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Case Filing
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
CIVIL ACTION
Roy399, aka Oliwag1 (represented by _GreyMC of Theory, Talion & Partners Inc.)
Plaintiff
v.
_Flamehat_ and Westley2099
Defendants
COMPLAINT
The Plaintiff complains against the Defendant as follows:
On the 9th of August 2026, the Church of Staffatology, the church and company the Plaintiff owns that is not registered with the DoC, hosted a birthday party for the player StrawberrySara. This party was appreciated by many members of the community, with them praising the Staffatology for hosting it. However, during and after this event the Co-Defendants _Flamehat_ and Westley2099 were spreading lies about Staffatology, calling them a cult and accusing Staffatology of stealing from their members. Now, after these statements, most members of the community turned against Staffatology, openly calling it a cult anytime it is mentioned. Furthermore, due to these statements, multiple members of Staffatology started to lose faith in their company and debated leaving. Staffatology, due to these statements, experienced a loss of their reputation and business.
I. PARTIES
1. Roy399 (Plaintiff)
2. _Flamehat_ (Defendant)
3. Westley2099 (Defendant)
II. FACTS
1. The Church of Staffatology, or just known as Staffatology, is the Plaintiff’s company which he is the sole owner of.
2. On the 9th of August 2026, Staffatology hosted a birthday party for the player StrawberrySara. (P-001)
3. Multiple members of the community were in attendance for the birthday party and praised Scientology for hosting it. (P-002, P-003, P-004)
4. After and during this party, Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ made multiple defamatory statements, stating that Staffatology fines people for the “slightest things,” and saying to the Plaintiff “you take money from your members.” (P-005, P-006).
5. These statements were clearly presented as fact, as _Flamehat_ re-affirmed that he was alleging Staffatology of stealing, where he said “I just know” when asking if he was publicly announcing his allegations. (P-007)
6. Co-Defendant Westley2099 also defamed the Plaintiff’s company, calling it a cult along with _Flamehat_. (P-008, P-009)
7. Both Co-Defendants accused Staffatology of stealing money from people. (P-006, P-007, P-010)
8. _Flamehat_ accused Staffatology of being evil and of murdering people. (P-011)
9. Co-Defendant Westley2099 ran a defamatory anti-staffatology campaign through advertisements and efforts to prevent people from joining Staffatology. (P-012, P-013, P-020, P-023, P-024, P-025, P-029, P-046, P-048)
10. Multiple of these advertisements stated that he had “hard proof” of Staffatology’s wrongs, but only had speculations about their beliefs, with no evidence to support his claims. (P-013, P-014, P-015, P-023, P-024, P-029)
11. Both Co-Defendants made a discord server together where they expressed their Anti-Staffatology lies, and tried to get members to join it. (P-019, P-021, P-022, P-046)
12. Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ directly admitted to trying to ragebait the Plaintiff, and that he was looking for “real actualy proof of it being a cult.” (P-016, P-017, P-018)
13. Multiple members of the community, because of the defamatory statements, turned against Staffatology and ridiculed them in public chats. (P-024, P-026, P-027, P-028, P-030, P-031, P-032, P-033, P-034, P-035, P-036, P-037, P-038, P-039, P-040, P-041, P-045, P-047, P-048)
14. Because of the statements, GeneralBuggy, a former Staffatology member, left Staffatology to support the Co-Defendants. (P-044, P-045)
15. Staffatology member SonOfALancer also left Staffatology due to the statements. (P-049, P-053)
16. Because of the leave by SonOfALancer and defamatory statements, Dogen851 also left Staffatology (P-052).
17. Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ then posted a defamatory article on Gnomestack further alleging that Staffatology was a cult (P-051).
18. Overall, the statements made by both Co-Defendants ruined Staffatology’s reputation in the server, and caused them to lose business and members.
III. CLAIMS FOR RELIEF
1. DEFAMATION
The Redmont Civil Code Act Part V §1 states that a Defendant commits Defamation when they:
Both Co-Defendants in this case met all three elements of Defamation against the Plaintiff and his business.(a) [make] a false statement and/or communication that injures a third party’s reputation;
(b) the statement is made to at least one person other than the plaintiff; and
(c) the statement is presented as fact rather than opinion.
Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ accused Staffatology of taking money from their members, stealing money from others, being a cult, and murder (P-005, P-006, P-007, P-009, P-011). Then, the Co-Defendant further accused Staffatology of being a cult from their altar, but then openly admitted to ragebaiting the Plaintiff (P-043, P-016, P-018). The notion that the statements by Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ are in an attempt to ragebait the Plaintiff is obvious proof that the Co-Defendant knew these statements were not true, but kept making them to annoy the Plaintiff. Moreover, _Flamehat_ openly noted that he needed “real actualy proof of it being a cult,” inciting that he actually doesn’t have any evidence of what he claimed (P-017). The accusation of murder is also blatantly false, as the Plaintiff’s criminal record is attached, and no relevant murder is on there, only one from during the Jaron Wave and not related to Staffatology (P-050).
Some statements, like “they fine you for doing the slightest things” and ”they are a dumb cult” were made in general chat, where the entire server could see (P-005, P-009). Statements made in local chat were around the same time, where individuals Westley2009. Roy399, and StarKlower were around, being made to more than one person (P-005, P-006, P-007). _Flamehat_ accused Staffatology of murder and being a cult in a discord channel, where there were at least 4 other people (P-011, P-016, P-018, P-043).
Finally, the Co-Defendant presented every single one of these statements as fact rather than opinion. An allegation of stealing money from members and others is serious, not a joke (P–005, P-006, P-007). _Flamehat_ said, in response to him alleging that Staffatology is stealing, “no im not telling people that,” then said “i just know” (P-007). _Flamehat_ never said he believed it was a cult, but went straight into claiming that it was (P-009, P-043). There was no statement that was presented as an opinion, they were all present as cold, hard facts.
Furthermore, Co-Defendant Westley2099 also committed Defamation against the Church of Staffatology and the Plaintiff. He openly and repeatedly called Staffatology a cult in front of the entire community and accused them of stealing money (P-008, P-009, P-010, P-019, P-025). He also claimed that he had hard proof that Staffatology was a cult and that they were evil (P-013, P-023, P-024, P-029). However, upon further investigation this alleged “hard proof” is all speculation on having alien heads in their base and beliefs, although that the Co-Defendant may not agree with them, does not make Staffatology a cult (P-014). This “hard proof” was also the accusation that having an altar with redstone, which the Co-Defendant wrongfully accused to be blood, made it a cult (P-015, P-043). The Co-Defendant also accused the Plaintiff of harassing him, but presented no evidence to support this claim (P-024). He also interfered with a Staffatology recruitment of another member, openly calling it a cult (P-020).
Furthermore, almost every single one of Westley2099’s statements were made in a publicly advertised discord server, the global chat, or using /ad. The only times he did not talk globally was when there were other people around, like interrupting a recruitment attempt (P-012, P-020, P-025). The second point of defamation is clearly met.
Moreover, the Co-Defendant clearly presented all of his statements as fact, rather than opinion. His repeated advertisement campaign claiming he had “hard proof” that Staffatology was “a cult and that they are evil,” was presented as facts, there was no opinionated language used (P-013, P-024, P-029). Every time he called Staffatology a cult, it was presented as fact, especially when he kept saying he had proof (P-008, P-009, P-012, P-020).
Finally, these defamatory statements led to a severe reputational loss for Staffatology. Staffatology was praised and was really popular after they hosted StrawberrySara’s birthday party (P-001, P-002, P-003, P-004). However, after these statements, they lost most of that popularity, and Staffatology is hated on by many community members. This can be seen through people blaming Staffatology for the craziest things, calling them terrorists, and just blatantly mentioning cults every time Staffatology is brought up (P-024, P-026, P-027, P-028, P-029, P-030, P-031, P-032, P-033, P-034, P-035, P-036, P-037, P-038, P-040, P-041). Community members have also expressed their distrust and hatred towards Staffatology after these statements by the Co-Defendants (P-026, P-039, P-040, P-042, P-045, P-047). These statements illustrate a loss of reputation of Staffatology, which was a direct result from the lies spread by both Co-Defendants.
2. SLANDER
RCCA Part V §3 determines that a Defendant commits Slander when they:
(a) [commit] defamation as defined in Section 1 of this Part; and
(b) the defamatory statement is made verbally, through Discord messages, or in-game messages; and
(c) the statement defames another person’s reputation, business, profession, or organisation.
As noted in section 1, both Co-Defendants committed Defamation against the Plaintiff and his company, proving the first element. Next, all the defamatory statements mentioned earlier were all made either in-game or through Discord, succeeding at the second element.
Finally, the third element requires the Defendant to defame the Plaintiff’s reputation and business. Both Co-Defendants in this case have, with no doubt, defamed Staffatology’s reputation and business. As we noted above, every time Staffatology is mentioned, people hate on it and call it a cult (P-024, P-026, P-027, P-028, P-030, P-031, P-032, P-033, P-034, P-035, P-036, P-037, P-038, P-039, P-040, P-041, P-045, P-047, P-048). Staffatology was completely defamed and is constantly ridiculed in public chats. Moreover, Staffatology experienced a loss of business with members leaving and recruitments failing. GeneralBuggy left Staffatology after the defamatory statements, believing them and supporting the Co-Defendants (P-044, P-045). Then, SonOfALancer expressed his want to step back from Staffatology due to the drama with the statements by the Co-Defendants, and eventually left. (P-049, P-053). Furthermore, the Co-Defendants have interrupted multiple recruitments to Staffatology with their defamatory statements, making them lose possible new members (P-012, P-020, P-025, P-027). This succeeds at the third element, as Staffatology and the Plaintiff suffered a loss of reputation and business because of the statements made by the Co-Defendants.
3. LIBEL
According to RCCA Part V §2 states that a Defendant commits Libel if they:
(a) [commit] defamation as defined in Section 1 of this Part; and
(b) the defamatory statement is expressed by documents, signs, published media, or any communication method embodied in physical form; and
(c) the statement is injurious to a person’s reputation, exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person in their business, profession or organisation.
For the first element, Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ met all the requirements of Libel in his Gnomestack post against Staffatology. He made a false statement calling Staffatology a cult in the post (P-051). He knew that Staffatology wasn’t actually a cult, and knew he had no real evidence for it, seen by his own admission and him trying to “ragebait” the Plaintiff The evidence he provided is available on Gnomestack, to multiple members, succeeding in the second element of defamation. Finally, the statements are clearly presented as fact, as he says “This, is obviously a cult” and “I hope you can understand the truth now, that this is a cult” (P-051). The reputational loss because of this statement has already been addressed in section 1 and 2.
For the second element of Libel, the statement the Co-Defendant made was put on Gnomestack. Gnomestack is a publishing network for any news or blogs for any member of DemocracyCraft. Since this was posted on Gnomestack, it is considered published media, and succeeds in the second element.
Finally, the third element of Libel has also been met. As noted earlier in the filing, Staffatology cannot be mentioned on the server anymore without constant ridicule, showing a complete loss of reputation (P-024, P-026, P-027, P-028, P-030, P-031, P-032, P-033, P-034, P-035, P-036, P-037, P-038, P-039, P-040, P-041, P-045, P-047, P-048). The statement also injured the Plaintiff’s business, as many members left Staffatology after the defamatory statements, including GeneralBuggy, SonOfALancer, and Dogen851 (P-044, P-045, P-049, P-052, P-053).
4. MALICIOUS ALLEGATION
RCCA Part XIII §5 states that a Defendant commits Malicious Allegation when they:
(a) [make] a false allegation that another person committed a crime or civil violation; and
(b) knew or could reasonably infer that the allegation was false; and
(c) the allegation [caused] harm to the accused person’s reputation, livelihood, or wellbeing.
Each Co-Defendant committed this offense in their defamatory statements. _Flamehat_ accused the Plaintiff and Staffatology of conversion through their accusation of them stealing money (P-005, P–006, P–007). He also accused Staffatology of murder when asked (P-011). Moreover, Westley2009 also accused Staffatology of conversion by accusing them of stealing and accused them of disturbing the peace by claiming the Plaintiff was harassing him (P-010, P-024). These statements succeed in the first element.
Moreover, each Co-Defendant knew they were spreading lies. _Flamehat_ noted at e knew the statements weren’t true, and was just trying to get a reaction out of the Plaintiff (P-016, P-018). Even more, _Flamehat_ stated that he wanted to get “real actualy proof of it being a cult,” implying that he didn’t have actual evidence of his claims (P-017). Moreover, _Flamehat_ has provided no evidence to any of his claims, and just stated them, implying that he has no evidence and is just making it up.multiple times that he was trying to ragebait the Plaintiff, illustrating that h
Co-Defendant Westley2099 also could reasonably infer the allegations he made were false. He kept sending advertisements saying he hard “hard proof” of Staffatology’s alleged crimes, but upon further investigation, he only had speculations, and no proof of anything he alleged (P-013, P-014, P-015, P-024, P-029). The second element of Malicious Allegation is clearly met.
Finally, these false allegations caused harm to Staffatology’s reputation and multiple members’ wellbeing. As we noted above in both sections 1 and 2, Staffatology is now ridiculed every time they are mentioned, showing a clear harm to their reputation. Moreover, Staffatology’s member’s wellbeing was harmed, as seen by SonOfALancer wanting to step back and leave from the Church due to the drama and allegations (P-049, P-053). Furthermore, GeneralBuggy entirely left the church and believed the allegations from the Co-Defendants, harming Staffatology (P-044, P-045). This proves the third element of Malicious Allegation.
5. TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS RELATIONS
RCCA Part X §3 notes that a Defendant commits Tortious Interference with Business Relations when they:
(a) intentionally [interfere] with the plaintiff’s prospective business dealings or economic relationships; and
(b) the interference is accomplished through improper means or for improper purposes; and
(c) the interference causes economic harm to the plaintiff.
Co-Defendant Westley2099 committed this civil violation through their repeated allegations and statements towards the Plaintiff and Staffatology. For the first element, he repeatedly interfered with Staffatology recruitment efforts at multiple different points (P-012, P-020). Moreover, both Co-Defendants, through each and every one of their defamatory statements and malicious allegations, intentionally interfered with the Plaintiff’s business dealings, including spreading their lies to worsen Staffatology membership, seen through _Flamehat_’s message saying he wants to "obliterate the [fricken] cult” (P-042). This proves the first element.
Next, this interference, done by both Co-Defendants, was entirely improper, via the means and purpose. As noted earlier in the section, the Co-Defendants wanted to obliterate the Church for no clear reason (P-042). This is clearly an improper purpose to interfere, which really comes from an irrational hatred for Staffatology. This can be further seen through the reasoning behind Anti-Staffatology, a group ran by both Co-Defendants with the purpose of destroying Staffatology. Anti-Staffatology’s reasoning for being against the Church is because “they influence over the staff and also because there cult members” (P-021, P-022). Having an influence over the staff, which again the Co-Defendants have not proved, is not a valid reason to interfere with business relationships, nor is the belief that the members are cult, which again the Co-Defendants have lied about. Their method of interference was also improper, using defamatory statements and falsely accusing the Church and its members of crimes, which again, they lied about, as noted earlier in this filing. This succeeds in the second element.
Finally, the third element requires the Plaintiff to suffer economic harm. The Plaintiff lost multiple members of their company: Staffatology. GeneralBuggy left and supported the Co-Defendants because of the interference (P-044, P-045). SonOfALancer also left Staffatology because of the drama caused by the interference, with Dogen851 shortly following him (P-049, P-052, P-053). Losing multiple members of a company is clear signs of economic harm, proving the third element.
6. PUNITIVE DAMAGES
RCCA Part III §3(2)(b) sets out a guide on what type of conduct is outrageous, noting that conduct is outrageous where any of the following are met:
(i) The defendant intended to cause harm or loss;
(ii) The defendant acted knowing that their conduct was likely to disadvantage, harm, or seriously inconvenience another person;
(iii) The defendant acted with reckless indifference as to whether harm or loss would occur;
(iv) The conduct involved dishonesty, deception, bad faith, or abuse of trust or power;
(v) The defendant engaged in persistent or repeated misconduct, or failed to change their conduct after becoming aware of its consequences; or
(vi) The conduct demonstrates gross negligence, being such a significant departure from the standard of care that it warrants punishment rather than compensation alone.
The Co-Defendants in this case can be seen having outrageous conduct as defined in the first, second, fourth, and fifth points.
For the first and second points, both Co-Defendants knew that their actions would cause harm and loss. Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ openly intended to cause loss, by claiming he wanted to “obliterate the I love DemocracyCraft!ing cult” and stating “im trying to ragebait this dude” (P-018, P-042). Co-Defendant Westley2009 purposefully tried to harm the Plaintiff through their repeated advertisements (P-013, P-019, P-023, P-024, P-029, P-046). He also interfered with multiple recruitment efforts from Staffatology to prevent them from gaining members (P-012, P-020, P-025).
For the fourth point, both Co-Defendants also spread lies about Staffatology to other members. Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ accused Staffatology of being a cult and stealing from their members, but actually admitted to not having any proof for it (P-005, P-006, P-007, P-009, P-011, P-017). He also admitted to trying to “ragebait” the Plaintiff about him calling Staffatology a cult, showing that he knew the cult accusations were a lie (P-016, P-018). For Co-Defendant Westley2099, he repeatedly sent out advertisements claiming that he had “hard proof” that Staffatology was evil, criminals, and a cult, however, he did not have any proof of his allegations (P-008, P-010, P-013, P-014, P-015, P-019, P-020, P-023, P-024, P-029).
Finally, on the fifth point, the Co-Defendants both repeated their persistently accused Staffatology of everything mentioned above, and did not stop, even when told that they were lying. This is shown through the exchanges between Co-Defendant _Flamehat_ and the Plaintiff, including the one where the Co-Defendant admitted to “ragebaiting” the Plaintiff (P-005, P-006, P-007, P-016, P-018). Even after all of this, the Co-Defendant published a defamatory Gnomestack article (P-051). Moreover, Co-Defendant Westley2099 kept up persistent attacks on the Staffatology buildings, as witness testimony will show. He also kept up his defamatory statements in global chats, even after Staffatology asked him to stop (P-008, P-009, P-012, P-013, P-048).
7. HUMILIATION
RCCA Part III §5(1)(a)(i) defines Humiliation as “[situations] in which a person has been disgraced, belittled or made to look foolish.” Every time Staffatology is mentioned in general chat, they are humiliated by community members who believe they are a cult (P-024, P-026, P-027, P-028, P-030, P-031, P-032, P-033, P-034, P-035, P-036, P-037, P-038, P-039, P-040, P-041, P-045, P-047, P-048). This humiliation is directly the cause of the Co-Defendants, due to their defamatory statements spreading like a wildfire throughout the server, including allegations of being a cult and crimes of murder and theft (P-005, P-006, P-007, P-008, P-009, P-010, P-011, P-013, P-019, P-020). Furthermore, before these defamatory statements, Staffatology was praised and an appreciated company and religion on the server, especially because they hosted StrawberrySara’s birthday party (P-001, P-002, P–003, P-004). However, after these defamatory statements, Staffatology has been humiliated every time it has been mentioned, as noted earlier in this section. Therefore, compensatory damages should be granted for humiliation.
8. WORSENING OF CONDITIONS
RCCA Part III §5(1)(a)(ii) defined Worsening of Conditions as “[situations] in which damage is caused by a party that caused harm to another party that were unforeseen or unrelated to the original harm.” The Church of Staffatology has lost multiple members due to the defamatory statements by the Co-Defendants (P-044, P-045, P-049, P-052, P-053). This was an unforeseen consequence to the original harm, which seemed like it was just to prevent new members from joining Staffatology (P-012, P-020). The Church of Staffatology, like any other company, suffers from a loss of members, as it worsens recruitment efforts and employee (or member) motivation. Therefore, compensatory damages should be granted for the worsening of conditions.
IV. PRAYER FOR RELIEF
The Plaintiff seeks the following from Co-Defendant _FlameHat_:
1. An order of public retraction of all the defamatory statements mentioned towards the Plaintiff and Staffatology (according to Claims 1-4: Defamation, Slander, Libel, and Malicious Allegation).
2. $30,000 in Punitive Damages.
3. $20,000 in Consequential Damages arising from Humiliation.
4. $15,000 in Consequential Damages arising from Worsening of Condition.
5. $19,500 in Legal Fees.
Total: $84,500
The Plaintiff seeks the following from Co-Defendant Westley2099:
1. An order of public retraction of all the defamatory statements mentioned towards the Plaintiff and Staffatology (according to Claims 1-2 & 4: Defamation, Slander, and Malicious Allegation).
2. $40,000 in Punitive Damages.
3. $20,000 in Consequential Damages arising from Humiliation.
4. $15,000 in Consequential Damages arising from Worsening of Condition.
5. $22,500 in Legal Fees.
Total: $97,500
V. EVIDENCE
VI. WITNESSES
The Plaintiff submits the following witness list:
1. Roy399
2. StarKlower
3. SonOfALancer
4. _Flamehat_
By making this submission, I agree I understand the penalties of lying in court and the fact that I am subject to perjury should I knowingly make a false statement in court.
DATED: This 13th day of August 2026.