ETA the time has come, Hank is looking for Smally, who didn't arrive yet... but now is here, both enter the courtroom
- users throw lots of money at LM
- his paid for by Hank lawyer is unable to explain the evidence or provide the judge with any evidence for JS being innocent of the deepfakes
- lawyer tries to claim, that he got information late, which the prosecutor denies.
- allegedly JS has no new address like Hank had claimed in his interview, so might still be living with Hank.
- new charge being read for obstruction, North Korean propaganda on bus, JS pleads guilty to this third obstruction charge.
-he's not being charged with terrorism for this, only the obstruction.
- his lawyer is disputing the date and time of that happening.
- lawyer tries to nitpick because of the date, claiming procedural error on this.
- JS accepts the charges aside from the date, he pleads guilty still.
- JS changes his plea (!!) on the obstruction for the Lotte world charge, he has now pled guilty to all four obstruction charges.
- only "not guilty" is now the deepfakes.
- the expected witness isn't BongBong (!) but the young woman from Lotte world he filmed without consent
- witness is dismissed because he changed his plea
- they now argue the deepfakes, they don't need BongBong for the deepfakes.
- his lawyer claims
that JS doesn't even know how to make deepfakes haaaaaaaaahahahaha
- prosecutor:
but he distributed them?
- lawyer:
YES BUT HE WAS DRUNK!! lol
- law only requires distribution for deepfake charge
- maybe in the future witnesses for that will be called, they argue over that.
- his lawyer tries to argue against calling them, back and forth with the prosecutor
- trial will go on longer because he is still fighting the deepfakes.
- they argued against calling witnesses; the lawyer tried to block - overruled by the judge. Witnesses for the deepfakes will be called!
- trial will go on into October and November.
- lawyer asks for longer cross examination time 25 instead of 15 min, he wants to grill Yungman and BongBong, is denied.
- completely wrecked defense lawyer today.
- next hearing date is announced for:................... (drumroll) ..........
October 29th
- there are some people behaving badly in the courtroom.
- the witness was/ would have been Kim from Lotte World.
- his lawyer wanted a hearing date sooner than Oct 29, got denied again.
- despite confessing to the distribution as element of the crime for deepfakes, his lawyer still wants to dispute the clear evidence on the next date, which is predicted to be unsuccessful.
- allegedly JS looked gaunt and had dark circles to the dark circles under his eyes
- streamer Atozy was there to report from trial
charges overview after today:
- bottom line,
tl;dr: JS and his lawyer are simultaneously keeping up the not guilty plea while admitting guilt for the distribution of deepfakes, which is as moot as his attempts to gain any ground regarding witness testimony coming up.