Controversial Tron founder Justin Solar has filed a lawsuit towards World Liberty Monetary (WLFI), accusing the Trump-linked agency of illegally freezing his WLFI tokens.
The partially redacted lawsuit, filed in a California courtroom, accuses WLFI of varied breaches of contract, unjust enrichment, fraudulent misrepresentations, and conversion relating to $45 million value of WLFI.
As we speak, I filed a lawsuit in California federal courtroom towards World Liberty Monetary to guard my authorized rights as a holder of $WLFI tokens.
I’ve at all times been—and stay—an ardent supporter of President Trump and his Administration’s efforts to make America crypto pleasant.…
— H.E. Justin Solar 👨🚀 🌞 (@justinsuntron) April 22, 2026
Justin Solar can also be an advisor to WLFI.
The authorized motion has already caught the eye of Sameer Group LLC, the US, India and United Arab Emirates-based funding agency that invested $25 million in WLFI’s ICO pre-sale.
Its CEO, Syed Sameer, claimed the agency is “ready and willing to broker a fair resolution to [Sun’s] situation and have your tokens unlocked,” including that his UAE institutional companions will work to keep away from “a lengthy litigation process.”
Solar claims that he’s already tried to steer WLFI to unfreeze his tokens, and stated that it left him “with no choice but to turn to the courts.”
“All I want is to be treated the same as every other early investor who received tokens — no better, no worse,” Solar posted on X.
Lawsuit says WLFI tried to extort Justin Solar into investing extra
Solar’s lawsuit claims that “World Liberty’s operators, including Chase Herro, see [WLFI] as a golden opportunity to leverage the Trump brand to profit through fraud.”
One closely redacted part claims WLFI extorted plaintiffs, and that it tried to make use of “plaintiffs’ property rights as a bargaining chip to extort Mr. Sun into providing additional capital for World Liberty.”
The Trump household are key to World Liberty Monetary’s model. Donald Trump is listed because the agency’s “chief crypto advocate,” whereas his sons Eric, Donald Jr, and Barron are listed as co-founders.
They had been beforehand web3 ambassadors.
As such, the lawsuit threatens the connection Solar has struck with the Trump administration over time. Solar’s statements mirror this as he tries to appease Trump.
Solar harassed that he stays an “ardent supporter” of the president, and that the lawsuit “does not change how I feel about President Trump or the Trump Administration.”
One other allegation claims that Solar was unfairly locked out of governance votes on WLFI’s firm modifications after it froze and refroze his tokens by means of a secret “blacklisting” sensible contract replace.
Solar can also be frightened that WLFI will perform alleged threats to burn his tokens by means of one other governance proposal that he can’t vote on.
The lawsuit consists of claims that WLFI made a number of defamatory statements in direction of Solar, accusing him of theft and misappropriating tokens.
Nonetheless, the lawsuit clarifies that these defamation claims are separate from the authorized allegations and that Solar could provoke separate proceedings relating to WLFI’s alleged false and defamatory statements.
Justin Solar’s lawsuit seeks aid within the type of a restraining order that will bar WLFI from ever “seizing, burning, destroying, or encumbering any of Plaintiffs’ $WLFI tokens.”
