A celebrity who’s been polarizing at times could be roaming around San Antonio soon. But it won’t be for a quick trip to the River Walk or a bite of the city’s legendary Tex-Mex. Rather, he’s facing off against a YouTuber in a defamation suit stemming from the failed CryptoZoo NFT endeavor.

For nearly two years, Logan Paul has been challenging YouTuber Coffeezilla, who claims to “uncover scams, fraudsters and fake gurus.” Paul is seeking more than $75,000 from Coffeezilla, whose real name is Stephen Findeisen, following the release of a series of videos. Paul says these videos accuse him of scamming during his attempt to jump on the NFT wave in the early 2020s.

“Starting when he released a three-part YouTube series on CryptoZoo in December 2022, and continuing into the present, Findeisen has perpetuated the false narrative that Paul scammed and defrauded his own fans in connection with the project,” the lawsuit reads.

In a nutshell, Paul says he hired a team to create a game in which tokens could be used to purchase eggs. These eggs could be hatched into animals, which could then be bred into unique creatures. These could be sold as NFTs throughout the process.

However, Paul claims he was misled by business partners on the project, and he says those same partners sold tokens into the game before any product was available, despite his instructions not to. Ultimately, the game never came to fruition, rendering the tokens sold moot and leaving investors without repayment.

Paul did pledge more than $2 million in a buyback program for those who purchased tokens. But the source of the failure is the crux of the lawsuit.

Paul claims Findeisen was aware of who was to blame and continued producing a series of videos in 2022 that attributed the “scam” to Paul. The three-part series had amassed roughly 26 million views as of June 10, since publication. Several videos featuring Paul’s name, related to the current lawsuit and the CryptoZoo project, were uploaded to the Coffeezilla YouTube channel between December 16, 2022, and August 2024.

In his response to Paul’s suit, Findeisen categorically denied all allegations. It’s been two years of back-and-forth in court filings as the two sides compile their evidence. Now, a federal judge for the Western District Court of Texas in San Antonio has called the parties to his courtroom.

Initially, the two sides were scheduled to appear on Monday, June 8. However, both parties requested a delay after going back and forth over whether certain testimony should be excluded. Now, the two sides are scheduled to appear in federal court in San Antonio at 3 p.m. on June 29.

Paul himself has been a polarizing celebrity in the past, garnering millions of followers on YouTube and other platforms. He’s faced several controversies, including mass criticism for filming in a Japanese “suicide forest,” but he’s publicly apologized for many of these incidents after public backlash. He also seems to have turned a new leaf, prioritizing his fast-growing career in professional wrestling.

He already appeared in San Antonio this year, bringing his philanthropic efforts to the Alamo City. He surprised students at Holy Cross of San Antonio, a private Catholic school, where he reportedly pledged $10,000 in scholarships for two students.