- Craig Wright has failed to have his case against the estate of Dave Kleiman dismissed
- Wright had argued six points of law that meant the case against him should be scrapped before going to trial
- Judge Bloom rejected all six of Wright’s claims, citing lack of evidence to back up his arguments on more than one occasion
Craig Wright has failed in another attempt to get his lawsuit against the estate of Dave Kleiman dismissed. In a mammoth 93-page judgement, judge Beth Bloom, who in a previous judgement called the voracity of Wright’s testimony into question, ruled that Wright’s arguments did not hold water, ending his attempt to stop the case going to court.
Wright Fails on Every Front
Wright’s case against the estate of his former Bitcoin mining buddy Dave Kleiman, who died in 2013, began in 2018 when Kleiman’s brother Ira sued the BSV founder for half of the 1.1 million bitcoins the pair mined between 2008 and 2011. The Kleiman estate argues that they are owed half the Bitcoin haul, whereas Wright has tried to deny that any such partnership existed and he should keep it all.
The case is scheduled to go to trial in January 2021, but Wright has tried to stop it getting to that point. In a motion to dismiss filed in May, Wright made a six-point argument as to why the case should be scrapped, ranging from expiry of the statute of limitations to the suggestion that Dave Kleiman’s representatives “lack the authority” to make certain filings on his behalf.
Bloom Puts the Brakes On
Judge Bloom however dismissed every single one of Wright’s claims, going into great detail on every point and sub-point of Wright’s arguments and explaining why he was wrong on each one. On more than one occasion she references a lack of evidence offered by Wright to support his claims, something that has become a theme throughout the case.
Judge Bloom takes Wright to task on a number of factors regarding his filing, stating that he failed to present evidence to back up his claims as well as using non-existent plaintiff complaints as evidence. It is also clear from Judge Bloom’s rebuttals of Wright’s attempts to get the case dismissed that he is trying to get her to rule on issues on which a jury should decide, something she mentions on numerous occasions throughout the judgement. Could it be that Wright is worried what a jury might make of his various counts of evidence forgery?
Case Looks Likely to Head to Court
With Wright’s motion to dismiss now roundly rejected on all counts, the case should now proceed to court, where Calvin Ayre, Wright’s lapdog and Twitter mouthpiece, has in the past stated that Wright will “win all his cases”.
On the evidence so far however, it looks like Wright could be in a whole heap of trouble.
