MrBeast has sued a former employee, claiming he stole trade secrets and broke their contract.
According to Polygon, MrBeast filed a lawsuit against Leroy Nabors on April 4, also alleging Nabors installed hidden cameras in Beast Industries’ offices. The complaint states Nabors worked as an IT contractor for MrBeast from 2023 to 2024 before being fired. During his employment, he was “responsible for working on Beast’s IT network, including working with the servers that housed post-production Beast content.”
His daughter’s company, Vine Networks, served as a subcontractor helping manage the IT network. In late 2023, Nabors switched to the special projects team in the development department, overseeing “content production,” “fundraising,” and “political advocacy.”
Before starting his IT role, Nabors reportedly signed an NDA since he had access to Beast Industries’ data. However, Nabors allegedly violated this agreement by downloading over a thousand confidential files “about business strategy, financial information, capitalization tables, financing documents, individual employee personal information, and other MrBeast intellectual property,” according to the complaint.
MrBeast’s legal team claims Nabors downloaded the sensitive information because he anticipated being fired, and still has these files. Furthermore, a post-termination investigation discovered “multiple hidden cameras” in the offices, which attorneys believe were controlled by Nabors and his daughter.
MrBeast is seeking damages and a permanent injunction “ordering the return of all Beast information improperly in his possession.”
