Jake Paul forces powerful apology amid legal threat to Piers Morgan after staged fight claim explodes online
Piers Morgan has taken back his harsh remarks about Jake Paul's boxing career. On August 9, 2025, Morgan posted a long message on X, explaining that he did not mean to accuse Paul of cheating or fixing matches.
This came just days after Paul hired well-known lawyer Alex Spiro to respond to people making such claims. Morgan had earlier called Paul's career 'boring staged bulls***.' Now, he says he was only talking about the type of opponents Paul faced, not that the results were fake. The apology followed legal pressure from Paul's camp.
Piers Morgan clears the air after legal warning from Jake Paul
On August 9, 2025, Piers Morgan used X to say he regretted the words he used about Jake Paul.
He explained that his earlier post was about Jake Paul often fighting older, past-prime boxers. According to Morgan, such fights may be exciting and pay well, but they do not show how Paul compares to the best active boxers.
Piers Morgan stressed he never meant to say the fights were rigged or illegal. He added that if Jake Paul's talks with Anthony Joshua are true, it would be a real, credible test against one of the world's top heavyweights.
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Morgan also invited Paul to appear on his talk show Uncensored so they could discuss it face to face.
Jake Paul hires Alex Spiro to protect his reputation
Earlier that same week, Jake Paul brought in top New York lawyer Alex Spiro. Spiro is famous for defending stars like Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Naomi Osaka, and Alec Baldwin. Reports say he charges around $3,000 per hour.
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He is known for aggressively fighting false claims against his clients. Jake Paul's manager Nakisa Bidarian told The Ariel Helwani Show that calling Paul's fights staged is
'100 per cent not true'
and causes serious harm to his career and to MVP Promotions.
Nakiaa Bidarian said that such allegations damage business with important partners including Netflix, DAZN, and Celsius. He said that the legal department of the team is analyzing remarks made by a number of celebrities and might file a lawsuit.
More than 108 million people worldwide saw Jake Paul's November 2024 fight against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, broadcast live on Netflix, which attracted enormous viewers. Though he won his twelfth professional match in June 2025, some detractors insist Jake Paul's bouts are fixed. His side entirely rejects this allegation.
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