State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Rekieta, Kayla Rekieta, April Imholte

Will Nicholas Rekieta take the plea deal offered to him?


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He has no leverage (quite the contrary- especially if Stearns County has talked to Kandiyohi). Nick is too dumb and prideful to take a plea, so he's going full on to trial.
I'm not sure whether you're overestimating his intelligence or underestimating his cowardice.
 
I think he will go all the way because he thinks he will be able to force the state to hide the bodycam footage from the public due to the "online nerd stalker child" threat. He will think he can force the footage that does become public to be extremely narrow in scope so that he can shape the narrative, all the other segments of footage entered into evidence he will try and hide from public view due to children and such. I assume that if you are physically present in the courtroom that you will see it but otherwise it wouldn't be able to be shown on the Internet.

He won't take a plea because he would have to admit he committed crimes and I don't think he can do that. Though with his recent language of kinda-admitting some things like saying "abuse of drugs was happening but it wasn't addiction" he might believe that even with a guilty plea he can still shape the narrative by saying "drugs should be legal though so fuck the state."
 
The filing is online.

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Attachments

"Nicholas Rekieta is an internet personality, and in the single video, the only credible evidence contained in the Application for Search Warrant, Nicholas Rekieta was engaged in an internet performance. It is a show for “likes” and “hits”. The more “likes”, comments, and “hits” the performance generates, the more income is generated. He is an actor. We all know we are not to believe what we see and hear on the internet."

"Your honor, you cannot believe things you see on the internet!"

And here I thought Kayla's lawyer was less of a retard.
 
Can this statement be considered libellous? If Aaron had money could he go after Kayla and his lawyer for this?
Statements inside court can't be considered defamatory or libel from my understanding. But I hope the judge reems them a new one demanding information about this. It's a very bold accusation. If your going to spout bullshit, you better have a lick of evidence supporting it.
 
Can this statement be considered libellous? If Aaron had money could he go after Kayla and his lawyer for this?
Very unlikely.
Statements inside court can't be considered defamatory or libel from my understanding.
They can in certain circumstances. See:
Only if it's relevant to the case at hand. Collins v. Red Roof Inns, 211 W. Va. 458, 566 S.E.2d 595 (W. Va. 2002) But, generally said, this is not a prospective vector of attack.
For something more related to Minnesota, see Mahoney v. Newgard, 729 N.W.2d 302 (Minn. 2007) from the Minnesota Supreme Court, or Fredin v. Kreil, Case No. 20-cv-01929 (SRN/HB) (D. Minn. Dec. 18, 2020) from a federal court
 
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