Those following Jose “Chille” DeCastro’s recent personal struggles were again concerned on Monday as the YouTuber briefly went live Monday evening before reports indicated that he said that he wasn’t feeling well and ended the livestream before setting the livestream to private.
More concern was expressed as his DeleteLawz.com website apparently went down Monday night as it is displaying a message that reads, “This domain has expired, if you’re the owner, click here to renew it.”
While DeCastro is not currently at risk of losing the domain, and the domain has not appeared for sale on domain registrants, it is unclear why DeCastro would take such a risk with a source of income now that he says YouTube has greatly reduced his ability to profit from its platform.
The diminutive YouTuber otherwise had what some were describing as a pretty decent Monday.
In DeCastro’s on-going battle with Kate Peter in California Superior Court, the trial setting hearing set for Monday was vacated as Kate Peter or her legal representative did not show up to court.
It was noted that DeCastro had a default issued against Peter for failing to answer his summons, but no steps were taken to turn the default into a default judgment. The trial setting hearing was then vacated.
The Judge set the next hearing date for September 17, 2025, six days after DeCastro’s 51st birthday, for a hearing described as a “Order to Show Cause Re: entry of judgment pursuant to the motion for terminating sanctions on 7/3/25.”
This is apparently in reference to Judge H. Jay Ford III’s decision to grant Michael “Blue Bacon” Pierattini’s request for terminating sanctions and to dismiss him as a defendant with prejudice from the same case.
DeCastro had previously voluntarily released defendants Team Skeptic and the Daniel Clement from the lawsuit without prejudice.
Monday also saw DeCastro’s attorney, Michael Mee, successfully file a joint motion with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to meet a deadline in the first of his two on-going lawsuits surrounding his March 2024 arrest.
Mee had previously failed to lead the development of the joint proposed pretrial order in a previous deadline for the document. The separate pretrial orders were rejected by Judge Andrew Gordon, who issued the following order: “The parties shall confer as required in Local Rule 16-3, DeCastro’s attorney must take the lead in preparing the proposed joint pretrial order, and the parties must submit a joint pretrial order that complies with Local Rules 16-3 and 16-4 by July 14, 2025. Proposed Joint Pretrial Order due by 7/14/2025. Signed by Chief Judge Andrew P. Gordon on 6/24/2025.”
It’s unclear what role, if any, DeCastro played in the filing that essentially includes a list of contested and uncontested facts about the incident leading to the arrest, a list of evidence both sides want to use at trial and objections to said evidence.
The following claims/issue remain to be determined at trial:
- State law false arrest and unlawful search and seizure.
- State law invasion of privacy.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force and state law excessive force/battery.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Failure to intervene.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment and Nevada state law free speech violation.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 First Amendment retaliation.
- 42 U.S.C. § 1983 selective enforcement.
Both sides have agreed to possible trial dates in January, February or March of 2026, other than the week of February 16, 2026. The trial is expected to last five days.
Special thanks to PDocs for providing the LVMPD document.
