Despite recent headlines suggesting otherwise, the legal battle surrounding Logan Paul’s failed CryptoZoo project remains very much alive.
Attorney Tom Kirker, one of the lawyers actively pursuing the case against Paul, is pushing back against what he calls a misleading PR campaign designed to convince investors that the lawsuit has been resolved. He talked about it in a recent YouTube video.
The confusion stems from TMZ’s coverage of a magistrate judge’s report, which Paul’s team has amplified across social media. TMZ’s headline proclaimed “Logan Paul’s CryptoZoo legal nightmare is officially over,” but Kirker insists this characterization is false.
The magistrate judge actually issued a report and recommendation stating that 26 out of 27 causes of action could be repled to address any deficiencies—a common occurrence in civil litigation. Kirker’s team has since filed an amended complaint with new evidence.
Logan Paul’s attorney, Jeff Neaman, told TMZ that “no reasonable juror could find Logan’s statements misleading or fraudulent.” However, Kirker disputes this characterization, pointing directly to language in the court’s report.
The document states that Paul made statements in 2021 that were “untrue as evidenced by his 2024 alleged admission,” including claims that the game was completed, would make consumers money, and was backed by a massive team. The court found that “plaintiffs have adequately pled the first requirement, actual fraud.”
Perhaps most damaging to Paul’s defense are newly surfaced text messages from his own defamation lawsuit against YouTuber Coffeezilla.
These messages appear to show Paul discussing how he “recouped expenses” from the project, with co-founder Ofir Bentov advising against publicly stating this: “Logan recouped his investment and is unscathed. Everyone is down 99%.”
This directly contradicts Paul’s repeated public statements that he “never made a dollar from this project” and “made zero dollars” from CryptoZoo. The text messages suggest Paul may be defining “never making money” as net profit after the controversy erupted, rather than acknowledging he recovered his initial investment while investors lost everything.
Kirker’s team has filed an amended complaint nearly 200 pages long, focusing specifically on how Paul personally benefited from the CryptoZoo project—an area the court indicated needed strengthening. Additional lawsuits are planned in California and Colorado against other CryptoZoo co-founders who were dismissed from the Texas case due to jurisdictional issues.
For the investors who lost money, Kirker’s message is clear: don’t believe the hype that this case is closed. The legal fight continues.
