Billy Mitchell, the Former “Donkey Kong Champion” Wins Defamation Case

Hi everyone,

The topic I am covering today was more popular a couple years ago but is gaining traction once more. Some of you may be familiar with Billy Mitchell the “Donkey Kong Champion” who previously held world records for scores in Donkey Kong and Pacman in the Guinness Book of World Records. The records were taken away from Billy Mitchell as he came under scrutiny for cheating for those records.  Billy Michell has been notorious for suing people who called him a cheater for defamation and one of the most popular Billy Mitchell haters has been Karl Jobst.  A popular youtuber who makes videos in relation people speed running games.

For years Karl Jobst has been covering Billy Mitchell’s story, calling him a cheater, and showing very convincing evidence that Billy Mitchell did cheat in relation to his high scores. Most people keeping up with the story between the two of them have been on Karl Jobst side as Billy Mitchell was always seen as the villain. Billy Mitchell also typically has been on the losing side of the legal battles he has started with others. There has been a recent defamation case between Billy Mitchell and Karl Jobst however, unlike previous cases this one has gone in favor of Mitchell and painted Karl Jobst in a negative light.  The court has ordered Karl Jobst to pay Billy Mitchell $350,000 for defamation against Mitchell. This outcome came as a shock to the community as there is so much convincing evidence that shows Mitchell is likely a cheater, the community could not understand how Jobst could have lost the case. Well it turns out Jobst lost the case because it was never really about Mitchell being a cheater this time.

Most community members believed the case was about Jobst calling Mitchell a cheater as he had in the past, and Jobst reinforced this belief in the community. He made YouTube videos suggesting the legal battle was about the cheating allegations and even created a GoFundMe to fund his legal fees. Jobst received a lot of monetary support as the community viewed Mitchell to be the villain who was filing another strike suit against Jobst as he normally did. However, it was revealed that this case was actually about Jobst suggesting the suicide of another YouTuber name Apollo Legend stemmed from the stress arising from a settlement between Mitchell and Apollo Legend. Jobst also suggested Mitchell required Apollo Legend to pay him large amounts of money. The court found these claims were based on a fallacy and Jobst was recklessly indifferent as to whether the claims were actually true. Many community members were shocked to find out the case was about this and not just the usual cheating allegations. This has caused Jobst to come under some fire in the public eye and people worry Mitchell may use this as an opportunity to say everything Jobst has said about Mitchell was untrue, including the cheating allegations.

Have any of you heard of Billy Mitchell before and were you aware of the ongoing litigation between him and Karl Jobst? If you were aware of the litigation between the two did you assume it was just a case about the cheating allegations as well?

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/01/donkey-kong-champion-billy-mitchell-wins-defamation-case-australia-youtuber-karl-jobst-ntwnfb

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/donkey-kong-player-billy-mitchell-to-receive-over-usd218k-in-damages-from-youtube-creator-karl-jobst-following-defamation-case/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/former-donkey-kong-champion-billy-mitchell-wins-220000-defamation-case-against-youtuber-karl-jobst/