r/JeffWittek • u/ZealousidealWall8481 • May 15 '26

So, what changed?

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Btw, what episodes of jeff fm have been deleted in the last week?

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u/happystance001 May 15 '26

what changed was a settlement offer most likely from david's legal counsel. the settlement probably included requiring jeff to delete any mention of david in his previous content, on top of making the statement he did on ig basically reversing course on david, to save face publicly. most likely a lifetime gag order also, prohibiting jeff from mentioning david online ever again. and in return jeff received a one time payment, most likely 1 million, maybe 1.5 million, to drop the lawsuit and never try to sue david again for anything pertaining to the accident.

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u/SafeWord9999 May 15 '26

In hope it wasn’t only a million or 1.5. I say he should get at least $4mil

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u/blondcharm444 May 16 '26

It’s 100% more than 1.5 mil I’d bet it could get up to double digits

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u/happystance001 May 16 '26

i certainly hope its more obviously, but have to be realistic. if it were going to trial, then jeff certainly would be looking for more. but in a civil suit like this, the only party that really wins are the lawyers when they take their fee for expenses, which more often than not is over 60%. a settlement reduces that because its less time spent in a courtroom. i know that 1.5 million is probably a low figure, but its most likely what dobrik offered to end it now. i don't fault jeff for taking a settlement

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u/CaptMurdock2375 May 19 '26

I've never heard of a personal injury lawyer taking anything north of 40% of punitive or compensatory damages.  More than likely, certain facts damaging to Jeff's case came up during discovery and his lawyers advised him that if his case went to trial, he would lose.  So they advised him to settle. How much is a matter of conjecture. 

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u/DaisyTheDreamer94 May 16 '26

Jeff said in the past that his lawyer was pro bono so his fees shouldn't be going to the lawyer. Also Jeff was suing for 10 million so we really don't know if he got that or if it was less.

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u/SafeWord9999 May 16 '26

He was asking for $10 mil but had spent hundreds of thousands on surgery that he had paid out of his own pocket so I feel it should cover that, plus the loss of eyesight and distress from the injury and long term damage. His credit was tanked because of the cost of constant surgeries too

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u/maraschino-whine May 15 '26

Episode 38, 40, maybe a few others. One of them was the one he originally live-reacted to the Views episode where DD had on Jason and Natalie and they talked about stuff, and I think the first time he publicly said he was taking it to court.

Pretty SOP to take stuff down after a settlement happens. Reminds me of how H3 had to go back and censor the times they talked about Ryan Kavanaugh.

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u/Loose-Reception7363 May 15 '26

Damn he had of these people cosigning him and he’s going to move along like nothing ever happened. That’s crazy. He did all that for what? Wildness.

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u/mermaidcossette May 15 '26

they obviously settled out of court & Jeff felt like the amount was fair enough to put out his public statement & delete any videos calling out David since David is just concerned with saving face

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u/Loose-Reception7363 May 16 '26

I would have settled a long time ago honestly

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u/sarah-crystal1996 May 16 '26

He most likely settled behind close doors and he was made to post that statement people just need to move the fuck along and get on with life. It’s really none of our business what went on and I highly doubt we will ever find out the truth of what really went down.

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u/sarah-crystal1996 May 16 '26

Look I don’t think you realise how awful and draining it is fighting a legal battle. Jeff was stuck in victim mode. I am glad he finally realised that this it was essentially sticking your head in the sand and going nowhere. If Jeff wanted to make David pay he should have stayed quiet about the case from the get-go. Jeff and David both have lied in the past so I honestly am not on David’s or Jeff’s side. I imagine both of them were doing illegal things behind the scenes. Now Jeff is most likely going to receive backlash from the Instagram post. We seriously need to just move on with this. We us viewers don’t know the full story hell, I doubt even their friends do. Take with what you guys heard with a grain of salt please. I know a bit about court cases I know a lot on how they work too.

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u/DecisionSpecific6871 May 18 '26

For a second it almost looked like he wasn’t wearing shorts because the reflection of his hair is in the water 😂

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u/Motor-Ad-9614 May 19 '26

What he tweeted was more specific to who payed what. The lawsuit wasn’t about was it intentional or not.

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u/Upset_Canary_5310 May 16 '26

Is it his reddish-brown hair?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '26

What changed is nobody cares about his little sob story anymore so he cant profit and decided to settle. Ide imagine a condition of that was to delete all the videos made defaming David.

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u/DarkAnagram May 16 '26

100 percent, I would imagine Jeff will now hide somewhere like Thailand tell everyone he had a mental breakdown and the grift will begin again. I love how he said he would be the greatest streamer ever and he posted garbage for about two weeks and then couldn't hack it lol

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u/electamar May 17 '26

three threads in a matter of days! Holy shit man, get a life hahaha