Lawsuit against Jake Paul over \u201charmful\u201d prank reportedly dropped Jake Paul, YouTubeYouTube star Jake Paul is known for the over-the-top pranks and outrageous shenanigans seen in his videos \u2013 but one of these antics got him in legal trouble just last year. Jake Paul was met with a lawsuit in 2017, after plaintiff Ellis Barbacoff sued both the YouTuber and Team 10 upon being left with \u201csustained shock and injuries\u201d from a prank using a train horn. According to Barbacoff, he\u2019d experienced \u201cpain and suffering\u201d due to the prank \u2013 but Paul demanded the case be dismissed, claiming that he hadn\u2019t meant any harm by the practical joke. Paul\u2019s lawyers argued a similar case, stating that both Jake and Logan Paul felt \u201chonking a loud horn to get a reaction from people would be funny, but in no way did they intend to cause anyone injury.\u201d In an unexpected turn of events, Barbacoff has since dropped all claims against the social media celebrity two years later, according to a report from celebrity news outlet The Blast. 600https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2Um-WBF3u6\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_linkThis development follows the exit of Paul\u2019s lawyers over this very case in 2018, with representatives from Loeb & Loeb claiming that the YouTuber had \u201crefused to cooperate\u201d and even \u201crefused to make payments to the firm for their legal services in connection with the case,\u201d per the Blast\u2019s report at the time This wouldn\u2019t be Paul\u2019s first go-round with legal battles, either: the star was similarly hit with a lawsuit in December 2018, after reportedly \u201cdestroying\u201d a $10 million mansion he\u2019d used for his birthday getaway. Unfortunately for Paul, he\u2019d recorded his birthday antics in a video for the entire world to see, leaving the rental clause against \u201cusing the home for any disorderly conduct\u201d as evidence enough for Pitkin County District Court judge Denise Lynch to rule in favor of the plaintiff\u2019s claim. Paul was later sued for \u201cfalse imprisonment\u201d in February 2019, after a security guard detained a neighbor who had meant to complain about the YouTuber driving cars at a fast speed down his driveway. Thankfully for Paul, his case from 2017 has reportedly been dropped \u2013 but the jury is still out in regards to his other legal battles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lawsuit against Jake Paul over \u201charmful\u201d prank reportedly dropped Jake Paul, YouTubeYouTube star Jake Paul is known for the over-the-top pranks and outrageous shenanigans seen in his videos \u2013 but one of these antics got him in legal trouble just last year. Jake Paul was met with a lawsuit in 2017, after plaintiff Ellis Barbacoff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}