It was another win of sorts for Jose “Chille” DeCastro on Tuesday as charges brought against him by former partner Collin “Project Constitution” Campbell were deemed nolle prosequi.
A nolle prosequi status means that it is essentially like the case had never been filed. In the unlikely event that new evidence presents itself in the case, DeCastro can be prosecuted without double jeopardy rules applying as essentially, the case never happened.
The charges stem from comments DeCastro made on his live stream about Campbell in the first quarter of the year. The YouTuber was upset that Campbell had regained control of a teespring account Campbell setup for DeCastro before the two had a falling out.
DeCastro allegedly gave out Campbell’s information and instructed his fans to seek out Campbell. Campbell filed a police report and DeCastro was eventually charged with Misdemeanor Harassment (90 days in jail/$500 fine or both), Telephone misuse (3 years in jail/$500 fine or both) and Harassment via Electronic Communications (3 years in jail/$10,000 fine or both).
Campbell also sought and received a peace order against DeCastro that expires later this month.
The case itself had been troubled from the start, as DeCastro had never been arrested for or initially served with notice of the case due to being incarcerated in the Clarke County Detention Center in Nevada at the time a warrant was issued. DeCastro’s birth year was wrong on the case, stating that it was 1964 instead of 1974.
DeCastro had hired a local attorney to represent him in the case who was successful in having the case delayed until September. Rumblings that something was going on came in July as DeCastro denied the existence of the case in statements during his California based lawsuit against Kate Peter, Team Skeptic, Daniel Clement and Michael “Blue Bacon” Pierattini.
Rumors surfaced on Monday that DeCastro had not left California and had no plans to travel to Maryland. The case was initially changed from starting at 8:30AM to 8AM this morning on the Maryland Judiciary Case Search website, then was removed entirely.
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