Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary mocked YouTuber Ben Armstrong, popularly known as "BitBoy Crypto," saying that he just “bought himself a big fat lawsuit.”
What Happened: Lawyers representing a class action lawsuit against BitBoy Crypto and other cryptocurrency influencers who allegedly promoted crypto exchange FTX have alleged that Armstrong has made multiple threats against them.
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A Tuesday court filing by the class action’s lawyers in a Florida district court claimed that Armstrong made up to 21 calls within a 45-minute period, leaving vulgar voicemails that specifically targeted the lawyers.
O’Leary on Wednesday took a jab at the YouTuber and said, “Don’t you just hate it when that happens? Good thing he has the millions he needs to pay his lawyers!”
Wow @Bitboy_Crypto just bought himself a big fat lawsuit. Don’t you just hate it when that happens? Good thing he has the millions he needs to pay his lawyers! Go girl! Class action lawyers claim YouTuber ‘BitBoy Crypto’ threatened them https://t.co/twceb4OmD2 via @cointelegraph
— Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderful (@kevinolearytv) March 23, 2023
Meanwhile, Dogecoin DOGE/USD founder Billy Markus, popularly known as "Shibetoshi Nakamoto" reacted to O’Leary’s tweet and said, “The f*** is this weird a** tweet.”
Price Action: At the time of writing, DOGE was trading at $0.074, down 0.53% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro data.
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