An Oshawa, Ont., university is suing YouTuber Fique Ayub over his viral videos filmed on campus, including one where he imitated an “exaggerated Indian accent” and asked disruptive questions during lectures before pulling out a portable burner and cooking curry during classes.
The claimant, Ontario Tech University, previously obtained an injunction barring Ayub from coming back onto its campus, but is now seeking that he be forced to give the school an undisclosed share of the revenue he made from the prank videos on campus, as well as at least $50,000 in punitive damages.
The university alleges the conduct of Ayub and others working with him involved deliberate trespass and unauthorized commercial use of university property, and that he was “unjustly enriched” by the recording and posting of the videos, according to court documents obtained by the National Post….