Insane woke Kotaku boss is SUING everyone! TARGETS video game youtuber Smash JT!

[@Cyael]

Her & Forbes Tassi will moan about anything for attention. They're "Games Journalists" but avoiding covering things as explosive as Concord & Ubisoft properly. One more Stellar Blade or Hogwarts Legacy and they'll need oxygen tanks.

[@TurtleChad1]

They're no journalists, they're activists

[@ComposedSage75]

Yoooo you’re here too! 😎

[@joemono4727]

Another song in the works I hope?

[@danielnam9026]

@Cyael I have you subbed. I appreciate your work bro, keep doing what you’re doing.

[@Lord_Deimos]

Hello beta tester

[@SmashJT]

Thanks so much for covering this man. So tired of her bs. She’s wasting everyone’s time just to keep her name on the news.

[@alaxbird4954]

saw your video show up on my YT homepage earlier. was trying to figure out why her name sounded familiar

[@Roger-Bacon]

Does anyone know why she has her tongue out in almost any situation?

[@garrytalaroc]

Hope she loses money for this.

[@cody8314]

Im with you man stay strong man

[@shinobialchemist]

@@SmashJT She so badly wants to be Anita Sarkeesian. Alyssa should probably just skip to the sad wedding themed birthday party.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

The day Kotaku shuts down will be a great day indeed

[@noble_wine]

That will be a good day for gamers, when that happens.

[@NECKBEARD_OF_PIRATE_BAY]

Keep a eye on the names of the writers, they'll move to another platform

[@booshmcfadden7638]

I don't want them to shut down. I don't want people to lose their jobs, especially in Biden's America. I just want them to STOP. LYING. That's all they need to do.

[@Asertix357]

All of them will simply flock to other sites and gain a new foothold.

[@chheinrich8486]

Only if ghosts have scared the shit out of every person working at kotaku can i slep well😂

[@Ashkihyena]

And he should sue her for harassment, cause this is absolute harassment.

[@Badookum]

Saw you under JT's vid and yeah, he absolutely needs to hit them back with a counter lawsuit.

[@EatShitYouTube86]

She's a Hypocrite

[@chucknorris2418]

Always the victim yet her reaching out to his wife is apparently fine in their eyes.

[@darkmage9252]

Not just harassment, but malicious persecution, and defamation

[@Malhonn]

there would be a lot less cases like this if we started to sue them for defamation, they give plenty of ammo for us. Ps: youtube is censoring w-o-k-e now, my comments are not showing when i type them

[@ΤάσοςΚαυσοκαλυβίτης]

I've been SLAPP sued before. The problem most people do not understand is that you have to actually be RIGHT in order to sue successfully. I won and they paid.

[@marryodina]

Good point 😊

[@catsithx]

You're getting sued. You're getting sued. Everyone is getting sued!!!!

[@WanderingWeenie]

SUE THE WORLD !!!

[@marryodina]

Sue amanda stenberg

[@videogamesruinedmylife3769]

She has been threatening to physically assault people. She will end up in prison herself

[@JoshuaGauze]

Bold strategy. Courts allow Discovery and the judge is going to love seeing all of her social media posts

[@DarthSoto78]

Smash TV showed her posts in his video. I'm sure his lawyer already has them for any use they need them for.

[@j4nk3n]

I bet the judge gunna love that tattoo she has and seeing she wanted to actually throw hands with everyone, she's a used up lady of the night with nothing but bull5h1t left, doubt she even owns a cat, cat would jump ship ASAP

[@ABQSentinel]

And, you know, a jury is going to be SOOOO sympathetic to a former 304 suing a guy for telling people she was a former 304.

[@marryodina]

Can't wait for Halle to be in court

[@avarion9538]

I just know her for threatening people, and for being a coward, not for her "work". Shame on her! 😡

[@Jabarri74]

She would fight anyone allegedly in her words. When people tried to fight her she disappeared

[@Barbarossa_F]

The internet has allowed women like her to actually think she wouldn't be utterly dismantled in any physical altercation 🙄

[@MegaLucario95]

Kotaku Journalistic Integrity: 404 NOT FOUND

[@Typecast-L]

It's funny that in the letter, one of the paragraphs starts with: "You accuse Alyssa of trying to 'silence' her critics," as if to claim that was not the case. Then, please, by all means, tell us, what is the purpose of this cease and desist letter if it's not just another way for you to SILENCE PEOPLE FROM CRITIQUING YOU. Absolute airhead.

[@SapphireKnight675]

the case itself is a giant contradiction, she already guilty as hell, she just hopin' for a corrupt judge, too bad their all likely playing nice after the whole orange man stunt

[@Xbalanque84]

​@@SapphireKnight675 Don't count on it. Most of the courts are packed with DAs and judges likely to either take her side or draw the trial out until the complainants are forced to withdraw or settle just due to court fees. The process is the punishment these days.

[@Xbalanque84]

​@@SapphireKnight675 KZbin just deleted my comment pointing out how and why the deck is still stacked in her favor. Methinks Google doth protest too much...

[@njmfff]

People like this don't get that yes, you can sue someone but that doesn't mean you're gonna win. You actually need to have strong case and evidence for your claim, and if anything these guys did was just report on things she was saying and doing, judges will throw the case out of window.

[@emberfist8347]

This is a textbook SLAPP suit if I ever saw one.

[@GIBBO4182]

She’s a cry-bully

[@justinwhite2725]

I barely knew who Smash JT was. I follow him but he's not top of mind. Now he's notorious.

[@Aserbic]

He read it on video. Document doesn't sound like a lawyer wrote at all.

[@ThoraxetheImpaile100]

But would a woke lawyer write it?

[@midnightdusk5037]

My thoughts exactly. The lack of neutral language and position in assuming makes this look more like an activist with a mail order degree in law than an actual lawyer. If she proceeded with a lawsuit, I'd see this excuse for an attorney quite likely to implode her whole case.

[@ApostleOfZeus199]

​@@ThoraxetheImpaile100Probably a twitter lawyer lmao

[@kuronoch.1441]

​@@ApostleOfZeus199SmashJT specifically said that the lawyer might be of an ambulance chasing type. This is a typical description among lawyers about somebody in their ranks who are willing to take up any case for a cheap buck, even those where they are sure to lose.

[@Shskdndnxkdnd]

The Irony of the Lawyer saying Smash JT can't call his client Alyssa Mercante as it is false when in fact the first page of the legal document literally states the client's name as Alyssa Mercante😂😂😂. Idiots

[@Crazycoyote-we7ey]

She's just hurting for money since kotaku is going out of business

[@ooze1982]

Nobody probably buying what she’s selling on OF 😂

[@freakklomp]

@@ooze1982 i wouldnt want to see any of that even if she was the last person on earth. i'd rather stare at an anthill and do my thing than see any of that.

[@Crazycoyote-we7ey]

@freakklomp if she was the only woman on earth I would rather stick in the anthill

[@caleb7674]

@ooze1982 built like a middle school boy with the face of a childless auntie 🤢

[@Dr.Mlieko]

thought they were being bank-rolled by Hillary Clinton

[@wrongthinker843]

He should accept her terms, discovery would be a riot.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Kotaku is a sinking ship. 🎉

[@AszkalonOfVerra]

And rightfully so. 🥰

[@minimaleffortlive]

I stopped covering her because my viewers were sick of hearing about her, not even kidding. Her 15 minutes of relevance ended a couple months ago.

[@AshCosgrove]

Alyssa Mercante's last name is one letter away from being an accurate description of her.

[@Lion-D.-Garp]

Merc*nte? xD

[@mastrsonic375]

Alyssa Mercunte

[@Lion-D.-Garp]

@@mastrsonic375 Didn't want to spell it out but... "gimme a hell yeah" xD

[@StephenG-kw1lp]

​@Varg235 Mercunte. I'll spell it out lol 😂😂

[@Lion-D.-Garp]

@@StephenG-kw1lp But would you eat it too? xD

[@GenericProtagonist7]

It's hilarious that these people NEVER get called out for harassment, if the roles were reversed the guy would literally be in jail right now.

[@SirPreyas]

I pray Smash JT hires a good lawyer to counter sue.

[@notatrollll]

If they counter sue they should include kotaku put pressure on them

[@n7sorcerer419]

Just came from his video on the matter. He got an absolute ace lawyer. He’s good to go. 👍

[@DOOMED166]

​@@n7sorcerer419 I'm commander Shepard and this is my ship

[@vexile1239]

Ron Coleman?

[@THESHADOW97139]

@@vexile1239 Yes

[@GeraltofRivia22]

She really wanted to fight Melonie Mac.

[@stevezy4772]

A big gamer girl accepted the challenge but A.M didn’t respond.

[@angelchang5194]

​@stevezy4772 Vara Dark. ^^ Vara would've fuc*** her up, but then A.M. said she didn't want to fight with Vara because she would've make money from the fight 😂😂

[@therandman85]

The Mac would crack that bundle of sticks.

[@littleluxia]

She wouldn't last a second

[@nuabe8285]

Wrong, she pussed out

[@harleymendez3968]

She's been dogging all those who accepted her open challenge to fight her.

[@Overlord81]

Also she hired one of THE WORST lawyer in the world(he have like 1 or 2 stars out of 5 on reviews of him with a lot of bad reviews) so yeah this gonna be just fine for her!

[@mace7077]

It's all they can afford with that dying kotaku paycheque, fading into obscurity. They'll all be purchased by IGN soon

[@bonkwee]

*Cartman voice* fine, just fine…

[@TheColonelKlink]

Suing yourself into a state of perpetual unemployability doesn't strike me as a wise career move.

[@RyandlaKinelberg]

why does everyone keep trying to target smashjt? lol

[@Ashkihyena]

Cause he speaks the truth.

[@Badookum]

Because he's an up and coming channel that speaks against their agenda and he's growing fast, they're getting increasingly worried, they dont like the idea of people questing their world view.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@RyandlaKinelberg it's weird, you'd think they'd go after bigger channels. Maybe they think he's small enough they can intimidate him.

[@Wh00Tub3]

He keeps it real and they hate that, BGG and Kotaku cannot handle the truth

[@dunkyking6310]

You're gonna receive the most flak when you're right above the target

[@BitsandPiecesPT]

That is one angry ten year old boy that’s doing some suing.

[@Kajagoogoo3]

Smash JT should counter sue, bring screenshots of each and every tweet, maybe her attempt at calling his wife, her attempt to shut down his site, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't she try to get him fired from a job or am I thinking of something else? Now I'm not a lawyer, but I think he has more of a case than she does.

[@oso_dubu]

Everyone sue Kotaku... And see how fast she is gone.

[@kiwix.channel]

Kotaku been useless for a while, but now it became actually harmful to the gaming community. There is no place for this here, the day Kotaku shut its doors will be a day of joy for for gamers everywhere.

[@ArkonBlade]

How is Kotaku still even around???

[@ThePawerStation]

For sure the lawyer said: The only thing you can do is send a cease and desist, he will get scared. AM is getting a counter sue. * Lawyer and AM panics*

[@Shadow86TheGamer]

She definitely gives off that asylum energy vibes 🤣😂

[@grumpyold-man8302]

Yes bring back asylums

[@Herr.P]

The patients are running the asylum.

[@midnightdusk5037]

That C&D was pitiful and quite frankly amateurish for an attorney. When you baselessly assume charges like the intention to "manipulate" and "inflame," you're no longer a legal representative. You're an activist looking to crush someone under your heel.

[@dantespicysausage9615]

On what grounds? Hurting her wittle feefees?🙄

[@Asertix357]

Well that's a valid argument in California.

[@ThoraxetheImpaile100]

If that's the case, it's a wonder we aren't hearing about her suing anyone else.

[@EldritchErik94]

Apparently, yes.

[@NWAP1337]

We all know she'll easily lose her lawsuit, but I would urge Smash and anyone else to counter sue for targeted harassment, doxxing, and malicious intent.

[@johnnykeener3727]

wacko wokie

[@Gurgimunchingcrunching]

Kotaku: We're gonna sue Kiwifarms. The Farms: Another notch to our belt.

[@RodentContainmentBreach]

How does she even have money to sue anyways

[@OriginalDungeonSynthComp-ex8dc]

She doesn't. It's a bluff.

[@streamingomegamegatronuspr7755]

Alyssa Mercante need to go in prison for fraud slander hate speech and false lawsuit

[@vexile1239]

Blackmail, harassment and incitement to violence

[@emberfist8347]

The last one isn’t a thing.

[@vexile1239]

@@emberfist8347 I heard that filing a lawsuit with malicious intent of destroying a person's life is technically a crime which is never enforced, it's how acerthorn can get away with filing fallacious lawsuits against ueg (upper echelon) continually

[@CharlesBronson-uv3dq]

She wanted to fight. Physically. Now she is calling lawyers.

[@j4nk3n]

The same lady of the night with the man hate tattoo telling people she would physically fight them getting her fee fees hurt and wanting people in jail? Im shocked 😂

[@jayl5032]

You cant sue people for calling out your bullshit and rightly criticizing you lmao.

[@Ferrum_Intra]

Well, 'Mercante' means 'Merchant' in spanish... Every, single, time.

[@R3tr0w1]

I want to see her go through with this lawsuit just to see her face when she loses

[@Lord_Deimos]

The world will be a better place the day kotaku gets shut down.

[@beekeeper8474]

She's about to be paying a lot of attorney fees.

[@plumaDshinigami]

As per usual, evil crumbles at the first sight of good men standing up to it.

[@timflint25]

Flash, I love how you pronounce her last name. We all know you're saying it that way on purpose 😅😂

[@ruperterskin2117]

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

[@josh_miester_x511]

Is her suing more real than her challenge to a fight?~ loool.

[@Raoulduke3305]

“I’m suing”…the valiant cry of a temper tantrum

[@shinobialchemist]

Yeah, she had her lawyer send something to Kiwi Farms too. Interesting fun fact, her lawyer's paralegal is one of the old KickVic land whales "Two ton" Tewson.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

I didn't realize one could get sued for "wrong think"...

[@SterileNeutrino]

Yah those people are hopeless. Do not let them do anything of responsibility.

[@gabynarufan]

Kotaku ? Havent heard of this since 2007. Lmao

[@locust76]

4:00 yeah that jurisjiction will get you every time 😂

[@nedzed]

Situation is going worse day by day.

[@russrandall4834]

Should get that park place's lawyer to take her on.

[@SapphireKnight675]

she has no grounds and just made Kotaku unsellable, minus well close the F'in thing and call it, and of course, SmashJT should sue the ever living F out of her

[@jacktyger5436]

It's a perfect time to suing her back for fraudulent statement

[@lucasjleandro]

I live in Brazil bro, here we can be jailed by critics about the Government. That will never scare me

[@blazestorms4854]

lets see how well this will even hold up in court which i highly doubt

[@lamNoJedi]

She would actually need a crowd , To get it crowd funded.

[@olyviermonteau4300]

LOL, kotaku about to lose that lawsuit BIG TIME. counter sue.

[@grein545]

BGG already tried to legally silence him. I’m sure he’s already lawyered up and ready

[@jasonquiver6907]

She brought his family into this. That's not gonna slide.

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

Nothing will come from this

[@DaMatth79]

as i once saw in an underwater documentary: HOW MANY TIME DO WE HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON?!" oh she will be gone soon enough.

[@hailstorm1986]

Apparently Alyssa Mercunte can't find work out on the streets again..

[@zeroryuj6093]

The middle of her last name is an apt description of her.

[@anareel4562]

She said anyone who disagreed with her should fight her, physically. I took that as a threat of assault

[@ladynikkie]

I read his attorneys letter on Twitter and man this guy isn't playing around. Also her lawyer is pretty much an ambulance chaser who was fired from his previous firm the letter he wrote to smash was super unprofessional.

[@MrWhiskers65]

Kotaku… how is this magazine even in business? Does anyone even read it? I don’t think so? It has no respect among gamers, at all!

[@nameless6923]

she's gonna waste money that isn't hers in this lawsuit

[@chucknorris2418]

With such a dead site I'm surprised they can afford lawyers

[@Meadowulff]

She should have her attorney explained to her reasonable expectation of privacy as a celebrity. It's not the same as an individual who is not a celebrity and a private citizen.

[@Vehicide]

Non-gamers invade gaming, surprised by backlash. More at 11.

[@ViralWatchMedia]

We can no longer let these games journalists control the direction that are media and video games are going in because they are not the ones who are buying the games. It's sad to see that it's come to suing people just because their voices are trying to be heard.

[@josueveguilla9069]

When Alyssa Mercante herself enters the Public Domain in the 22nd century. Rule 34: (Evil grin) (rubbing hands)

[@gundamnit3594]

NO. GOD NO. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@D3X1K_AXYZ]

I don't think rule 34 would want anything to do with her either. Maybe if its got the extreme tags, but even then, her personality makes her look uglier than the cast of concord imo, which seems to have defied rule 34, last I heard.

[@PsychNurseHaldol]

Be as popular as Concord characters.

[@victoriascholl4607]

I doesn't sound smart to start a lot of issues and law suits get expensive! 🤔

[@DragynryderMW]

If your ideas aren't popular, lawfare to the rescued.

[@v8matey]

Does she really think she's going to get public support for insulting and wanting to sue everyone? Is she on drugs?

[@yuukisama2001]

They seem to always want to toss a lawsuit. What for? How much money do they think they have? I guess when you need money you get it however you can.

[@scottholt69ify]

This thing can try, but she doesn't have the money to do it.

[@Mantelar]

She wants to scare people into silence

[@marryodina]

Times are changing

[@Roger-Bacon]

Why does she alway have her tongue out though? She is such an edgelord 🙄

[@PsychNurseHaldol]

Muscle memory form a former supposed career.

[@rickybev3078]

It’s the calling card of the dim age fembot.

[@Yabuturtle]

I am glad there are people like Memology 101, John Talks, Clown Vernon, Yellow Flash, The Quartering, Salty Cracker, ect. Without them, people would not be so aware of the bullcrap that's happening right now.

[@bigZAIN187]

a cease and desist when you are not breaking the law is the lawyer equivalent of 'waaah can you please stop' at least the lawyer made some money lmao

[@benkenobi6582]

This was her goal all along. She was looking for a paycheck. Crocodile tears

[@Centre0216]

It must be fun in her own world where she thinks she can say and do anything she wants

[@LanceD188]

why is A. mercante always doing the "304 tongue" in just about every photo??

[@The13thRonin]

Alyssa is what happens when you close down the asylums and send all the inmates to Kotaku.

[@TheMusicMan1012]

She already sent a Cease and Desist to Kiwifarms a few weeks ago, and nothing happened. I don't think we have much to worry about.

[@ANGRYWOLVERINE2060-ft2nc]

It won't go anywhere.

[@LunasRa]

I'm shocked that Kotaku hasn't fired her and sued her for corporate brand damage to the Kotaku brand. But what do I know.

[@Knikon79]

It is hilarious that she thinks that she can say whatever she wants about anyone, but if anyone says anything negative about her then the lawsuit threats come out.

[@phyrexianjudgement]

Can she sue me, so i can decimate them in a lawsuit

[@aurorajones8481]

Someone sue her!