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Karl Jobst: The Influencer Who Went Bankrupt Over 1 Dumb Video

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Phew... this was a LONG one. This is actually the longest episode of Critical Failure I have ever done. Surprisingly, this edit was a ton of fun. Going through the judge's ruling was strangely validating, considering how much irritancy I had toward Karl. Maybe I can let that go.

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0:00 - Intro
3:01 - The Lawsuit
10:24 - The Mistake
24:21 - The Crashout

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@CrispysTavern Creator 1 year ago (edited) Pinned

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Corrections:

For clarity, Billy Mitchell was not in Pixels. A character was a PARODY of him.

@Tom_Cruise_Missile 10 months ago

The only thing Billy's ever legitimately won, and it was handed to him by his biggest hater. Poetic irony lmao

@iank472 1 year ago

Karl committed the ultimate sin: he gave Billy "The Fraudster" Mitchel a freaking win!

@minikawildflower 1 year ago

As someone who followed Karl before all this went down, it was such whiplash to find out what the trial was all about and that he actually had a chance to lose.

@Mrinsecure 1 year ago

The moment I knew Karl was cooked was when I saw he'd said (paraphrasing) that he didn't want to listen to lawyers because they kept telling him he'd lose the case, so he asked ChatGPT which gave him the answer he wanted.

Surprisingly, the plagiarism machine that lies to you is not a good substitute for competent legal counsel.

@longlivethesheet 1 year ago

1:38 Nitpick here; Billy Mitchell wasn’t actually in Pixels.

Peter Dinkledge’s character was a parody of him

@Wolfvonbiele93 1 year ago

Reminder, friends: just because you don’t like someone doesn’t mean that you’re allowed to say whatever you want about them without proof

@haemocyte2224 1 year ago

After making a career out of calling people out for doubling down and applying further deception rather than admit it, Karl went down the exact same route himself.

@sagia4645 1 year ago

Been watching Karl for several years now, and thought it was an April Fool's joke at first. Was shocked when I saw what it was. Good video, but Karl doesn't have to pay Billy a settlement. A settlement is when both sides settle their disputes and agree on conditions for doing so. Thus, *settlement*. This is Karl just flat out losing.

@ChuggleDBuglGames 1 year ago

I forgot how he tried to get hype by showing how “ai is on his side”. Truly a legend.

@SuperOodaify 1 year ago

The fact that Jobst was convinced hed win because ChatGPT said he TOTALLY would is just too funny 😂

@heebiehoobie.heidihoedi 1 year ago

Guy who took legal advice from AI performed badly in court; World shocked, fans in disbelief.

@OneOfInfiniteMonkeys 1 year ago

I'm not accusing Karl of fraud, but I AM saying that the way he's acting with his company and assets is very similar to the actions of people who go to prison for fraud.

@Lechgang 1 year ago (edited)

It is VERY hard to win a defamation case.

When I heard that Karl actually lost, I knew that something was off.

Edit: I didn't consider the difference between American and Australian legal cases, that's my b.

@RuinQueenofOblivion 1 year ago

As a long time fan of Karl Jobst who believed him… this still hits too hard for me to watch this video. But, I wanted to thank you for discussing it and getting the word out there.

@slicingonions4398 1 year ago

Karl lied to us then tried to gaslight us about it acting like he was open about what the case was about, which is ironic considering who he gave a win to and has to pay out to now. He could have been honest with us but he didn’t, then double downed, my god and I have no sympathy for him for this

@lignjahal 1 year ago

Seeing what he was posting in his Discord after the ruling immediately turned me from a fan of his videos into really disliking him. Just his attitude and the stupid things he was publicly posting about just really pulled the mask off in the worst way.

@nyekomimi 1 year ago

Karl managed to do what nobody else could - let Billy Mitchell achieve something

@LadyShay345 1 year ago

My first takeaway was "Oh. Glad I never give YouTubers money." My second was "Holy shit, he tried to disprove to his fans that he committed an act of defamation by repeating the exact same act of defamation."

@fedrikrose2277 1 year ago

I think Karl's mistake was not only to claim that Billy Mitchell drove ApolloLegends to suicide, but also not taking with the adequate seriously the lawsuit about that, he should have tried to settle as soon as possible