when he was portrayed as the antagonist in ...

An Australian court has ordered YouTuber Karl Jobst to pay over AU$380,000 (around ... Mitchell's record-holding Donkey Kong scores were called into question in 2017, which ultimately led to ...