Whatever the outcome of Logan Paul’s fight against fierce rival Dillon Danis tonight, boxing is definitely not the winner. The despicable build-up paid to it.
Despite both fighters seeking the advantage in the mind games over each other, it was Danis who took their feud to an entirely different and toxic level.
Day after day, he started posting half-naked photos of Paul’s fiancée, the model Nina Agdal, and even shared a private video in which she discusses her sexual urges.
The end result was a shattering of any lingering respect between the opponents, as Danis was quickly hit with a restraining order and a lawsuit.
Here, Post Sports dig back over a grizzly past few months…
Logan Paul has vowed to defeat Dillon Danis after his fiancée was targeted in online attacks
Danis posted several explicit photos of Nina Agdal on social media and was hit with a lawsuit
Despite the uproar, Danish model Agdal (left) is expected to attend the fight in Manchester
AGDAL IN THE LINE OF FIRE
The X-rated video of Agdal talking openly about her sex life has gone viral on social media and ensured that Danis’ rivalry with YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul got personal.
Agdal, 31, who was previously in a one-year relationship with Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio, said in the viral clip: ‘By the way, I’m very proud of myself because this is the longest I’ve gone without sex since I started.
‘Of course it drives me crazy. I’m struggling, I need penis in me, as soon as possible.’
She ended the video by saying: ‘So if any of you know a good d*** that doesn’t have STDs on it. I’ll take it, right here.’
It remains unclear when Agdal recorded the video or how Danis obtained it.
Danis simply captioned the post on X (formerly Twitter): ‘Tomorrow’. He also claimed to have X-rated photos of the Danish model and urged Paul to end his engagement.
“I just got another absolute nuke of a picture of Nina, this one might be worse than the other one wow this girl is actually wild,” Danis said.
“Logan on a man level you need to call off this marriage now.”
Danis escalated his rivalry with Paul by sharing an X-rated video of Agdal on his X account
Danis posted a shocking video of Agdal talking explicitly about her need for sex
Danis even claimed to have explicit photos of the Swimsuit Illustrated cover star
INTERDICT
It is not surprising that Agdal was granted a restraining order after the persistent attacks.
With Danis using her as a route to rush Paul, Agdal filed a lawsuit as a result of the social media bombardment and also sued the mixed martial artist.
Agdal claimed Danis had targeted her more than 250 times with ‘despicable’ posts since the fight was announced and that she had suffered humiliation, emotional distress and reputational damage. An injunction was granted against Danis in a further drastic step.
It prevented Danis from posting content about Agdal that was ‘obtained without permission’ or contained ‘sexually explicit photographs’ of her, it was reported.
Agdal is seeking unspecified damages, but not less than £120,000 ($150,000) per breach of the federal law banning the sharing of intimate images. In particular, she alleged that a post by Danis on August 11 violated federal and state law.
The post, she claimed, contained a sexually explicit image of her from a ‘romantic encounter’ she had with an unnamed individual more than a decade ago.
“Danis posted the photo – completely uncensored – from his X (Twitter) account, without the Plaintiff’s permission,” the lawsuit states. ‘Later that day, Danis reposted the explicit photo to maximize the number of views it would get.’
Danis responded to X on the matter and told his followers that he could not comment.
“Nina Adgel (sic) filed a massive lawsuit against me,” Danis wrote. “She filed a restraining order against me and is demanding jail time, so the fight is in jeopardy if I’m in jail. It’s wild actually, but I won’t stop, f*** the system is going to get me,” he said.
‘Logan Paul is a dead man walking.
“I will provide more details when I can, but because this is a federal matter, I cannot at the moment. PS f*** that h*e… Nina Agdal will be called Karen Agdal until further notice.’
Agdal claimed Danis had targeted her with posts more than 250 times since the fight was announced
LEGAL CLAIMS
The same lawsuit also alleged that Danis posted ‘hundreds of posts containing vulgar and derogatory photos, memes and comments’ about Agdal.
It then added: ‘Danis has consistently been rewarded for those same actions with a growing social media following and publicity which has seen his offending posts viewed over two billion times to date.’
In the ruling, the court noted that Danis failed to appear for a hearing on the matter and also evaded several attempts to serve the court portions.
Even that didn’t stop Danis from continuing to post inflammatory photos with Agdal on social media, including in the week leading up to the fight.
Referring to the lawsuit on X, Danis said on Oct. 7 that he would “rather be a keyboard fighter than a lawsuit fighter.”
‘I didn’t sign up for a summons, I signed up for a boxing match. F**k this nonsense,” he said in September.
A few days later, he added: ‘Logan doesn’t want me to fight, so he’s turning to the law. He cannot handle the truth or accept that I have exposed Nina for who she is. A real man will want to handle it in the ring.
‘Using lawsuits doesn’t make you hard; it just shows how much of an ap***y you are.’
Paul proposed to Agdal in July during the couple’s romantic getaway to Lake Como, Italy
PAUL REVEALS ALL
Paul has since explained the terms of the restraining order.
“It’s not a physical restraining order,” Paul said on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA hour.
‘He can’t post explicit photos of her, which is insane that we’re in a world where that has to be stated. This is just strange behavior.
‘If someone else did this, my team and I would be worried. We’d be like “who is this? What is this person’s weird obsession with my fiancé?”
“He’s a twisted individual and we’re going to deal with it.”
Paul revealed the exact terms of Agdal’s restraining order against mixed martial artist Danis
The restraining order is not physical, but is in place to stop Danis from posting X-rated photos
JOSHUA: ‘NO RULES IN BOX’
Anthony Joshua has come to the defense of Dillon Danis despite his actions.
In an interview with DAZN, which was posted on social mediaJoshua said: ‘I’ll be real, in this boxing game there are no rules.
‘The internet is undefeated. All your information is out there at the end of the day. What you put out there will always come back full circle.
‘Unfortunately they are using it as a war tactic – and you are at war. So there are no low blows and anything is acceptable in the art of war.’
Anthony Joshua defended Danis in his feud with Paul over the YouTuber’s fiancée, Agdal
AGDAL WILL ATTEND
Regardless of the restraining order, Paul said Agdal will be present tonight.
“Nina is a fighter, man,” Paul said. ‘Dillon Danis is a puddle. Dillon Danis on Twitter, on X, behind a keyboard, is very different from Dillon Danis in person.
‘I saw it, I saw it face to face. Just two separate entities.
‘That night will be incredibly delicious. After all this, when my husband is face down, flat, knocked out, horizontal, what are you going to do? What are you going to say?
“That’s the man you are – the guy who decided to harass a woman for 60 days.”
However, Paul couldn’t help but express his frustrations about Danis again.
He said: ‘This guy doesn’t deserve this (match), but he deserves to be laid out.
“Unfortunately, I’m a vehicle for attention, and the way I’m getting attention this particular round is through a boxing match with this crook.”
Paul said his relationship with Agdal is stronger, despite Danis’ incessant online trolling