World Liberty sues Justin Sun for defamation in Florida

World Liberty Financial filed a defamation lawsuit against Tron founder Justin Sun on Monday in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. The complaint asks the court to order a public retraction and award monetary damages.

The filing alleges Sun made false public statements about World Liberty after WLFI tokens tied to him were frozen. The complaint also accuses Sun of breaching the WLFI token-sale terms through prohibited transfers, short-selling and straw purchases and says those actions harmed the platform and its tokenholders.

Sun posted on X that the suit is a “meritless PR stunt” and said he looks forward to defeating the case in court. The lawsuit follows a suit Sun filed against World Liberty less than two weeks earlier over the freezing of his WLFI tokens.

World Liberty says Sun’s WLFI address was blacklisted in September 2025 after blockchain-data services flagged a transfer of about $9 million. Sun told the platform his presale tokens were unfairly frozen and asked that access be restored. The complaint states Sun had agreed to the project’s token-freezing authority in the Terms of Sale and later called the mechanism a hidden “trap door.”

Tom Clare, an attorney for World Liberty, described the lawsuit as a “last resort” to protect tokenholders and employees and accused Sun of defaming the company “repeatedly, publicly, and to millions of followers.” The filing seeks unspecified compensatory damages and a court-ordered retraction of Sun’s statements.

The dispute follows earlier governance tensions at World Liberty. The platform proposed a two-year WLFI token lockup, a change Sun criticized as “one of the most absurd governance scams I have ever seen.” World Liberty’s filing notes that a March governance vote showed 76% of voting power was held by 10 wallets.

World Liberty’s white paper lists U.S. President Donald Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump as co-founders of the platform. The complaint cites data showing the WLFI token has fallen more than 80% since launch, though it rose about 5% in the day before Monday afternoon.

Both companies have signaled they may pursue further legal action. World Liberty said it may seek additional remedies, and Sun has continued to challenge the token freezes and governance actions in public posts and in his own filings.