Both lawsuits center on Taylor Whitley and his departure from the project, but they diverge considerably from there. Whitley's suit claims that he was wrongly ousted from the project; the other lawsuit claims that Whitley engaged in "unhinged, destructive, and egotistical acts... to sabotage... "Caked Apes", after Whitley failed to usurp ownership and control of the project entirely for himself". They also allege that Whitley misused DMCA takedowns to have the collection removed from online marketplaces. The lawsuits are liable to be complicated somewhat by the fact that a partnership agreement doesn't appear to have ever been written up.
Parts of the "Caked Apes" NFT project team both sue each other
Two lawsuits were filed nearly simultaneously, each alleging misconduct by the other party with respect to the "Caked Apes" NFT project — a project full of illustrations that were very clearly derived from the popular Bored Apes project, but feature neon colors and psychedelic motifs. Caked Apes so far has done around $1.9 million in sales.