Hans Niemann recordsdata defamation lawsuit in search of $100 million in damages

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The dishonest scandal that has consumed the chess world has taken its newest twist as American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit towards world champion Magnus Carlsen amongst others in a Missouri courtroom on Thursday.

Within the lawsuit, Niemann and his attorneys state that they're in search of no less than $100 million in damages.

“My lawsuit speaks for itself,” Niemann tweeted together with a duplicate of the lawsuit.

Within the federal lawsuit filed within the Japanese Missouri District Court docket, 19-year-old Niemann states that the Norwegian Carlsen, on-line platform Chess.com, their chief chess officer Daniel Rensch and standard streamer Hikaru Nakamura have been “egregiously defaming him and unlawfully colluding to blacklist him from the occupation to which he has devoted his life.”

Niemann is suing the defendants for slander and libel, amongst different allegations.

Niemann additionally states that the actions of the defendants have brought about “devastating damages,” and that since Carlsen made the preliminary dishonest allegations after the pair met on the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on September 4, Niemann has had invites to prestigious tournaments and matches revoked.

Chess.com responded to the go well with by way of an announcement from their legal professionals, Nina Mohebbi and Jamie Wine. The assertion notes that Chess.com is “saddened” by Niemann’s resolution because the lawsuit “hurts the sport of chess and its devoted gamers.”

“Hans confessed publicly to dishonest on-line within the wake of the Sinquefield Cup, and the ensuing fallout is of his personal making,” the assertion provides. “As said in its October 2022 report, Chess.com had traditionally handled Hans’ prior dishonest privately, and was compelled to make clear its place solely after he spoke out publicly.”

“There is no such thing as a advantage to Hans’ allegations, and Chess.com appears ahead to setting the document straight on behalf of its crew and all trustworthy chess gamers,” the assertion says.

Muricas News has reached out to Carlsen and Nakamura for remark.