Random: Billy Mitchell Claims Doctor Won't See Him Due To Donkey Kong Cheating Accusations

@Ooyah - bloody hell, I was just gonna post about Grant and Phil paying the doctor a visit...

Such a strange story.

All the best, Billy! Take care of yourself!

@Ooyah Phil Mitchell is his cousin! (Americans are wondering WTF we're talking about now)

@Clyde_Radcliffe you got that right!

Its more likely his doctor won't see him because he's a big jerk face.

am I the only one who is thinking "get a new doctor then"?!

Dude reeks of desperate has been energy. Give it a rest and move on with your life, jeez.

@Ooyah
Isn't he hanging out with the world's hardest gangs or somesuch?

I haven’t heard about this guy in a wile.

@NESlover85 Billy Mitchell is a character in the biggest Soap Opera in the UK Eastenders who is always getting arrested and into trouble, lol

Billy Mitchell is an attention seeking nutjob.

@popey1980 Nope, was thinking exactly the same.

He can go to another doctor, there isnt only one in the world, damn this guy is an attention seeking idiot.

@Clyde_Radcliffe shame that Peggy Mitchell is dead as she would have sorted it all out. RIP Babs

Private doctor I suppose. Why would he want to be seen by someone who doesn't want to see him?

Of course, this is a perfectly plausible situation that we're hearing about from noted truth-teller Billy Mitchell. It's also sad to hear that stress caused a rupture in his peritoneum, which is something that happens in reality.

Whether he's a cheater or not, I just really don't like this guy.

This is what happens when you make video games your whole life.

I hope Billy finds someone to treat him for his Pac-Man Fever.

Even if he cheated, and even if he comes across as unlikable, he's still a living being, and the doctor still swore an oath. Or did the doctor cheat to get his title as well? Hypocrites.

May the one who is without sin cast the first stone.

And there will be no stoning that day, or the ones "without sin" will have added lying to their list.

Doc don’t like the cut of his jib? the high of his score?

If you ain't first, you're last

I don't know what the rules are in the USA, but in the UK: https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-guidance-for-doctors/personal-beliefs-and-medical-practice/personal-beliefs-and-medical-practice

If I have understood this correct, they can denie seeing a patient, but they would have to help find them an alternative doctor for the requirements.

So the Doctor in this case would have to help Billy find another Doctor. If this is true, Billy is being an attention seeking idiot.

@RadioShadow Section 8 states that their personal beliefs about a patient cannot come into play

If the doctor didn’t tell him to ‘get out of my practice’ in a London cockney accent, I don’t wanna know

Seems like a silly reason to refuse to see a patient, but at the same time, he's a huge scumbag. Doctors at private practices do have the right to not see a patient. Now typically this means a "difficult" one, not someone who cheats on a video game. This one is a tough one. I think he's a slimy person that I wouldn't personally trust but at the same time is it really a big enough reason to refuse to see him for an annual checkup?

This guy is the biggest load of 💩
Hopefully he gets help

I sincerely doubt your doctor knows or cares about something that insignificant.

So... go with another doctor XD

When drama is always around you, you have to start to wonder if you are the cause.

@Ooyah
You got in there first, you da real MVP 😁

@Slowdive absolutely, it’s just a video game, no one cares about it.

Billy Mitchell and something going to court? This is a first... I'm pretty sure this guy would sue the postman if he happened to get a paper cut opening a letter.

@Tempestryke Billy probably told him in great detail about in when he went in for a check up and how everyone hates him for no reason.

@RupeeClock Nothing in the Hippocratic Oath (old or new) says you can't refuse to treat a patient. The reason seems silly, but if you've been treating the same person for 30 years, you develop a relationship with them, and if they were to do something that would compromise your ability to impartially treat them, it is in the doctor and patient's best interest to see other people.

Also, the guy's probably being annoying and bragging about his record every time he comes in. The doctor might've wanted to fire him for years, but didn't have a good enough reason to justify it in his mind. Seems like a good opportunity for a clean break.

Must be hard to live in a country with only one doctor.

I had a doctor who refused to see me because he found out I was cheating in online multiplayer games, they take that stuff seriously.

Every time you think this guy has slunk into the shadows he comes back with more whining.

I find this hard to believe unless his GP is...

Dr. Mario

@Clyde_Radcliffe lol. Now I see why you guys are joking like that. Thanks for the enlightenment.

@RupeeClock "to prescribe only beneficial treatments, according to his abilities and judgment; to refrain from causing harm or hurt; and to live an exemplary personal and professional life." The oath says nothing about refusing cheaters. Quit spitting nonsense like it's fact. You have google use it...

Its too bad, as he’s recorded the only doctor in the country that can treat his lie-abetes.

@ralphdibny and then he'll find a way to cheat on him

@Joyfultoad Hey, the commenter didn't know. Most people's education on the Hippocratic Oath is from doctor shows or grade school and that's literally the only part they reference. It's easy to see how someone could draw that conclusion from what they learned.

Oh well I guess. After 30 years I don't think the doctor cares if you're a long term paitent as he prepares to retire and handing off his practice and paitents. So maybe now is a good time to find a new doctor lol. I wish I could say i've had a doctor of 30 years. Even those of us with consistent employment can't always make that claim. Especially when moved all over the damn place due to work.

Since "King of Kong", I've felt kinda bad for Billy. He and Twin Galaxies felt more like a folk hero/side show than an attempt to be anything more serious than that. It's like fact-checking the bearded lady and patting yourself on the back for exposing her. Sure, cheating and lying are bad, but it feels like the rules got changed on Billy and the internet is now in charge of his image.

He may be awful but director Seth Gordon did him wrong- While the King of Kong is highly entertaining- It is also biased garbage. I wish the creators would have not lied with deceptive editing.

I...find this really hard to believe.

@Zenszulu maybe he sees doctor Mario

@Slowdive Exactly.

I'm still not convinced he cheated... But he is a really really strange attention seeker.

@Rambler lol I'd watch Eastenders again if they had storys like that i had to get close to the TV to properly read this
Just imagine instead of getting arrested of suspicion of murder cheating at Donkey Kong xD

there's just no way any of his accusations are true.
the doctor would loose immediatly his approbation

@Zochmenos Yeah for some strange reason things are more difficult when you can't lie and cheat your way to an achievement you didn't actually accomplish.

But really I've no sympathy, if it was an make believe act gone sour then he should just have put his hands up and day "yeah I cheated" and move on years ago.

But no he's STILL trying to capitalize on something he didn't do. If a bearded lady with a fake beard was still running around capitalising on a record she never earned and overshadowing actual bearded ladies, yeah I think she deserves to be exposed.

@Dr_Lugae It isn't a lie for the beard to be fake, it's just part of the show. Twin Galaxies was the same, a tourist trap with old man's pile of VHSs and paper notebooks. Adults should never have taken it for more than that. I realize Billy has done very little (nothing) to help his image, but the anger toward him seems...unserious.

Also, @AlanaHagues, didn't Guiness eventually revue and reinstate most (if not all) of Billy's records? I don't know if Kotaku touched on it in the source article but it deserves mention even if they neglected IMO.

The stress of the case has caused him negative side effects - so maybe withdraw the case then, you idiot? And cheater?

He's just trouble for anyone in his life in any capacity. Twin Galaxies has done the right thing, the Judge over this entire case should rightfully throw Mitchell's case out, the evidence has been far too damning even before this went to court. The only person Mitchell is fooling is himself and he needs to own up to the fact that all of his 'success' is built around lies. The very people who got him there need to be held accountable as well.

@RupeeClock All Billy has done since the 80s is lie, cheat, and steal. I guarantee this is a publicity stunt to try and turn the court case in his favor. That's what vile POS do.

@Ooyah : not often I genuinely laugh out loud to a comment, but I did to that one.. cheers.. that funnied my tickle bone

I think he is trying to get free medical. No Doctor would use your game scamming that has no relation to medical procedures. I think he is lying about something else and using the Doctor excuse for Publicity Stunt again.

I still don't understand why anybody cares about this guy. He had the world record score on and off for a video game. Big deal. 🙄🤷‍♂️