MrBeast accused of scamming Minecraft’s Got Talent winner

MrBeast faces new allegations that he defrauded a contest winner by failing to pay her winnings after four years.

Content creator and music artist Lauren Vi Pham has claimed that the YouTube star, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, still owes her his award for winning the collaborative video of MrBeast and Clay, known online as Dream, on Minecraft’s Got Talent in 2020.

He performed his single titled ‘I’m a Simp’ on the online platform and captivated MrBeast, Dream and YouTuber Alex ‘Quackcity’ Maldonado.

For his efforts, he said he was supposed to earn $2,000, but so far he has only received a portion of his winnings.

“Out of the three judges, only Quackcity gave me their half of the prize,” Vi Pham wrote in a recent Reddit thread. according to the Mirror. “Mr. Beast and Mr. Dream didn’t do it.”

After a few months, Vi Pham created an online petition to claim his well-deserved earnings.

She wrote at the time that the pageant took place just two weeks after her father’s passing and that her family was struggling financially because she was in school.

“My father always wanted me to be something great, and being able to help my family and achieve that would mean a lot to me,” Vi Pham said. he wrote in the petition at the time.

“The prize would give me the money to feed this dream,” he added.

“And lastly, I feel like I deserve it! It’s not that I’m arrogant, but I worked really hard for it.”

Vi Pham said he has since contacted the hosts of the online talent show, but “nothing happened.”

She said she “just accepted it and appreciated the kindness and opportunity” in her recent Reddit thread, convincing herself that MrBeast was too “busy helping people in genuine need” to give her the money she is owed.

But Vi Pham said she felt empowered to speak out again about the case, as the YouTube star faces accusations of racism and sexism.

In one of the videos, which X users say was recorded in 2017, MrBeast, who has more than 300 million YouTube subscribers and a net worth of $700 million, responds to fan comments that appear to be about selling black people.

The other includes an excerpt from her appearance on the racy podcast Hot Wet Soup during which she apparently asks the show’s hosts if they would have sex with the ‘Cash Me Ousside girl’, better known today as Bhad Bhabie.

The rapper was approximately 14 years old at the time the interview was conducted, meaning Donaldson was around 19 years old.

“After seeing all the accusations, I feel a strong need to try and be heard as well since I feel like this is my only chance,” Vi Pham wrote, noting that MrBeast supposedly only owes her $1,000 while Dream owes her $1.

Some Reddit users expressed support for Vi Pham in the thread, according to the Mirror.

“OMG! This is the first lawsuit against MrBeast that I actually support!” one person commented. “I hope you get that thousand dollars.”

Another said he hopes more people will “come out and speak out against this fraud and deceitful man.”

The accusations come after the YouTuber admitted on Wednesday that he used “inappropriate language” in his early days online.

“When Jimmy was a teenager he acted like many boys and used inappropriate language while trying to be funny,” a spokesman said. told the Associated Press.

‘Over the years, he has repeatedly apologized and learned that with increasing influence comes greater responsibility to be more aware and sensitive to the power of language.

“After making some bad jokes and making other mistakes when he was younger, as an adult he has focused on collaborating with the MrBeast community to work together to make a positive impact around the world,” the spokesperson added.

DailyMail.com has also contacted MrBeast for comment on Vi Pham’s allegations.