Friendship doesn’t at all times final ceaselessly. David Dobrik is being sued by former buddy Jeff Wittek – who ended up within the hospital after a stunt went horribly fallacious.
Based on paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, Wittek, 32, is asking for $10 million in damages for “basic negligence and intentional tort” after Dobrik, 25, allegedly prompted him to overlook out on work and maintain hospital payments as a consequence of intense accidents.
The New York native claims he suffered facial fractures, eye injury and a damaged cranium after being swung from a rope tied to an excavator on the influencer’s dwelling in 2020. The submitting states that Dobrik was spinning the tools at “unsafe speeds,” inflicting Wittek to collide with the equipment and undergo a “myriad of accidents.” Footage from the accident was uploaded to YouTube on the time however has since been deleted.
Wittek has beforehand been vocal concerning the alleged incident. In February, he took to social media to disclose that he had lately undergone his ninth surgical procedure.
“Surgical procedure went nice! 9 down 1 to go!” he wrote through Instagram alongside a carousel of photographs of himself within the hospital. “Lastly received one in all these rattling plates out of my eye!”
That very same month, the comic confirmed he and Dobrik have been not on talking phrases because of the Slovakia native allegedly failing to succeed in out following Wittek’s hospitalization.
“I awoke from surgical procedure. A day goes by, no textual content for him. One other day goes by, no textual content,” Wittek stated throughout an episode of his “JeffFM” podcast on the time. “I take a look at his Instagram and it’s simply him, like, ‘Oh, I’m so proud of my life proper now’ and simply [him] selling his vlog. I used to be identical to, you bought time to do that however you’ll be able to’t textual content me and be like, ‘Hey, did you go blind or not from my actions?’ Even now, every week later, I haven’t heard a peep.”
Wittek went on to name Dobrik a “scumbag buddy,” including, “I’ve been defending this man for thus lengthy and there’s a lot extra to the story than simply him not texting me for every week.”
The David’s Fragrance founder, for his half, spoke concerning the occasion on his personal podcast in March. “I want it was me up there. It’s probably the most unlucky factor ever. And it’s a sh–ty — it’s an accident. That’s what it was. It’s an accident,” he stated, claiming that your complete stunt was initially Wittek’s thought.
This isn’t the primary time Dobrik and his Vlog Squad have come underneath hearth. In March 2021, a lady accused Dominykas Zeglaitis (higher often called “Durte Dom”) of sexual assault. Zeglaitis was beforehand a part of Dobrik’s inside circle who movies content material for YouTube, TikTok and different social media platforms collectively.
In a since-deleted video titled, “SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE PLAYED WITH FIRE!!” from 2018, Zeglaitis, who not movies repeatedly with Dobrik, revealed a number of faculty women responded to his Instagram request to have group intercourse. Whereas Dobrik initially stated within the video that it’s clear the “fivesome” wasn’t going to occur after spending time with the scholars, one of many ladies who met up with the group that evening has since alleged that Zeglaitis raped her after she was equipped with alcohol.
Dobrik later addressed the controversy in a two-minute video uploaded to his and Jason Nash’s Views channel, which has a considerably decrease variety of subscribers in comparison with his principal YouTube, saying he “doesn’t stand for any form of misconduct.”
