Newly freed YouTuber Lane Myers continued to confuse fans with his attempts to comply with court orders to take down videos on Friday as some of the videos he had been ordered to take down apparently remain at delisted status and are freely available to anyone with a link.
Myers had been jailed since March on charges of stalking and harassing the wife of a Tucson city prosecutor. He accepted a plea deal in June to admit guilt for a single charge of felony harassment and a single charge of felony stalking.
The YouTuber had faced two sets of charges, one for violating a protective order that was granted to protect the victim of his crimes, and a second batch that he picked up immediately after he was released on bond for violating the terms and conditions of his bond.
He would later argue that he was under the impression that the release conditions hadn’t started because he hadn’t received a printed minute order from the hearing. Effectively stating that even though he had been released, the conditions should have applied until the order was printed. This argument was rejected multiple times by the Court.
After his release last week, Myers is apparently playing on the Court’s own lack of specifics as the court did not specify which videos should come down or what constituted a “removal.” The handwritten instructions in his supervised probation conditions state the following:
“Remove all videos from streaming services, YouTube or social media that mention the victim or her family, including identifying information about them.”
As Myers had previously shown, he will only comply with specifics orders from the court. When he was released on the first set of charges in March, he immediately complained that he had no list of videos to remove from the prosecution, so he was unable to comply with their wishes.
Prosecutor Rachel Stiles again, did not list what videos should come down in his probation order or how they should be removed. This is a rare blunder for the prosecutor, after stating that Myers would attempt to test the system every way he could in a statement at his sentencing hearing.
While the order “remove all videos from streaming services, YouTube, and social media” is clear to most, Myers can argue again, without a specific list he’s guessing as to what videos need to be taken down, he’s doing his best to comply with the order.
He can also argue what the word “remove” means. YouTube has three ways to remove videos: deletion, delisting and making a video private. All three actions remove the video from public listings, but access can still be granted to a limited audience. Without a specific order to delete the videos, Myers has shown that he will test the limitations of his release conditions.
It’s unclear where his victim or others can go to for clarification of the terms of Myers’ release or what can be done about the videos that remain live on YouTube and accessible even though they’ve been delisted.
As part of his probation conditions, Myers was ordered to give full access to his YouTube channel to his probation officer. It is unclear if that officer is trained in social media and YouTube and is aware of the different levels of “removal” from the service.
The issue may end up back in court as Myers continues to push the boundaries of his
Myers’ legal defense GiveSendGo campaign stalled on Saturday with no new donations recorded. The crowd sourcing title was won by our own On-Going Expenses campaign, which took in $100.00, followed by SeanPaul “Long Island Audit” Reyes, who took in $50.00 to his Support the Fight Against Tyranny & Corruption campaign.
Update: As of Sunday afternoon, the two videos we had as examples in a previous article had changed from unlisted status to private status. While they have not been removed from YouTube, public access has indeed been removed from each video.
Two more videos have been provided by members of our Discord forum that apparently mention the victim, are still available on YouTube. A video labeled “The Resurrection” uses his victims’ face in the thumbnail and is freely available on his YouTube channel, while a video titled “Law Lessons with Lane Myers” has been delisted.
We will monitor both videos and provide updates as we receive them.
The DA and court have bent over backwards to give this guy a break and now he wants to play games? FAFO.
Breaching his conditions is rather simpler.
Were you told not to do this? yes or no
Did you do this? yes or no
If yes
Back into jail. Do not collect go, do not stop for a bike ride, just back in.
But he knows better. Just like Eric Bryant knew better, He is in for 12 years right?
Lame knows better. they did not say which video so i can leave up what i like… err no. His lawyer, if he has one, would tell him to err on the side of caution: To act in the least risky manner in a situation where one is uncertain about the consequences. Because sending a convicted felon back to prison is a lot easier then convicting someone in the first place.
He can be put into jail from the start of any complaint because he is convicted. He think he will get a soap box and tell his tale of woe…
nope just 6-9-12 months in prison, He will rot in a cell for that time, not in jail, he would be going to the big house. Where I am sure, his charming personality would play so well with others.
The man loves to ride his bike on trails. There are no trail in the hole. Just hours of sitting there waiting to get out.
But hey! He knows better than everyone else.
He took a plea to avoid a long term stay inside. So now he wants to play games and get the same thing anyways?
Okay there Lame. Maybe he enjoys the meatloaf?