I would have thought Notch would just pay everything for Karl. I guess Karl's life is just over now.
I have to imagine having the "what if I played the lottery and won" fantasy about what I'd spend money on. Online stranger advice that if you ever were lucky enough to have this problem is to shut the fuck up, incorporate a blind trust, and thus be anonymous.
Notch cannot do that due to his association with Minecraft and then has to own what he spends money on with his name/reputation.
Notch is autistic enough to back Jobst to the tune of $300K. But money alone is not enough to win a lawsuit. Notch expressed anger at Billy winning and people turning on Jobst, but other than a couple tweets calling people who felt misled by Jobst, has been silent on the issue post-verdict.
Whether Jobst only chose to take a limited amount from Notch or Notch was unwilling to bankroll Jobst's legal bills fully is not clear. A
rumor (read: I don't take every internet comment I read as truth like Jobst) is that one of the reason Jobst's legal bills were so high is that he had original counsel on the case that told him he should settle with Billy, and when he didn't like that answer, he fired them and got all new attorneys. If Notch saw that he may have realized that Jobst was not going to listen to legal advice and funding the defense further was essentially flushing money down the toilet, but I freely admit this is very speculative.
$1,200,000 Sold on 01 Aug 2022.
This site suggests the house appreciated to $1.3M AUD based on comparable sales. If you figure that Karl put at least 20% down (1,200,000*.2 = $240K AUD) combine that with the $100K in appreciation and the couple theoretically has at least $340K AUD of equity in the house. If Karl co-owns it with his wife, only half that $340K might be considered his, as the trustee would have a controlling interest in Karl's half.
(There would theoretically be some equity from the monthly loan payments but I am not going down the LARP rabbit hole of getting an amortization calculation spreadsheet and pulling made-up figures for the terms of Karl's mortgage out of my ass. 20% down is common enough to make it an assumption.)