Auditing Insanity Podcast Vol 2 Episode 017 May 24 2026

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:01]James Freeman raises $70,000, gets out of jail, and trolls some security guards. Is he #inning at life?

[00:00:15]Craig Henry takes a plea deal, but remains in jail in Sullivan County, Indiana. Will he get out before his youngest turns two?

[00:00:30]Chile Dcastro says he fears a robot uprising while his main channel is still suspended.

[00:00:38]Says that you may have to host his videos on your own YouTube channel and give him money on his GoFundMe.

[00:00:48]Plus, Rean Benson's questionable account of the Louise Johnson situation continues.

[00:00:58]gets jealous of James Freeman's fundraising abilities.

[00:01:02]Will she help or hinder Johnson's chances to get out of the Denver County Jail?

[00:01:09]I'm your humble news reader, Pence.

[00:01:14]Won't you join me for another week of the Auditing Insanity podcast?

[00:01:38]Heat. Heat.

[00:02:09]It was business as usual for YouTuber, freerange grandmother, and sometimes I'm homeless outreach specialist Rean Benson as she took time from her busy schedule of being the oneperson self-proclaimed ruler of Denver's Civic Center Park to address the death of Denver County Judge Andre Randolph Denver, Colorado.

[00:02:38]Carrie Lombardi, chief county court judge in Denver who is married to a Denver cop, announced this afternoon that Judge Andre Rudolph passed away suddenly yesterday, May 15th, at the age of 59.

[00:02:58]I had a case in front of Judge Rudolph.

[00:03:02]He was not a good judge.

[00:03:06]He was not a fair judge. He was an arrogant judge.

[00:03:11]His courtroom demeanor was horrible.

[00:03:16]Judge Rudolph wanted you and anyone else stuck with having to listen to him ramble on about himself to know that he was the most important person in the room. He thought of himself very highly.

[00:03:34]These are times of reflection and reminders that judges are not God and do not have the final say. Our creator does.

[00:03:47]Stop putting these judges high on pedestals. Start holding them accountable.

[00:03:53]Life is short and so is our time together.

[00:03:58]May his family find peace in their time of loss. Too bad he didn't have an actual legacy of justice to be remembered by. He failed at his service and times to shine simply for the sake of just us.

[00:04:15]He failed.

[00:04:17]Rudolph failed miserably as a judge and is known as the county court judge everybody was and should be afraid of.

[00:04:27]There's others like him in Denver. I'm certainly not afraid. Again, may his family and those who loved the man for whatever good he had done or shown find peace in their time of loss. Andre Rudolph was a terrible judge. Sincerely, Rean and Benson.

[00:04:48]As previously noted, Benson has been motivated by the recent police shooting of YouTuber and occasional Benson sidekick Lewis. real constitutional upholders. Johnson to put her formidable focus on Denver area police, park rangers, and state patrol officers who patrol the area around Denver's Civic Center Park.

[00:05:14]In her lone wolf operation, Benson streamed for 3 hours from the park on Thursday. The live stream began with Benson giving a bottle of water to a homeless woman in distress who was being helped by a male bystander.

[00:05:31]Benson stated that when she drove up, the homeless woman was lying on the hot sidewalk with a group of bystanders around the woman who were laughing at her and taking photos.

[00:05:43]No video evidence for those allegations was provided by Benson. The YouTuber then noticed a state police vehicle positioned in Civic Center Park facing the wrong direction to see the incident.

[00:05:58]She then walked across the street and began berating the officer before the officer drove off.

[00:06:05]Benson followed the officer, walking in a lowspeed pursuit of the officer's vehicle, through the parking around the Capitol building before stopping in the capital building to demand a state police supervisor.

[00:06:20]The state police supervisor addressed Benson's concerns, then walked with her to the area where the woman was last seen.

[00:06:30]When she could not find the woman, she dismissed the officer, telling him that she would call him if she found the woman.

[00:06:38]Instead of continuing her search, Benson meandered around Civic Center Park, criticizing police, updating the status of Johnson, and making lowlevel racially tinged insults against Judge Isam Shamsid Dean, who recently sentenced her to 60 days in jail, which she is appealing.

[00:07:00]During that stream of consciousness rant, Benson revealed that an anonymous donor put up her $3,000 appeal bond, which Benson said had been illegally imposed on her by Judge Shamsid Dean, and that the law she was convicted of breaking was recently revised by Colorado's state legislature to include elected officials.

[00:07:30]Benson eventually claimed to have spotted the woman at a bus stop near the park. Instead of approaching the woman, she determined from a distance that the woman was fine and watched as she boarded a bus and left the area.

[00:07:46]The YouTuber has since returned to the park to live stream herself berating state patrol officers about teenagers using electronic scooters on the sidewalk.

[00:07:59]This is a developing news story.

[00:08:10]Arizonab based activist Lane Meyers surprised the First Amendment auditing community over the weekend as he returned to YouTube with a series of videos with the intention to spread the word that Arizona based activist and former YouTuber James Freeman Springer was facing domestic abuse charges.

[00:08:36]Springer was arrested at the start of the month after an incident with his family that led to a lowspeed police chase.

[00:08:45]The police chase resulted in an initial listing of charges against Springer and a $40,000 bond.

[00:08:54]Over the past week, the vast majority of Arizona and Texas-based auditors have come together and raised nearly $70,000 in donations on behalf of the activist.

[00:09:09]Springer remains in custody despite earning more than his bond, presumably due to the fact that his GoFundMe account was created last week. And it takes some time for the deposits to be in place in the account of Roy Pigs under pressure, Trip Baloney, who is running the campaign.

[00:09:33]Meyers left the First Amendment auditing community last year after being convicted on charges relating to his negative interactions and doxing of the wife of a Puma County area prosecutor who prosecuted one of his criminal cases.

[00:09:52]The YouTuber essentially removed all of the videos related to that criminal trial and abandoned his channel last summer after his conviction.

[00:10:05]Springer moved to the area around the same time and quickly took over the leadership of the loose community of Arizona based first amendment auditors.

[00:10:17]As noted, it was a surprise to many viewers to see Meyers return to YouTube after nearly a year away from his YouTube channel.

[00:10:28]His first videos concerned Dale Lackluster Hiller's recent look at the charges that Springer was facing at the time of his arrest.

[00:10:39]Again, they are not the current charges as reflected in the Springer's EXS website.

[00:10:47]Meyers took great lengths to point out that despite Hiller's claims otherwise, Springer was indeed facing criminal charges for domestic violence.

[00:10:58]His third and fourth videos were updated to reflect the five misdemeanors and one felony charge that Springer is now facing.

[00:11:09]Meyers explained that last Thursday's hearing was likely an indictment hearing with an actual arraignment hearing coming for Springer on May 21st.

[00:11:20]Meyers again went through the current charges and explained that the misdemeanor charges are all classified under Arizona law as domestic battery.

[00:11:32]He again called out Springer for domestic abuse.

[00:11:37]He made no mention of his own previous victim or cases within Arizona's court system other than alluding to the fact that he had recently been through the process that Springer is going through.

[00:11:52]Meyers's comments brought a growing backlash among those who have claimed that he is jealous of the outpouring of support that Springer is currently receiving.

[00:12:06]It is notable that Meyers's arrest last year for doxing and harassment did not result in the same sort of public outcry or crowdsourced fundraising for his release.

[00:12:20]That remarkable outpouring of support for Springier continued over the weekend as Springer surpassed $70,000 in total donations spread between his GoFundMe campaign and private donations taken via PayPal and other cash applications.

[00:12:40]Angel Kansas City Accountability Moses took Sunday's crowdsourcing title by taking in $1,888 towards his justice for unlawful arrest in Ohio campaign.

[00:12:56]He was followed closely by Roy Tripolone's support James Freeman's pre-trial release fund, which took in $1,777 for the day.

[00:13:07]Third place went to the shot multiple times. Help Lewis's recovery and fight fund which took in $77. And fourth place went to Central Tyrant Investigations Justice for unlawful arrest in Paduk campaign which took in $25 for the day.

[00:13:31]Tripolone's Freeman Fund took top billing for Monday with an $880 take and first place.

[00:13:42]Moses took in $315 for second place and Shawn Paul Long Island Audit Reyes placed third with $100 in new donations to his detained for my rights continuing the fight for our rights campaign.

[00:14:02]Jonathan Fraudtor troll who done who know took fourth place by losing $5 in value due to conversion rate changes between Canadian and US dollars.

[00:14:15]No other campaigns that we follow received donations for either day.

[00:14:29]activist, PDF board game creator, inventor of the Jock, and failed Power Ranger Jose Chile Diccastro remained silent on Monday after having his main account suspended on Saturday and did not address significant developments in legal action related to his time in Duncan, Oklahoma last year.

[00:14:56]Diccastro's suspension came on Saturday after he put up a short that was flagged for violating YouTube's nudity guidelines.

[00:15:07]The YouTube short was up for mere minutes before the suspension happened and since this was his second suspension in 90 days, his channel should be down for 2 weeks.

[00:15:21]While the dimminionative YouTuber had originally used his DMZ clips backup channel to immediately stream to circumvent the ban, Diccastro went silent for the weekend and maintained his silence for Monday despite promises that he would go live again on Sunday.

[00:15:41]If he had gone live, Diccastastro would have had some rare positive news to discuss out of Oklahoma with Oklahoma Supreme Court presiding judge Gary L. Lumpkin ordering special judge Carrie Hixon to review Diccastro's emergency petition for a writ of Mandamus and his demand for a Frank's hearing.

[00:16:08]While no specific writ of mandamus was found in his case file on oscn.net, he did demand a Frank's hearing in January to demand that the court review newly discovered facts and authorization timeline defects for the court to review.

[00:16:29]Because the Frank's hearing was not granted to Dcastro within 30 days, he has a separate filing to deem motions confessed along with filings to disqualify the prosecutor from the case and force Judge Hixon to recuse herself from the case. as the prosecutor is being sued by Diccastro in federal civil court.

[00:16:54]It is unclear why the court system delayed dealing with Diccastro's demands for so long. However, Hixon now has a 30-day deadline to follow up on the request for a Frank's hearing.

[00:17:08]In the civil lawsuit related to the hearing, Diccastastro received a response to his response to a motion to dismiss the lawsuit against defendant Susanna Smith.

[00:17:20]Smith determined probable cause for the charges related to Diccastro's alleged attempts to gain access to police vehicles at the Duncan, Oklahoma police station's parking lot last September.

[00:17:36]Smith's response states, quote, "Mr. Dcastro continues to only rely on his allegations from the First Amended complaint."

[00:17:47]Specifically, he claims that the 92day delay, the statute used to charge him, and the procedural irregularities all support his conclusion that the bad faith exemption applies.

[00:18:03]But he provides no actual evidence or other factual support for these claims.

[00:18:11]Even if this court were to consider Mr. Diccastro's allegations alone as a sufficient initial showing, his arguments still fail on the merits of each factor required for bad faith.

[00:18:26]Specifically, he fails to establish that the prosecution was frivolous or has no hope of success.

[00:18:35]Nor does he establish that the prosecution was retaliation for protected conduct.

[00:18:41]On the first factor, whether the prosecution was frivolous or has no hope of success, Mr. Dcastro continues to argue that his conduct could not possibly satisfy the requirements of 21os section 1787.

[00:19:00]But his argument offers no authority for his narrow and frankly incorrect interpretation of 2110s 1787.

[00:19:10]Additionally, he does not provide any response as to why Judge Hixon's probable cause finding should be overturned.

[00:19:19]A judicial determination is entitled to significant weight, and Mr. Diccastro must offer concrete impeachment of it to establish bad faith, but he offers none. He does not establish the first factor for the bad faith exemption. On the second factor, retaliatory animous towards protected conduct. Mr. Diccastro argues that a retaliatory motive can be inferred from temporal proximity and the statutory mismatch. But Mr. Diccastro does not allege that Sergeant Smith knew he was a journalist, knew he had reported to Major Woods, or had any awareness of protected activity before she prepared the affidavit.

[00:20:08]He also does not allege that Judge Hixon had knowledge of these alleged events either. Again, his allegations are nothing more than his own inferences and beliefs.

[00:20:19]This is not enough to carry his burden."

[00:20:24]unquote.

[00:20:27]Addressing Diccastro's Fourth Amendment claims that his outstanding warrant is limiting his ability to travel, the response states, quote, "Mr. Diccastro urges this court to find that a seizure has occurred because the outstanding arrest warrant restricts his liberty and movement."

[00:20:48]Specifically, he claims the warrant limits his ability to travel to Oklahoma.

[00:20:54]This theory of seizure has been rejected. The 10th Circuit, in agreement with multiple other circuit courts, has refused to recognize claims of pre-arrest restrictions, such as restrictions on travel as a Fourth Amendment seizure.

[00:21:12]Whatever restriction on travel that Mr. Dcastro now claims is a self-imposed one caused by his own actions.

[00:21:22]It is not caused by a show of force or government authority.

[00:21:26]An unexecuted warrant does not seize anyone because no seizure has occurred.

[00:21:32]Neither Fourth Amendment theory can survive."

[00:21:36]unquote.

[00:21:39]Finally, the response addresses Diccastro's claims of retaliatory prosecution as he classifies himself as a journalist. Quote, "As already discussed, Mr. Dcastro alleges no facts that show Sergeant Smith knew Mr. Diccastro had identified himself as a journalist, knew he had reported to Major Woods, or knew of any prior protected activity that would motivate retaliation.

[00:22:09]His suggestion that the court should infer retaliatory intent purely from the fact that Sergeant Smith was present in the building is too abstract to satisfy the pleading standard and does not come close to establishing that retaliation was a substantial motivating factor in her decision to prepare the affidavit.

[00:22:33]Mr. Dcastro's argument for the Neves versus Bartlett exemption to the probable cause bar on First Amendment retaliation claims is also unconvincing.

[00:22:46]Although probable cause should generally defeat a retaliatory arrest claim, a narrow qualification is warranted for circumstances where officers have probable cause to make arrests, but typically exercise their discretion not to do so.

[00:23:05]But for this exemption to apply, a plaintiff must present objective evidence that he was arrested when otherwise similarly situated individuals not engaged in the same sort of protected speech had not been. Mr. Dcastro provides no such evidence. his allegations that no comparable prosecutions are known and that there is a near total absence of enforcement of 21os section 1787 are nothing more than his own conclusions.

[00:23:41]This is not enough to plead that no comparative prosecutions exist. Mr. Mr. Dcastro also does not actually provide similarly situation individuals for this court to compare him to.

[00:23:56]Mr. Dcastro compares himself to visitors and delivery drivers, but there is no meaningful resemblance there. Those individuals are walking through the parking lot for an ordinary lawful purpose. Mr. Dcastro walked into the parking lot with a recording device attached to a long pole.

[00:24:19]He placed this device on the windows to capture the interior of the car. He then pulled on the door handle of vehicles but failed to make entry.

[00:24:30]His behavior is not comparable to a visitor walking to the front door or a delivery driver delivering a package.

[00:24:38]Mr. Dcastro cannot plausibly allege that similarly situated individuals, those who have also approached multiple police vehicles, pressed recording equipment against their windows, and pulled on their door handles, have routinely gone uncharged under 21 OS 1787.

[00:25:01]He fails to identify any similar situated individuals for the purposes of the NES exemption. Mr. Dcastro<unk>'s allegations fail to show how such an exemption applies in this case."

[00:25:18]Smith is seeking to be dismissed from Diccastro's lawsuit.

[00:25:23]It is unclear when or if a ruling will come on her motion to dismiss.

[00:25:37]In a not unexpected move, Christopher Denver metro Audits Cordova and Jonathan Troll who don't know agreed to drop their ongoing legal action over allegations of misuse of copyright against each other. On Tuesday, plaintiff Christopher J. Cordova and defendants Jonathan Hudan Huno, an individual, Niko O'Hiri, an individual, and 14693663 Canada, Incorporated, hereby stipulate and agree as follows.

[00:26:17]Pursuant to federal rule of civil procedure 41A1A2, all claims asserted in this action against defendants are hereby voluntarily dismissed with prejudice.

[00:26:31]Each party shall bear its own attorney's fees and costs except as otherwise expressly provided in the settlement agreement executed by the parties.

[00:26:43]The court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the settlement agreement between plaintiff and defendants.

[00:26:52]The ongoing lawsuit against Hudan Huno began almost a year ago as Cordova sued Hudan Huno over fair use claims, circumvention of YouTube's copy protection security, and misuse of copyrighted work.

[00:27:10]Hudan Huno counters sued, claiming that he had a perpetual verbal license to use Cordova's materials granted by Cordova in a live stream that Hudan Huno found after he deleted the vast majority of videos from his channel.

[00:27:26]His counter claims were dismissed earlier this spring.

[00:27:31]The lawsuit was unusual as both sides initially openly discussed aspects of the case with their followers on their respective YouTube platforms.

[00:27:42]Each ruling or filing got a video from both sides explaining what the judge really meant or what talking point they wanted to promote about the filing.

[00:27:54]Cordova stopped doing this earlier in the year when his statements about his income became basis for multiple motions from Houdon Huno.

[00:28:04]Houdon Huno continued to do videos until recently and had promised his fans that he would never settle with Cordova in a way where Cordova would get any of his money.

[00:28:16]The case itself saw attention from YouTube personality Lewis Rossman, who eventually shared a petition to disbar Cordova's attorney for supposed misdeeds during the course of the lawsuit.

[00:28:32]Houdon Huno also disputed claims that the lawsuit was heading to a settlement despite strong hints from the judge in the case that a settlement would be the best resolution for the case.

[00:28:45]The lawsuit brought an end to longstanding rumors about who done Who Knows Josh persona, revealing after years of rumors and speculation that he was Canadian and not American like the character he portrayed in his videos.

[00:29:04]Houdon who's defense was largely crowdsourced from PayPal and GoFundMe donations.

[00:29:11]The Canadian YouTuber will presumably shut down his popular GoFundMe campaign that has been featured in nearly every one of our crowdsourcing reports since late last year.

[00:29:24]The help us fight this anti-free speech retaliation lawsuit remained stagnant for Tuesday as Roy Tripolone's support James Freeman's pre-trial release fund took in $1,048 to take the day.

[00:29:41]Quam Jay's shot multiple times helped Lewis's recovery and fight campaign placed second with $613 in new donations. It was followed by Angel Kansas City Accountability Moses with his justice for unlawful arrest in Ohio fund which took in $45.

[00:30:05]On Thursday, Trip Aloney again won the day with $935 in new donations, followed by Moses with $225 in new donations.

[00:30:16]Hudan Huno saw $4 in new value due to exchange rate changes between Canadian and US dollars.

[00:30:25]While Cordova nor his attorney have made any public statements on the settlement, Hudon Huno posted that he would do a video on the lawsuit later this week.

[00:30:39]This is a breaking news story.

[00:30:52]Free range grandmother Rean Benson dramatically stormed out of a town hall meeting in the Denver Business Partnership building Wednesday night before confronting RTD board of directors member Chris Nicholson outside of the building over his comments on RTD's role in providing assistance to the homeless.

[00:31:16]The meeting itself was called to address the recent police shooting of Lewis Johnson in a building near the 16th Street Mall that resulted in Johnson's arrest.

[00:31:28]Representatives of the police were at the meeting and basically stuck to the same story we've heard before. Johnson was involved in a shooting in the area, fled the scene.

[00:31:41]Shot spotter monitoring devices detected the shot. Police responded quickly and Johnson was shot in his building after refusing to drop his weapon.

[00:31:52]Johnson has gun charges pending for the incident. A representative of the district attorney's office said that they charged Johnson with what they currently had probable cause for and a chance of proving beyond a reasonable doubt.

[00:32:08]When asked why he was not charged with the shooting that led to his own shooting by police, the representative said that it usually takes about four weeks for the district attorney's office to complete charges.

[00:32:23]Johnson will be charged with what they feel they can prove.

[00:32:27]No other details were shared other than Johnson was in a verbal altercation that led to the initial shooting. It is of note that Benson's story that Johnson was attacked by six thugs who were larger than him has not been confirmed by the evidence we have at this time.

[00:32:49]Benson's own previous reading of the probable cause affidavit indicated that two men besides Johnson were involved in the incident, the victim and the victim's father.

[00:33:02]Johnson is currently out on bond following his arraignment on Monday and posting $200 in bond. He is wearing an ankle monitor and has been banned from returning to his home due to an active protective order as witnesses to the original incident live in the area.

[00:33:24]Benson sat and quietly observed most of Wednesday's meeting before the topic turned to what the Regional Transportation District or RTD board was doing to assist homeless people using their services.

[00:33:40]At this point, the freerange grandmother and sometime homeless outreach specialist interjected, stating that Denver Mayor Mike Johnston had proclaimed homelessness was at a near end in Denver, as there were a little over 500 homeless people left on the streets of Denver.

[00:34:03]Benson then dramatically left the meeting, walking outside of the building, and began insulting and degrading those who attended the meeting.

[00:34:15]Her rage covered the attendees of the meeting before apparently turning to the supporters of James James Freeman Springer and Springer's infamous GoFundMe campaign.

[00:34:28]Benson complained in both the side chat of the live stream and verbally on the stream itself that people were too busy giving their money to someone who can't get his home life in order rather than helping Lewis Johnson.

[00:34:44]She said that she was tired of no one showing up and of the online cheerleader mentality that results in encouraging words in chat, but no actual results when she needs people to show up and support her.

[00:35:02]Her complaints were interrupted by the meeting breaking up and attendees started to walk by her position down the street from where the meeting was held.

[00:35:12]When Nicholson walked by, Benson immediately confronted him, insulting him directly and accusing him of changing his position based on who he was talking to.

[00:35:25]Benson would yell that Nicholson was dismissed, as he was already walking away from her, and threatened that he had not heard the end of the issue.

[00:35:37]A dejected Benson returned to complaining about how she and Johnson were getting little to no support from the community while Springer has taken in over $67,000 to his GoFundMe in the past week before ending the stream.

[00:35:57]Benson was not wrong about overall GoFundMe results for Thursday. Roy Tripolone's support. James Freeman's pre-trial release fund took in $417 in new donations for the day despite Springer being released on bond earlier in that day.

[00:36:17]This was followed by Angel Kansas City Accountability Moses and his justice for unlawful arrested Ohio fund which took in $330 for the day.

[00:36:30]The fund devoted to Johnson took in $25 in new donations for the day. No other campaigns that we follow saw donations for Thursday.

[00:36:42]Benson has been live streaming daily for nearly the past week and is expected to go live again later on Thursday.

[00:37:00]Jose Chile Diccastro received word on Thursday that his motions for several hearings in his ongoing legal trouble in Oklahoma were granted and have been scheduled to be held on June 3rd.

[00:37:18]Diccastro live streamed himself attempting to gain access to three police vehicles in the parking lot of the Duncan, Oklahoma Police Department in September of last year.

[00:37:31]He claimed that he had the right to do so as he was performing an audit in order to see if the firearms in the car were left in unsecured vehicles.

[00:37:43]The dimminionative YouTuber immediately reported himself to the police officers on duty at the station and a warrant for his arrest on charges of molesting a police vehicle were filed several months later.

[00:38:00]Diccastro sued in federal court in California, initially asking for a stay of the charges while he sued everyone involved with the charges.

[00:38:12]The emergency intervention was denied and the lawsuit was eventually transferred to Oklahoma.

[00:38:21]The YouTuber also fought the charges on a state level, filing multiple motions for hearings in order to challenge the charges and the outstanding warrant.

[00:38:32]That court did not act on his motions until the state supreme court ordered Judge Carrie Hixon to act on the requests earlier this week.

[00:38:43]Hixon responded on Thursday by ordering the following motions be heard on June 3rd at 2:00 p.m. local time. Motion for judicial recusal of Carrie Hixon. Motion to disqualify District Attorney Dan Jacobsma.

[00:39:01]Motion for Frank's hearing. Supplemental motion for Frank's hearing. Motion to deem motions confessed and proposed order of dismissal.

[00:39:15]It is unclear if Diccastastro will attend the hearing in person as he has previously expressed concerns over the act of warrant in the state preventing travel.

[00:39:27]It is unknown whether the court will consider a remote appearance for the Los Angeles-based YouTuber.

[00:39:34]This comes a day after Diccastro received word that he continues to be in default in his appeal of the dismissal of his lawsuit against Michael Bluebacon Peritini team skeptic and Daniel Clement in California Superior Court.

[00:39:53]The failed Power Ranger had initially voluntarily dropped the lawsuit against Skeptic and Clement without prejudice last year, while Peritini had charges against him dropped with prejudice by the judge in the lawsuit.

[00:40:09]Diccastro eventually changed his mind about dismissing the case and appealed to undo the judge's orders to dismiss the lawsuit against the third defendant.

[00:40:21]Kate Peter, who is also named in that lawsuit, remains in limbo as she was found by the court clerk to be in default. However, that default was never turned into a default judgment by the court.

[00:40:36]Diccastro was originally determined to be in default of the appeal in March as he had not filed the $100 fee associated with the appeal and his failure to serve and give proof of service of the notice of appeal.

[00:40:54]Diccastro now has until June 2nd to pay the fee and show proof of service to the defendants or face the possibility of having his appeal dropped.

[00:41:06]The inventor of the jocksock was live streaming as the news about his Oklahoma hearing broke.

[00:41:13]In his Thursday afternoon live stream, Diccastastro announced that the time was coming that all of his channels will be banned for standing up against YouTube and the government.

[00:41:29]He told his fans that he would eventually attempt to create a new channel, but it would be likely that he will no longer have a channel and will have to have his fans post videos to their channels on his behalf.

[00:41:44]The YouTuber said he no longer made money off of YouTube, that Rumble is not profitable, and that he would eventually have to open a GoFundMe for his fans to fund his audits and anti- police activities.

[00:42:00]This is a breaking news story.

[00:42:14]Thursday brought news that activist and YouTuber Craig Hendry's ongoing legal problems in Sullivan County, Indiana, may have come to an end as his change of plea was accepted on May 11th and he was able to plead guilty for a single felony count that was then reduced to a misdemeanor.

[00:42:41]His sentencing document reads, "A negotiated plea agreement was filed on May 8th. The defendant advises the court that he wishes to withdraw his plea of not guilty and enter a plea of guilty to count one intimidation, a level six felony with judgment of conviction to be entered as a class A misdemeanor.

[00:43:08]The defendant Craig Robert Henry is advised of his constitutional rights.

[00:43:15]The court finds that the defendant Craig Robert Henry is a male person 27 years of age. That he understands the nature of the charge against him to which he has pled guilty. That he understands the possible sentence and fine thereafter.

[00:43:34]That his plea is made freely and voluntarily. that his plea is accurate and there is a factual basis for the defendant's plea of guilty. The court accepts the negotiated plea agreement.

[00:43:48]It is therefore ordered a judged and decreed that the defendant Craig Robert Henry is a male person 27 years of age and is guilty of the crime of intimidation, a level six felony with a judgment of conviction to be entered as a class A misdemeanor.

[00:44:07]The court now sentences the defendant Craig Robert Henry as follows.

[00:44:12]A $25 fine plus costs of court. B 245 days imprisonment in the Sullivan County Correctional Facility with credit for 92 actual days served and 92 days credit time to be served consecutive to any other sentence in any other county.

[00:44:38]The state of Indiana agrees to dismiss counts two and three. The court grants the same.

[00:44:46]Fine and court costs shall be taken from the defendant's bond. Any remainder shall be released pursuant to the bond terms form.

[00:44:57]The defendant is remanded back to the custody of the Sullivan County Correctional Facility.

[00:45:06]Henry's charges stemmed from an incident all the way back in October of 2024, but has been delayed multiple times as Henry served time for charges in Green and Vermilion counties over the past 2 years.

[00:45:22]The YouTuber was able to briefly see freedom in July of last year after being released from his stay in Vermillion County's jail when he raised $8,000 in a cash bond for the Sullivan County charges.

[00:45:38]That bond may have been forfeited, however, as he picked up new charges in Vermillian County for allegedly threatening and assaulting a jail security officer during his stay in Vermillion County last year.

[00:45:54]Henry is currently set for a bond reduction hearing for those charges in Vermillion County next month as bond has been set at $25,000.

[00:46:07]His trial for those charges is currently set for August of 2026.

[00:46:12]The plea deal will allow him to serve out the rest of his time in Sullivan County or serve out that time in Vermillion County while being held before his August trial should he not make bond.

[00:46:26]Henry has released no statements through his longtime girlfriend, Erica Brown, and it is unclear as to if he plans on accepting a plea deal in his Vermillion County case.

[00:46:41]This is a developing news story.

[00:46:54]Former YouTuber James James Freeman Springer was released from the Puma County, Arizona adult detention center on bond on Wednesday and successfully attended his arraignment hearing without incident on Thursday.

[00:47:12]Springer had been in the detention center since early May following an altercation that has been classified as domestic violence with his wife and family that was followed by a low-speed police chase and Springer's arrest by local police.

[00:47:31]After weeks of silence from Springer's camp, a group of Texas and Arizona based auditors banded together last week after Roy Pigs Under Pressure Tripolone got Springer's permission to do a GoFundMe.

[00:47:47]The group at one point helped by Jose Chile Dcastro streamed every night for four nights in a row and brought in staggering amounts of donations to the campaign.

[00:48:01]A little over a week later, Tripolone's GoFundMe, which is still active even after Springer was released from jail, has earned a current total of $68,136.

[00:48:15]It gained another $160, edging out Angel Kansas City Accountability Moses, who brought in $158.

[00:48:25]and the account established for Luis Real Constitutional Uhholders Johnson which brought in $80 for Thursday.

[00:48:35]To put the record amount in perspective, Sean Paul Long Island Audit Reyes is considered the master of GoFundMe campaigns. His nine recorded two still active campaigns set records with two of his campaigns.

[00:48:52]Help me fight these unlawful charges and injustice and support the fight against tyranny and corruption surpassing $55,000 in total donations.

[00:49:06]These are campaigns that took months to reach their peaks and the outpouring of support to Springer's campaign has brought in roughly $7,000 more than Reyes's highest grossing campaign in a single week.

[00:49:21]Naturally, the massive hall to someone involved in a domestic violence episode has brought a reaction from the auditing community.

[00:49:32]Freerange grandmother and sometime activist for the homeless. Rean Benson, for example, has been highly critical of people who gave money to someone who can't get his home life in order rather than to the campaign of her sidekick, Luis Johnson, who was recently shot by police officers after shooting someone in downtown Denver.

[00:49:57]There have also been growing calls for accountability for the nearly $70,000 in donations towards Springer's bond.

[00:50:07]That bond was set at $40,000, leaving Springer with $30,000 and the $40,000 after his trial wraps up money to help with charges that have been reduced to a low-level felony and multiple misdemeanor charges that are likely to be reduced or dropped at trial.

[00:50:30]The fact that Tripolone, Springer, and others involved in the collection of that fund have gone radio silent from last week has also led to suspicion and questions about what Springer will do with the money.

[00:50:46]On Thursday, Springer was successfully arraigned in Puma County Superior Court for two charges of misdemeanor disorderly conduct domestic violence.

[00:50:57]Two counts of misdemeanor threat intimidate physical injury domestic violence.

[00:51:04]One misdemeanor count of criminal damage, deface, and one felony count of unlawful flight from law enforcement.

[00:51:15]Despite Springer bringing in more money than the average American household in a week, the YouTuber has a public defender to represent him as the case moves forward. According to YouTuber Lane Meyers, who posted on our YouTube channel, quote, "Public defender is not based on income or assets. It's based on charges. You can't even hold a single hearing without a lawyer present. Unless he goes through the process to proceed proay, they can't force you to have a lawyer billionaire or homeless."

[00:51:52]His next hearing is for case management and has been scheduled for July 1st in Puma County Superior Court.

[00:52:09]The rage train continued in the Denver area on Thursday night when sometime activist for the homeless and free range grandmother Rean Benson announced on a live stream that YouTuber Luis Real constitutional upholders Johnson was picked up by police and currently in jail for violating ating a protective order.

[00:52:38]Benson explained that Johnson was picked up by police earlier in the day following a reported violation of the protective order by Johnson when he went to the hospital for a scheduled visit with his doctor and was seen by the father of the man he allegedly shot who had brought his son to the same hospital for treatment.

[00:53:02]Johnson allegedly shot the other man following a verbal altercation where Benson claimed that Johnson was attacked by six thugs who were all bigger than him, resulting in Johnson shooting the man in self-defense to deescalate the situation.

[00:53:21]Police reports do not describe the presence of more than two men on the scene with Johnson at the time of the shooting with other witnesses watching what had happened scattered throughout the area.

[00:53:34]While two witnesses said that the man may have thrown a punch at Johnson, they also indicated that the man was unarmed when Johnson shot him.

[00:53:45]When reading police statements about the shooting, Benson has classified the discrepancies in the police reports as a work of dirty ass cops who are essentially conspiring with stupid judges against Johnson. Nonetheless, Johnson was reported to police for violating the protective order by the father of his alleged victim and picked up later in the afternoon on Thursday.

[00:54:14]He will have a hearing later today and is now represented by Benson's personal attorney, JP Hubard.

[00:54:23]Benson used the news to attack the judges who have been involved in the case, the police, Johnson's victim, and nearly everyone else in government associated with downtown Denver.

[00:54:38]at one point pulling up the LinkedIn page for Judge Anarie Spain, who oversaw Monday's hearing, and attacking her appearance and qualifications.

[00:54:50]The free range grandma then attacked members of the First Amendment auditing community for giving more than $68,000 to James Freeman's GoFundMe.

[00:55:00]While the GoFundMe for Johnson has struggled to bring in more than $100 per day, she wondered aloud what was causing the lack of motivation for people to help Johnson and if it was her presence that was stopping people from giving money to the cause.

[00:55:18]She then attacked her fellow First Amendment auditors for the lack of support and noted again that she was the only area auditor who has come out in support of Johnson.

[00:55:31]It is noted that area auditors and former sometime auditing partners of Benson have come and gone over the years.

[00:55:40]The list of former partners include Terresa Sweet T Neil, Christopher Denver Metro Audits, Cordova, and Elizabeth Aurora Transparency Canelis, who are either unaware of the situation with Johnson or unwilling to come out in support of Benson's work.

[00:56:02]Johnson himself was a part-time auditing partner and quasi bodyguard for Benson over the past year.

[00:56:10]Benson has stated that police intend to murder her while she is doing homeless outreach or police monitoring in the Denver or Englewood areas and needed the armed Johnson to have her back as her second amendment rights have been stripped due to a protection order of her own.

[00:56:32]Benson was also recently convicted of doxing the subject of that protective order. Commander Joel Bell of the Denver Police Force. She was sentenced to a fine, jail time, and a mental health evaluation.

[00:56:49]True to recent statements, Benson stated Thursday night that police officers involved in the shooting of Johnson lied about their reasoning for shooting Johnson.

[00:57:02]She claimed that despite an armed Johnson ignoring commands from officers on the street and then running from the same officers, the officers had no intention of ending the situation peacefully and implied that they had every intention to shoot the military veteran.

[00:57:21]Johnson is currently set for a hearing this afternoon. He will be represented by Hubard at the hearing.

[00:57:29]This is a breaking news story.

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