{"id":676224,"date":"2026-05-17T21:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676224\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T21:13:11","slug":"jeff-wittek-david-dobrik-dismiss-lawsuit-over-scary-stunt-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/676224\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Wittek & David Dobrik Dismiss Lawsuit Over Scary Stunt, Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Wittek & David Dobrik
\n Drop Lawsuit Over Stunt Gone Wrong
\n David Footed Medical Bills<\/p>\n

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\n May 17, 2026
\n 9:46 AM PDT
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\n Updated
\n May 17, 2026
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Jeff Wittek<\/a> and David Dobrik<\/a> can put their legal drama behind them … because they’ve settled their lawsuit, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

Remember … Jeff sued<\/a> the social media star for a stunt gone wrong, saying he almost died when David swung him too fast as he was attached to an excavator.<\/p>\n

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The former Vlog Squad member was suing for $10 Million in damages … but sources tell TMZ the entire thing is settled and Jeff dropped the lawsuit. The exact terms were not revealed.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday, Jeff went on Instagram to share a sweet montage of his life, showing how he’s moved on after the accident.<\/p>\n

And in the caption, he explained he didn’t know when he filed the lawsuit that David had actually helped him out with his medical bills, saying a now ex-team member “miscommunicated.”<\/p>\n

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He wrote … “I learned that David’s company had in fact offered and provided insurance coverage for my initial medical bills totaling approximately $110,000, along with an additional $41,000 in medical expenses that David paid out of pocket without pushback.”<\/p>\n

Jeff said he and David have “clear communication” now, adding … “I want to apologize for the confusion this situation created publicly. More than anything, I’m grateful to finally leave this chapter in the past.”<\/p>\n

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Back in 2020, the YouTuber and his crew — Jeff included — were in Utah Lake in Provo, Utah to film a video where David was operating an excavator and dragging people across the water on wakeboards.<\/p>\n

At one point, Jeff grabbed onto the rope with just his hands and David whipped him around above the water … until Jeff slammed into the side of the machinery.<\/p>\n

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In his lawsuit, the Vlog Squad member said he shattered his skull in 9 places and almost lost an eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Wittek & David Dobrik Drop Lawsuit Over Stunt Gone Wrong David Footed Medical Bills Published May 17,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-676224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}