2024 has been difficult for YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, who brings in more than $600 million a year.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF REPORTER @_B_CONTRERAS_

MrBeast. Photo: Getty Images

With nearly 500 million cumulative subscribers on YouTube—plus millions more on other social networks—Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is one of the most famous influencers on the planet.

If you don’t know who he is, your kids sure do.

But this has been a tough year for Donaldson, who has in recent months faced a lawsuit alleging poor conditions on the set of his upcoming Prime Video reality show; accusations that his Lunchly line of packaged meals sometimes contains mold; the resurfacing of insensitive comments he’d previously made, including the use of a homophobic slur; and an investigation into whether his former collaborator had groomed a teenager.

The third-party investigation, which Donaldson commissioned, found no evidence of sexual misconduct and noted that alleged victims had rejected such claims.........

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