Hawk Tuah’s Hailey Welch Breaks Silence Amid HAWK Scandal and Lawsuit Drama

Hawk Tuah girl Hailey Welch broke her silence online and posted on X for the first time since Dec. 5.

Welch had vanished from the spotlight The final episode of Hailey Welch’s well-known podcast, Talk Tuah, was released on Dec. 3. Since then, she has remained quiet, offering no fresh updates on social media, no new podcast episodes, and no information about her current location or activities.

Controversial HAWK Launch

Hailey Welch gained widespread recognition after she introduced what would become her signature phrase, “Hawk Tuah,” in a video that went viral earlier this year. She leveraged her newfound internet stardom by creating merchandise and starting her own podcast, which quickly climbed to the top of the Spotify podcast rankings.

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To further benefit from her fame, Welch introduced her own cryptocurrency token with the ticker HAWK on Dec. 4. The launch of this new Solana meme coin began on a high note, with HAWK’s market capitalization reaching an impressive peak of $490 million initially. However, within just a few minutes, the token’s price and overall valuation plummeted by 93%.

Investors subsequently claimed that the initiative was merely a successful rug pull. Additionally, a group of interconnected wallets possessed approximately 96% of the token’s supply at the time of launch, intensifying the project’s controversy.

Haliey Welch, Alex Larson Schultz, and a spokesperson from OverHere, the firm that introduced the meme coin alongside Schultz and Welch, organized an X Spaces event to address frustrated investors on the very day the token was launched. The three attempted to justify the launch. However, Welch opted to retire for the night when the discussion during the Spaces event became overly intense.

Hawk Investors File Lawsuit Against Hailey Welch and Team

Yesterday, a group of unhappy investors initiated legal action against the developers of HAWK. In their complaint, the investors asserted that the creators of the token illegally sold securities that were not registered. The lawsuit features 12 plaintiffs residing in the US who allege they incurred over $151,000 in total damages.

Welch replied to the lawsuit by saying, “I take this situation extremely seriously and want to address my fans, the investors who have been affected, and the broader community.” 

“I am fully cooperating with and am committed to assisting the legal team representing the individuals impacted, as well as to help uncover the truth, hold the responsible parties accountable, and resolve this matter,” Hailey Welch continued.

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