Jeff Wittek formally sues David Dobrik over crane incident accidents

YouTuber Jeff Wittek has formally filed his lawsuit towards David Dobrik over the accidents he sustained throughout a stunt involving a crane – leaving Wittek with lifelong harm to his face.

Jeff Wittek is formally suing former collaborator David Dobrik over the accidents he sustained throughout a Summer time 2020 incident, the place Wittek was injured by way of a crane that Dobrik was working.

Though Wittek initially claimed in 2021 that he wouldn’t sue David, he’s had a change of coronary heart, resulting in a lawsuit being filed towards the pinnacle of the Vlog Squad.

Jeff Wittek formally sues David Dobrik

The 32-year-old is suing Dobrik for $10 million in damages, alleging that, as a result of accidents he’s suffered, he’s handled wage losses and has racked up large hospital payments.

The plan that day was for varied influencers to swing across the crane with a rope, planted within the Utah Lake, all for content material for David’s huge comeback to social media.

David initially needed folks to swing on the rope holding objects, like a wakeboard, however then inspired Wittek to swing with out something to carry on to. With David working the crane, Wittek observed the crane spinning too rapidly and he crashed into the facet of the crane.

Dobrik didn’t particularly define all the accidents from the incident, however has revealed that he “almost died” and virtually misplaced full imaginative and prescient in his eye. On high of that, he broke his foot, hip, and shattered his cranium.

Jeff Wittek has had a number of surgical procedures on his eye.

Wittek has documented his eye surgical procedures on his YouTube channel, and launched a documentary in regards to the incident titled ‘Don’t Strive This At Residence.’