BJ Funding Holdings, the dad or mum firm of Hit Community and BitBoy Crypto, eliminated crypto character and YouTuber Ben Armstrong from the corporate this week, claiming Armstrong was affected by substance abuse and alleged that he precipitated “emotional, bodily, and monetary injury.”
Tonight, Armstrong says the battle is “removed from over.”
This tough determination is a fruits of a protracted effort to assist Ben throughout his relapse into substance abuse in addition to reconcile the emotional, bodily and monetary injury he has completed to the workers of Hit community & the Bitboy Crypto group.
— Bitboy Crypto (@Bitboy_Crypto) August 28, 2023
Responding to allegations revealed yesterday about substance abuse, the @JoinBenCoin Twitter account posted a doc displaying all “unfavourable” check outcomes for a five-panel drug check.
In a textual content message to Decrypt, Armstrong confirmed that it was certainly him who revealed the drug check end result doc.
“I’m withholding making any statements proper now,” Armstrong added.
However in a gaggle voice name within the BenCoin Discord server Tuesday, Armstrong shared his ideas on the present scenario, and vehemently denied the substance abuse allegations.
“I’ve not relapsed. I’ve not relapsed. That may be a lie,” Armstrong stated within the group name.
The content material creator as an alternative claimed that Justin Williams and Hit Community CEO TJ Shedd conjured the story out of entire fabric.
“Justin Williams and TJ have cooked up this plot as a result of I take weight loss supplements, I take phentermine,” Armstrong stated. “Anyone can look this up. All people is aware of, my spouse is aware of.” He added that he has a legitimate prescription for the weight-loss drug.
Armstrong stated that he has additionally been accused of taking substances like cocaine however that such claims are “factually incorrect,” and nobody on the firm had ever requested him to take a drug check or confronted him with the subject earlier than his removing.
Armstrong elaborated within the voice name, saying that he does take the steroids testosterone and dianabol.
“They’re utilizing this to get me out of my very own firm,” Armstrong stated, explaining that his title was beforehand faraway from Hit Community’s workplace constructing as a result of he stated he has adverse credit from his previous.
Armstrong dubbed all the alleged conduct “diabolical” and “insane.”
However a high-level Hit Community worker conversant in the matter informed Decrypt that the corporate will not be alleging onerous drug abuse, however as an alternative that Armstrong is consuming “a cocktail of drugs” that the worker claimed is impairing Armstrong’s judgment.
Within the Discord name, Armstrong stated that he by no means enacted bodily violence on coworkers, however did as soon as threaten Shedd.
“I threatened to beat the crap out of TJ after I discovered that he was attempting to take every thing from me,” Armstrong stated. “He’s attempting to strip each single factor from me.”
The Hit Community worker confirmed that Shedd was threatened, however added that “many individuals” have been threatened, and alleged that bodily confrontations did happen.
Battle at Hit Community has been reportedly ongoing for a lot of months. Within the Tuesday name, Armstrong additionally alleged that firm workers are telling him about extra measures being taken to make sure their assist.
However the Hit Community worker conversant in the matter denied these allegations. Shedd declined to remark. Williams didn’t reply to Decrypt’s request for remark.
Total, Armstrong asserted that the corporate wouldn’t have the ability to succeed with out his return.
“Clearly, the corporate goes to make $0 with out me,” Armstrong stated. “All of our main sponsors have already pulled out. So they do not actually have a alternative right here,” he added.
“That is going to get extraordinarily soiled earlier than it will get higher,” Armstrong warned.
In response to the misplaced sponsorship claims, the Hit Community worker informed Decrypt that any claims that the corporate had misplaced all of its sponsors was “laughably false”—and hinted {that a} lawsuit could also be on the horizon.