MrBeast Sues Former Employee for Allegedly Stealing Company Secrets

MrBeast has a new game: work for Beast Industries without stealing company secrets. According to Jimmy Donaldson (better known as MrBeast) and his company, a former employee failed the challenge. In a complaint first spotted by Polygon, MrBeast is suing a former contractor for allegedly breaching his contract, stealing trade secrets, and—certainly the most creepy of the accusations—installing hidden cameras throughout the company offices. The alleged culprit at the heart of the complaint is Leroy Nabors, an IT contractor who was brought on in 2023 to work on the Beast Industries IT network. He allegedly started working on servers that “housed post-production Beast content” and he subcontracted out some of the tasks to Vine Networks, an IT company managed by Nabors’ daughter. That apparently went well, as Nabors was moved to a “special projects” team in late 2023 as a full employee, working with the company’s development department tasked with handling “content production,” “fundraisin ... Read full article.