Friday’s end to Jose “Chille” DeCastro’s lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metro Police Department (LVMPD) ended exactly how DeCastro predicted it would: in a major loss handed to him by a jury of his peers and a promise to his fans that he would appeal the decision to the 9th Circuit.
Neither announcement was any surprise to DeCastro followers as the failed Power Ranger made his announcement that he would lose the case and appeal to the 9th Circuit days before the trial even started, continuing his long-time mantra that cases are lost on the district level and won on appeal.
DeCastro’s post-loss statements on Instagram reflected this, implying blame for the loss on the supposed “wife of a cop” who he had singled out and berated for most of the week. Using the woman as a bogeyman of sorts, he rallied against all of those people who are related to the police or work with police and used it as a disqualifying factor in serving as jurors.
He also attacked the judge’s ruling that his conviction and acquittal of the crimes associated with the lawsuit would be kept from the jury. Though, that evidence was never going to come into the trial based on past rulings by Judge Andrew Gordon prior to his In Limine ruling.
Time after time he said that the differing standards between the rules of state level probable cause and federal level probable cause would have prejudiced the jury against the defendants.
DeCastro’s fumbled attempt to introduce that evidence, by telling the jury that arresting officer Brandan Bourque was found “to have lied” by another judge caused a near mistrial and proved that DeCastro’s legal maneuverings were akin to a bad episode of a 90’s NBC children’s sitcom.
But the case was troubled from the start and in hindsight, DeCastro seemed to agree with that assessment. He called it a “bad” case on his YouTube and Instagram livestreams hours before the final day of the trial and said that he had regrets about things he’s done.
For a case where he was demanding $1,000,000 in pain and suffering, for example. From our own observations of his livestreams, DeCastro bungled the description of the pain he was feeling for months before filing the case, until corrected, when suddenly his pains switched to be associated with an Ulnar nerve injury.
The diminutive YouTuber never followed up with an actual diagnosis of injury, either to his Ulnar nerve or his testicles, no receipts for doctor’s visits, no real signs of pain or suffering, no expert witnesses. When given two and a half years to prepare to present his case he offered almost nothing to show that he was deserving of the money he desperately needs to fund his other ventures.
Attorneys for the defense rightly pointed out that DeCastro’s stories about the groin strike were also conflicting from the start. DeCastro misidentified his supposed abuser as Officer Jesse Sandoval in initial court filings and later changed his accusations towards officer Branden Bourque.
His loss also put him at odds at his supposed future base when he’s Governor of a yet to be named state. DeCastro has made it clear that he sees no value in most police officers and anyone who is related to the police or works with the police or thinks positively of the police cannot be in a position of power in his world, let alone can serve on a jury.
Strangely, DeCastro’s big “rabbit out of a hat moment” that he described on a video teased Friday morning turned out to be exactly what we said it was going to be. He filed another lawsuit against the LVMPD for the Valentines Day 2024 arrest and for some reason, despite swearing up and down that a jury put him in a horrible person, he demanded a jury trial.
DeCastro’s two Instagram clips telling his fans that he would appeal to the 9th Circuit and they would “without a doubt” overturn the decision was all his fans got of his reaction to the loss. He had previously told his fans that he was leaving Las Vegas almost immediately after the decision to go work on “technology” at an unnamed location and offered no further insights Friday night into Saturday morning.
The jock sock inventor’s day wasn’t all bad as he won the crowd sourcing title for Saturday.
DeCastro’s Stand with Chille Delete Lawz, Federal Trial Feb 9, 2026 fund brought in $231.00 in new donations to win the day.
He was followed by our own On-Going Expenses campaign which placed second with $50.00 in new donations.
SeanPaul “Long Island Audits” Reyes took third place as someone gave him $10.00 towards his Help Me Fight These Unlawful Charges & Injustice fund.
Finally, Frauditor Troll’s Help us Fight this anti-free speech retaliation lawsuit placed fourth with $5.00 in conversion rate adjustment income. No new donations were recorded for the day.
chilli lost at trial but will win in appeal? Him and David Earl Warden both will win on appeal. Warden at least has a lawyer doing the paperwork. Does chilli? Betcha he does it himself, cause no one wants to take it? And it will be dismissed without a hearing.
Odds of winning at appeal is about 10% of cases they hear. Depending on location, city or state they might hear anywhere from 5% to 10% of appeals. The rest are dismissed.
But hey, since he is a legal scholar in his own mind anyhow, he will surely get his win on appeal in his own mind. Reality, not so much.
In other news, chilli demanded that the courts repeal the law of gravity and since they did not respond in 20 days, there is no gravity allowed in OK . I just want chilli to toss himself at the ground and fly? Otherwise it might be fun to see him slam into the ground. His motion is not deemed confessed. His motion is not in a civil case. His motion is in criminal court and the rules, are different. Which is surprising since one would assume a legal scholar of chillis skill and knowledge, not to mention his winning record should have known.
Sort of like the sovereign citizens demand that police adhere to their version of the constitution and get all butthurt when they don’t follow the sesame street laws they think are in force.
Ijust really have one question: if you are going to follow a cartoon character as your roll model, could you not find a better one than Catman demanding in his police uniform that; “you will Respect ma Authority?”