Altcoin News: The Court Rejected the Claim for the Protection of the Honor and Dignity of Craig Wright to Roger Ver

August 1, 2019, by Marko Vidrih on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE

The court withdrew the lawsuit against early Bitcoin investor and BCH maximalist Roger Ver, filed by Australian entrepreneur and fake Satoshi — Craig Wright.

As Wright stated, Ver slandered his honor in a video posted on YouTube, stating that Wright was not the creator of Bitcoin, hiding under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.

According to a decision promulgated this Wednesday, Wright did not provide sufficient evidence that the case should be conducted by the High Court of England and Wales. Mentioning Wright’s international reputation, the judge stated that he “did not find objective evidence” that the name of the plaintiff was confounded in England.

“The evidence clearly demonstrates that the most substantial publication of the statements complained of is in the US,” the court determined.

According to the submitted documents, only 7% of users who viewed the video were in the UK.

In addition, the court “there is no evidence at all of any actual reputational harm that the Claimant has suffered as a result of any of the defendant’s publications.”

Previously, for the same reason, Wright sued the author of a crypto podcast, Peter McCormack, and also threatened a trial with Vitalik Buterin and John McAfee, among others.

Author: Marko Vidrih