Logan Paul's Lawsuits: A Timeline

A Timeline of Trouble

Logan Paul, the controversial YouTuber turned boxer and beverage mogul, has been no stranger to legal battles in recent years. From his infamous Aokigahara Forest video to the ongoing lawsuits surrounding his energy drink company, Prime, Paul seems to have a knack for finding himself in hot water. Let's take a stroll down memory lane and revisit some of his most notable legal entanglements.

The Suicide Forest Scandal That Started It All (2020)

It all started back in 2020 when Paul posted a highly controversial video from Japan's Aokigahara Forest, known as the "suicide forest." The video, which showed an individual who had died by suicide, sparked immediate outrage. Over 720,000 people signed a petition urging YouTube to take action against Paul. As if that wasn't enough, Planeless Pictures slapped him with a lawsuit, claiming the incident damaged their film project.

CryptoZoo: The NFT Project That Went South (2022-2023)

Fast forward to 2022, and Paul found himself in the midst of another controversy with the launch of CryptoZoo, a blockchain game that promised players the chance to buy and breed virtual animals using cryptocurrency. Despite raising millions through NFT sales, the game never materialized, leaving investors with nothing but worthless digital assets. Enter Coffeezilla, a YouTuber who conducted a critical investigation into CryptoZoo. Initially, Paul considered taking legal action against Coffeezilla but later backed down and offered refunds to investors. However, this didn't stop a class-action lawsuit from disgruntled investors who felt they had been defrauded. In early 2023, Paul announced a plan to refund CryptoZoo NFT purchasers, but only if they agreed not to pursue legal action against him. Seems like a classic case of "I'll give you your money back, but only if you promise not to sue me!"

Prime Time for Lawsuits (2024)

Now, let's talk about Prime, Paul's energy drink company. It seems like everyone wants a piece of the Prime pie, and the lawsuits are piling up faster than empty Prime bottles at a frat party.

First up, we have the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee suing Prime for misleading marketing claims regarding its association with the Olympics. Oops, looks like someone forgot to read the fine print!

There's more! Refresco, Prime's bottling supplier, also decided to join the legal party, filing a lawsuit against Paul and his company over alleged breaches of contract worth a whopping $68 million. Looks like Prime might not be so prime after all.

Let's not forget about the class-action lawsuits. We've got Elizabeth Castillo claiming that Prime contains "forever chemicals" that can cause health problems, and another suit accusing Prime of feeding kids "inordinately high" levels of caffeine.

Few more to go: We've got trademark infringement claims from Alpha Prime, Prime Bites, and Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, all claiming that Prime's branding is causing confusion and damaging their reputations. It's like a game of "spot the Prime" in the courtroom.

And last but not least, we have a class-action lawsuit accusing Prime of enabling the wiretapping of electronic communications of visitors to its website. Big Brother is watching, and apparently, so is Prime.

"First off, anyone can sue anyone at any time. That does not make the lawsuit true. And in this case, it is not. There's claims that PFOS, or forever chemicals, come from plastic. So in this case, they're not talking about the actual drink, the liquid — Prime — they're talking about the bottle that Prime is manufactured in. This ain't a little rinky-dink operation. We use the top bottle manufacturers in the United States."

— Logan Paul

Yolk of the Matter

• Logan Paul's legal troubles span across his various ventures, from his YouTube content to his business endeavors like Prime Hydration and CryptoZoo.
• The Aokigahara Forest video scandal in 2020 marked the beginning of Paul's legal woes, leading to public backlash and a lawsuit from Planeless Pictures.
• The failure of CryptoZoo, a blockchain game co-founded by Paul, resulted in multiple lawsuits from disgruntled investors who felt defrauded.
• Prime Hydration, Paul's energy drink company, faces lawsuits from its bottling supplier Refresco and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee over alleged breaches of contract and misleading marketing claims.