Friendship doesn’t always last forever. David Dobrik is being sued by former friend Jeff Wittek – who ended up in the hospital after a stunt went horribly wrong.According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, Wittek, 32, is asking for $10 million in damages for “general negligence and intentional tort” after Dobrik, 25, allegedly caused him to miss out on work and sustain hospital bills due to intense injuries.The New York native claims he suffered facial fractures, eye damage and a broken skull after being swung from a rope tied to an excavator at the influencer’s home in 2020.
The filing states that Dobrik was spinning the equipment at “unsafe speeds,” causing Wittek to collide with the machinery and suffer a “myriad of injuries.” Footage from the accident was uploaded to YouTube at the time but has since been deleted.Wittek has previously been vocal about the alleged incident.
In February, he took to social media to reveal that he had recently undergone his ninth surgery.“Surgery went great! 9 down 1 to go!” he wrote via Instagram alongside a carousel of images of himself in the hospital. “Finally got one of these damn plates out of my eye!”That same month, the comedian confirmed he and Dobrik were no longer on speaking terms due to the Slovakia native allegedly failing to reach out following Wittek’s hospitalization.“I woke up from surgery.
A day goes by, no text for him. Another day goes by, no text,” Wittek said during an episode of his “JeffFM” podcast at the time. “I look at his Instagram and it’s just him, like, ‘Oh, I’m so happy with my life right now’ and just [him] promoting his vlog.
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