Today, we are filing a lawsuit against Justin Sun for defamation. Sun has launched a coordinated media smear campaign against World Liberty Financial and refused to stop even when confronted with the truth.
Here's the story.🧵
Sun launched a defamatory smear campaign in conjunction with press outlets that gleefully shared his lies. Sun’s lies were designed, in his own words, to drive the token price “to shit.”
The New York Times and other major outlets previously covered how the SEC accused Justin Sun of fraud, and yet in its desire to smear the Trump and Witkoff families, these outlets promoted his defamatory claims. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Here are the facts: In Nov. 2024, Sun's entity, Blue Anthem, purchased $WLFI tokens. Sun's entities later engaged in prohibited transactions, including transfers of $WLFI tokens to Binance.
When World Liberty exercised its right to freeze these tokens to protect the ecosystem, Sun didn't seek a good faith resolution. Instead, he launched a coordinated smear campaign. He called our governance a "scam," claimed we installed "backdoors," and accused us of treating the community as an "ATM."
Sun didn’t just defame World Liberty himself. He weaponized his money, hiring influencers and deploying bots, to amplify his lies across social media. His actions were coordinated, paid for, and deliberate.
Sun's claims are demonstrably false. The authorized freeze function Sun complains about was disclosed in our Terms of Sale and his own agreements. The governance process is transparent and community-driven. Yet he weaponized his platform to spread lies to more than 4 million followers.
This is about the integrity of decentralized finance. When a major investor tries to destroy the project's reputation, it threatens the trust of every holder. We cannot allow that.
We are taking legal action to hold Sun accountable for defamation. We invite the community to read the full complaint below. And despite the drama, we will stay laser-focused on building with integrity and transparency.
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