{"id":40950,"date":"2026-04-24T06:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40950\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:20:17","slug":"eric-trump-says-world-liberty-financial-is-extremely-proud-as-billion-dollar-lawsuit-and-2022-arrest-footage-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/40950\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Trump Says World Liberty Financial Is &#8220;Extremely Proud&#8221; as Billion-Dollar Lawsuit and 2022 Arrest Footage Surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Zach Witkoff and Eric Trump are co-founders of World Liberty Financial.X\/@ZachWitkoff\/@EricTrump\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/6a2c80465663295f04b7637b9b03db54.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zach Witkoff and Eric Trump are co-founders of World Liberty Financial.X\/@ZachWitkoff\/@EricTrump<\/p>\n<p>Body camera footage from a 2022 arrest of Zach Witkoff, co-founder of the Trump-linked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/verge-collapse-crypto-billionaire-slams-165332346.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cryptocurrency firm;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">cryptocurrency firm<\/a> World Liberty Financial, has resurfaced as the company faces a lawsuit from billionaire investor Justin Sun According to the court documents and the obtained body camera footage, Witkoff was arrested following a brawl at a Miami nightclub.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Newsground, while searching his pockets, officers <a href=\"https:\/\/thenewsground.com\/bodycam-footage-shows-2022-arrest-of-zach-witkoff-outside-miami-nightclub\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:found a bag of cocaine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">found a bag of cocaine<\/a>. Witkoff, then 28, faced charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and felony cocaine possession. His father, Steve Witkoff, is Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In bodycam footage shared by the publication, Miami police officers can be seen restraining Witkoff on the ground before security personnel took over. He was then held by the security. In the obtained footage, he can be heard repeatedly stressing that he did nothing and claimed that he had been assaulted. There were allegations that the WLF founder tried to enter the club after he was turned away. He was also involved in a physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p>The officers present consistently informed Witkoff that he was resisting arrest by &#8220;tensing up&#8221; and hindering their searches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m friends with Marc Roberts&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Daily Beast, right after his arrest, the founder started dropping names of people he knew. Witkoff reportedly tried to use his connections to get out of the felony cocaine charge. Witkoff, growing frustrated, named the club&#8217;s owner and said, \u201cI\u2019m friends with Marc Roberts, I swear to G*d.\u201d The security guard then said, \u201cNobody cares. Stop dropping names.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the latest turn of events, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/trap-donald-trump-crypto-venture-180152603.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:World Liberty Financial;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">World Liberty Financial<\/a>, Zach Witkoff&#8217;s cryptocurrency venture, is facing a lawsuit from a billionaire investor, Justin Sun. Justin has alleged that the company froze his token assets. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Sun alleged that World Liberty Financial was &#8220;engaging in an illegal scheme to seize property.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He stressed how the company froze and threatened to destroy his tokens, per Al Jazeera. Taking to X, he wrote, &#8220;They wrongfully froze all of my tokens, stripped me of my right to vote on governance proposals, and have threatened to permanently destroy my tokens.&#8221; &#8220;Certain individuals associated with World Liberty are operating the venture in a manner that goes against President Trump\u2019s values&#8221;, he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Sun supported the Trump family in 2024 when they started World Liberty Financial by investing $30 million. Months later, Sun purchased an additional 3 billion tokens for $45 million. According to Reuters, Sun holds approximately 4 billion tokens valued at roughly $320 million.<\/p>\n<p>Zack Witkoff and Eric Trump react to Justin Sun&#8217;s lawsuit<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Justin Sun&#8217;s lawsuit, Witkoff said in a Wednesday post on X that Sun&#8217;s lawsuit was &#8220;a desperate effort to divert attention from Sun&#8217;s own wrongdoing.&#8221; Hef did not share additional details on Sun&#8217;s actions but stated that the investor&#8217;s behavior prompted the company to &#8220;act to protect itself and its users.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eric Trump, another co-founder of the company, defended WLF and responded to the lawsuit. Taking to X, Trump remarked that the \u201conly thing more absurd\u201d than the lawsuit was the $6 million spent on a duct-taped banana art piece. 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