Virtual Restaurant Firm Sued by MrBeast Over ‘Inedible’ Burgers Responds: ‘Meritless’ Lawsuit Came After His ‘Bullying Tactics’ to Renegotiate Deal

variety.com:

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Jimmy Donaldson, better known as YouTube superstar MrBeast, sued the “ghost kitchen” company that operated his MrBeast Burger virtual fast-food chain, seeking to end the deal — alleging, among other things, that the burgers it served were called “disgusting,” “revolting” and “inedible” and damaged his reputation.

On Monday, July 31, Donaldson’s Beast Investments filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Virtual Dining Concepts and its parent company, seeking a declaratory judgment order that “Beast Investments has the immediate right” to terminate its deal with VDC and asking for unspecified monetary damages. (A copy of the lawsuit is available at this link.) VDC responded Tuesday to MrBeast’s lawsuit.

According to a statement from VDC, Donaldson had recently attempted to negotiate a new deal “to serve his own monetary interests.

When VDC refused to accede to his bullying tactics to give up more of the brand to him, he filed this ill-advised and meritless lawsuit seeking to undermine the MrBeast Burger brand and terminate his existing contractual obligations without cause.” VDC continued, “The complaint is riddled with false statements and inaccuracies and is a thinly veiled attempt to distract from Mr.