YouTuber David Dobrik described severely injuring a former friend while filming a video stunt as his “biggest regret”—and it may become even bigger, as Jeff Wittek is suing Dobrik for $10 million in damages.
—and it may become even bigger, as Jeff Wittek is suing Dobrik for $10 million in damages. Mediaite reports that Dobrik, Wittek, and others traveled to Utah in 2020 to film a stunt during which Dobrik operated an excavator on a lake while Wittek swung from a rope connected to the machine.
, Dobrik was moving the construction equipment too fast and abruptly slowed down, causing Wittek to slam into the machine and suffer injuries to his face, skull, foot, and hip. In a YouTube video, Wittek said, “I nearly died. I came an inch from death and an inch from going blind. I’ll have life-long brain injuries.” Citing lost wages and hospital bills, Wittek is suing Dobrik, who says that the incident was an accident, for damages.
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