World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture linked to Donald Trump and his family, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Justin Sun in a Florida state court. The case was filed on May 4 in Miami-Dade County and seeks both damages and a public retraction. World Liberty alleges Sun ran a coordinated media smear campaign after the project froze tokens linked to him. The company says that freeze was allowed under its token sale terms and argues Sun’s conduct went beyond criticism and became part of a broader effort to pressure the project during the dispute.
This follows Sun’s earlier lawsuit in California federal court. In that case, Sun accused World Liberty of illegally freezing tens of millions of dollars in WLFI tokens and using hidden controls to block transfers and sales. World Liberty’s new complaint rejects Sun’s version of events and says his continuing public campaign amounts to defamation. Sun has publicly dismissed the Florida case as a meritless public relations move.
What started as a fight over frozen tokens is now being contested in two courts, with contract terms, public statements, and reputational damage all at issue between the same two sides.