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Attorneys for three friends of Nolan Xavier Wells filed six more defamation lawsuits Tuesday in federal and state court, accusing social media users of making false claims about the young men in connection with Wells’ death.
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Mississippi attorney Tyler Cox is representing the fathers of the friends — Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour — along with defamation and media law attorney Edward Paltzik. The fathers are acting on behalf of their sons, who are between 18 and 21 years old and considered minors in Mississippi.
All three young men were with Wells during a July 4 trip to Horn Island.
The attorneys filed the first lawsuit Monday against NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens over a post on X that included a photo of the three young men with the words, “ARREST THEM IMMEDIATELY!! LIKE YESTERDAY!!”
The post included a link to an Instagram video posted by social media producer “Trent Out Loud.” identified by Cox as Trent Hall.
The attorneys filed a second lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Gulfport against Hall, accusing the Canadian resident of defaming the young men in the aftermath of Wells’ death.
Wells, 18, of Ocean Springs, went missing during the July 4 trip to Horn Island with a group of about 30 friends. The group traveled to the barrier island on three boats, but the friends returned without Wells, saying he stayed behind to talk to a girl.
Two days later, on July 6, authorities found Wells’ body in the water off the northwest tip of Horn Island, about 10 miles off the Mississippi Coast.
A Jackson County grand jury later found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the three young men or their friends in connection with Wells’ death. The cause and manner of Wells’ death remains undetermined.
The social media video shared by Hall accuses Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour of murder and tampering with evidence. It alleges they deleted messages from Wells’ phone to help cover up a crime.
Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour were not on the same boat as Wells when the group traveled to Horn Island on July 4.
Each of the lawsuits is asking for monetary damages during a jury trial. Before the trials begin, the attorneys are asking judges to bar the defendants from commenting on social media and from hosting or joining live broadcasts related to the young men.
The attorneys also filed five defamation lawsuits Tuesday and Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court against other social media influencers. They include:
- Mississippi social media creator, Demarcus Hughes, aka “Boogie Lowdown.,” and “Boogie Thee Lowdown”
- Tumika Lasha Birch, aka “Tumika Lasha”
- Isaiah Kelvin Harris, aka, “theisaiahharris”
- Jennifer M. Sushka, aka ““Jay Megan”
- Sandra L. Butler, aka “Royalty”
Before filing those lawsuits, the attorneys put others on notice of pending defamation claims. They include civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who was hired by Wells’ parents, Elmore and Christine Wonsley, to do an independent investigation into their son’s death.
Earlier this week, Wells’ parents joined Crump and others, calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to come in and do an independent investigation of their son’s death.
The attorneys also have threatened to sue Baptist minister the Rev. Al Sharpton and Asuncion “Sunny” Hostin, an attorney and co-host of ABC’s “The View,” over statements they made in connection with Wells’ death.
“As these suits unquestionably demonstrate, we will identify, pursue and punish TikTokers, YouTubers, and other content creators who spread their libelous and slanderous poison far and wide online, wherever they may live (and we know where they live),” Paltzik said.
“These cowards are nothing more than keyboard warriors with big mouths and small brains,” Paltzik said. “They’ve done a lot of damage, but now it’s their turn to feel the heat.”
The lawsuits represent on only side of story.
An “industrial style” defamation claim against Trent Hall
Canadian-born Hall, aka “Trent Out Loud,” is accused of waging an “industrial-scale” defamation campaign against the three young men, accusing them of involvement in Wells’ death and of tampering with his phone, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit highlights three videos Hall published Sept. 23-25, days after a Jackson County grand jury found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the young men.
“Trent had access to and was fully aware of publicly available information from a grand jury and a district attorney that directly contradicted his false statements,” the complaint says.
Hall, who lives in Montreal, has about 228,000 YouTube subscribers, 127,000 followers on his personal Instagram account and an additional 99,000 followers on the Instagram account for his “Trent Out Loud” show, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Hall’s audience is primarily in the United States and that his videos targeted Mississippi in connection with Wells’ death and the grand jury’s findings.
The first video cited in the lawsuit was published Sept. 23 and titled, “Nolan Wells Nancy Grace Paid Off to Lie for The White Boys.”
In it, Hall accused Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour of blackmailing television personality Nancy Grace, leading to her subsequent reporting after interviewing the young men after the trip to Mississippi and Horn Island.
“The bag. The check, yo, that’s a lot of zeros,” Hall said, according to the lawsuit.
Hall also referred to Hudson’s stepmother, Jackson County Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole, as a “puppet master,” the lawsuit says.
Throughout his broadcasts, Hall is accused of portraying Wells’ death as a homicide and claiming there was “scientific proof” that Wells suffered blunt-force trauma before his death. Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour have repeatedly denied those claims.
On Sept. 24, Hall posted a video titled, “Nolan Wells, ARREST THE 3 WHITE BOYS & THE DA NOW THEY DELETED HIS PHONE?” according to the lawsuit.
Hall identified the young men by name, referred to them as “Nolan’s former friends” and called for the arrest of the “three white boys,” adding, “We now have probable cause.”
Hall also made other claims during his videos, including a video citing the grand jury, then saying the grand jury reached that conclusion despite evidence in the case that Hall described as “clear” and “undeniable.”
Claims against Demarcus Hughes, aka “Boogie Lowdown” and “Boogie Thee Lowdown”
The lawsuit against Hughes, or “Boogie Low Down” and “Boogie Thee Lowdown,” of Gautier, accuses him of defaming the friends, with the attorney saying the lawsuit was filed to stop Hughes from continuing ”to brand them as killers before his audience. “
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The lawsuit cites several statements Hughes allegedly made in his posts that attorneys say are false and defamatory.
Among them, Hughes allegedly claimed Wells died aboard the “plaintiff’s boat” during a call to Sea Tow, a water-assistance and boat-towing service, after one of the boats began taking on water because of a malfunctioning bilge pump.
Hughes accused the friends of killing Wells and covering up the crime, according to the lawsuit.
The three young men “did not kill Nolan, did not harm him, had nothing to do with causing his death and have no knowledge of any action taken to hurt Nolan,” according to the lawsuit. “Nolan was their close friend.”
The alleged defamatory statements continued after the grand jury ruling, the lawsuit says. Hughes read the grand jury report and told his audience, “IF YOU THOUGHT” the report about “#NolanWells” was going to make him “SHUT TF UP or MOVE ON,” then they have “LOST YOUR DAMN MIND!”
Hughes continued making what the lawsuit describes as false claims, including posts alleging that Wells did not drown, that his friends “know something” and that they “may be his murderers.”
Hughes also included the hashtag “allegedly” in his posts.
“Attaching the word allegedly to an accusation of murder does not make it something other than an accusation of murder,” the lawsuit says.
On July 5, Hudson’s mother sent Hughes a private message telling him, “your information is not correct,” and asking him to stop making posts about her son and family.
Hughes later shared the mother’s message with his audience, prompting one of his followers to warn him that “they (are) watching your page.”
In response, Hughes wrote, “and you know, I don’t give a DAMN,” the lawsuit says.
The lawsuit seeks monetary damages. Before trial, the attorneys are asking the court to bar Hughes from posting or commenting on social media and from hosting or joining live broadcasts.
Hughes said in message on Facebook late Wednesday afternoon that he had not yet been served.
Claims against Tumika Lasha Birch, aka “Tumika Lasha”
Tumika Lasha Birch, who also goes by “Tumika Lasha,” of Blythewood, Georgia, made false and defamatory statements about Hudson on Facebook, according to the lawsuit. Among them was an Oct. 4 post in which Birch allegedly claimed Hudson was responsible for Wells’ death.
In the post, Birch called Hudson a “financial predator” and a “con-artist” who befriended Wells for “his trust fund,” stole from him, forged documents and took out an accidental death insurance policy on his life. She also falsely accused Hudson of striking Wells “in the back of his head,” the lawsuit alleges.
Birch made the statements after a Jackson County grand jury found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing by the three young men.
“Her statements, accusations and insinuations are not based on truthful facts or credible evidence,” the lawsuit says.
Like Hughes, the attorneys are asking a judge to bar Birch from making other false statements about the young men on social media or in live broadcasts before a jury trial on the matter.
They are asking for up to $200,000 in damages.
Sandra Butler, aka “Royalty”
The lawsuit against Sandra L. Butler, of Hinesville, Georgia, accused her of making false and defamatory statements that the three young men were responsible for Wells’ murder.
She allegedly made the statements on her TikTok account, @gods_bestgirl, where she refers to herself as “Royalty.”
The “gist” of her published statements was that Wells was killed aboard the boat on July 4 and that Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour were responsible for their friend’s death, the lawsuit alleges.
In one such statement, she said, “They are guilty. They did something,” according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit says the claims are false and defamatory.
Isaiah Kelvin Harris, aka “theisaiahharris”
Isaiah Kelvin Harris, of Dallas, Texas, is accused of making false and defamatory statements about the three young men, including accusing them of murdering Wells, which was posted on his TikTok account, @theisaiahharris, according to the lawsuit.
In an Oct. 3 livestream on his TikTok account, Harris allegedly told his audience, “Them boys are guilty as f—,” and called all three young men “murderers,” the lawsuit says.
Harris also falsely claimed that Wells died aboard the boat before the friends returned to shore, according to the lawsuit. The statements were made in the aftermath of the Sept. 21 grand jury ruling.
Jennifer M. Sushka, aka “Jay Megan” or @nerdypinkpanda on YouTube
Jennifer M. Sushka, who goes by “Jay Megan” @Nerdypinkpanda on YouTube and is a resident of Illinois, is accused of making false and defamatory statements accusing the three young men, as well as Hudson’s younger brother, of criminal wrongdoing, including a cover-up, in connection with Wells’ death.
The lawsuit alleges Sushka, of Moline, Illinois, claimed Wells was killed and that Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour were involved in his death. She also allegedly claimed Hudson’s younger brother was drunk and fighting on Horn Island on July 4 and that Wells died when he was trying to calm him down. . She also accused the friends and their families of disposing of Wells’ body.
The lawsuit characterizes the gist of Sushka’s claims as accusing Hudson, his younger brother, Pitalo, Seymour and their families of criminal wrongdoing related to Wells’ death.
The attorneys also invited Sushka to Ocean Springs to review information they had gathered during their investigation, but she declined, telling her audience it was “a trap” and that “they would try to haul me into court for defamation,” according to the lawsuit.
This story was originally published October 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM with the headline “These social media stars are facing defamation lawsuits from friends of Nolan Wells.”
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