{"id":42168,"date":"2026-05-04T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/wlfi-lawsuit-sparks-response-justin-sun-calls-it-meritless\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:31:20","slug":"wlfi-lawsuit-sparks-response-justin-sun-calls-it-meritless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptd.in\/pt\/wlfi-lawsuit-sparks-response-justin-sun-calls-it-meritless\/","title":{"rendered":"WLFI Lawsuit Sparks Response: Justin Sun Calls It \u2018Meritless\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The quickly deteriorating relationship between the former allies, the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial project and Justin Sun, took another step in the wrong direction earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>The DeFi project responded to Sun\u2019s recent legal actions by filing its own defamation lawsuit in Florida, accusing him of spreading false claims to his millions of followers. WLFI also requested damages alongside a retraction.<\/p>\n<p>The tension between the two parties began several weeks ago when WLFI released a proposal to convert over 62 billion tokens from indefinite lock to a fixed vesting schedule. Holders who didn\u2019t agree could have their tokens locked indefinitely, but they could still have used them for governance.<\/p>\n<p>Sun referred to the decision as \u201cone of the most absurd governance scams\u201d he had ever seen and claimed it penalizes dissent and turns participation into coercion rather than open governance.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, he <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/justin-sun-sues-trump-linked-world-liberty-financial-over-frozen-wlfi-tokens\/\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> in a California federal court against the Trump Family-linked crypto project to protect his rights as a major holder of WLFI tokens.<\/p>\n<p>The counter lawsuit from WLFI reads that Sun has \u201claunched a coordinated media smear campaign against World Liberty Financial and refused to stop even when confronted with the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The X post went further, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/worldlibertyfi\/status\/2051275004608663721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">alleging<\/a> that The New York Times and other major outlets, which previously explained how the SEC had accused Sun of fraud, have now joined his \u2018smear\u2019 campaign against the Trump and Witkoff families.<\/p>\n<p>The Tron founder responded almost immediately, calling the counter lawsuit \u2018nothing more than a meritless PR stunt.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The alleged defamation lawsuit that World Liberty announced on X today is nothing more than a meritless PR stunt. I stand by my actions and look forward to defeating the case in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 H.E. Justin Sun <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f468-200d-1f680.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\ude80\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f31e.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf1e\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/> (@justinsuntron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinsuntron\/status\/2051289314009727120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A publica\u00e7\u00e3o <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wlfi-lawsuit-sparks-response-justin-sun-calls-it-meritless\/\">WLFI Lawsuit Sparks Response: Justin Sun Calls It \u2018Meritless\u2019<\/a> apareceu primeiro em <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The quickly deteriorating relationship between the former allies, the Trump-linked World Liberty Financial project and Justin Sun, took another step in the wrong direction earlier today. 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