Fans of DeleteLawZ Jose “Chille” DeCastro got what they wanted to see Friday night as he devoted the first hour of his two-hour live stream to showing what he claimed to be receipts from his “hurricane fundraiser” Monday night, while others questioned DeCastro’s involvement and evidence.
DeCastro started the hour with a graphic of what he said were donations from his CashApp and Paypal accounts, which consisted of a collage of names taken from his payment apps along with amounts of donations. Some said “hurricane” or hurricane related notes with them, and they all appeared to be from Monday night.
His detractors were quick to criticize his efforts as the YouTuber could have just used his PC to provide a clear listing of all the donations from the actual pay sites, which would have cleared up any questions lingering from the donations but did not.
The screen was labeled that the amount listed was approximately $667, when it was in fact $687.88 with at least one of the donations completely obscured.
He then showed a what he said was a screen capture from Zelle, which showed he took in $390.00 in donations, and another screen shot he announced as a partial list of super chats from Monday night which he claimed totaled $277.92.
Please note that Playboard shows DeCastro taking in $391.00 in super chats Monday night, which would account for the donations DeCastro said were “missing” from YouTube’s tally.
He showed a partial text message from Alan Hubbs, who put the campaign together, that he spent $1,259.60 then another that he sent Hubbs $1,360.00 on Zelle. Hubbs would later show receipts from Wal-Mart for $540.98 and $533.75, with the rest of the funds raised supposedly going to fuel and food costs on the way to North Carolina and back.
DeCastro played a video from Hubbs that showed a still framed picture of the bed of a truck fully loaded with what looked like supplies along with a sign indicating it was from “DeleteLaws”. He later played video from Hubbs that showed storm damage and footage of a pastor thanking Hubbs for a donation.
No video was played of Hubbs distributing the food to the random people he claimed he distributed it to, as DeCastro called the very idea of filming someone receiving the aid “cringe.” Despite his previous history of showing himself handing out 5A cop cards and trifolds for promotional use to strangers, he said that he hated the practice as filming strangers receiving things was tacky.
In a strange interlude, DeCastro interjected that the World Trade Center attack happened on his 27th birthday and he and some friends had decided that they would load up a truck and drive to New York to help rescue efforts. He wrote to someone in charge of rescue operations who told him not to come as they would only be in the way, and after a lot of banter, DeCastro decided not to go. He thanked the man as he announced that all of the first responders who worked at ground zero got cancer and other illnesses and are dead now.
Hubbs, without the involvement of DeCastro, stated he managed to distribute his goods (mostly water, salt, bananas, packages of fresh chicken, pain killers, oranges and allergy medicine) to those he says needed it. DeCastro praised him for bypassing the Red Cross (who could theoretically use the money to get better deals on food through existing connections) as he did not believe in the bureaucracy of the Red Cross and that the Red Cross was “not set up yet” in the area of the Hurricane.
The second hour of DeCastro’s Friday broadcast went from showing sketchy “receipts” to playing his normal anti-police videos. He offered his “thoughts and prayers” to YouTuber The Angry Vet, who apparently is facing jail time next week, and promised that his new TeamDLZ website would be up and running “tomorrow.”
DeCastro said that he didn’t like the way he had the lighting set up in his new studio, which made him appear to be his actual age with near white hair, and that he needed to slow down because he was burning himself out too quickly.
The YouTuber reminded his fans that he was not “doing so well” financially at this time and said he’d only be able to send fans who wanted free merchandise digital copies of his materials, as he implied that he could no longer afford the shipping on free merchandise.
DeCastro is expected to live stream again later today.
