Lane Myers’ first day of freedom since March was spent doing what he would normally do – mountain biking, putting up provocative videos and, of course, challenging the terms and conditions of his probation.
Myers was ordered as part of the conditions of his probation to take all videos about the victim of his crimes down from his YouTube channel. The Social Blade listing for his YouTube channel revealed that Myers removed 21 videos from his channel on Wednesday, which seemed to indicate that Myers was complying with the court’s orders.
However, a different story emerged by midday as users who had old links to the videos that Myers supposedly removed from the service could still access them. ReallyCoolNews found that all videos on Myers’ site that have been linked to his articles in the past year are still working, including the handful of videos that Myers removed from public view on Wednesday.
While we cannot verify more than two videos at this time that have been set to unlisted status, many viewers have concluded that the rest of the 21 removed videos have been similarly set to unlisted status.
Playboard.co’s listing for Myers’ YouTube channel offers a direct link to one of the two confirmed unlisted videos, which anyone can access from their “videos” tab.
Please note that our text version of this story links to both videos that we have confirmed as working. We do not endorse Myers’ (or anyone’s views) and are providing the links to each video to showcase the fact that Myers has not removed at least one of the videos he was ordered to remove from YouTube.
Myers started the day by releasing a provocative video featuring a female voice teaching a lesson on how to cite cases using the Westlaw legal research platform. There were almost immediate comments from viewers that the voice belonged to Myers’ girlfriend, Katherine Henrichs, but the identity of the speaker could not be independently verified.
The video began by featuring a page on LaFaro v. Cahill, with the synopsis of the case indicating that it centered on a harassment victim being granted an injunction from a harasser for “in person’ contact. That particular case was overturned as being unconstitutionally overbroad.
This was apparently meant to trigger viewers as Myers’ probation conditions, which he agreed to as part of his plea deal, includes a no contact order with the victim of the felonies he pleaded to for the rest of his natural life.
Myers’ video appears to freeze at the 11:56 mark, allowing his viewer to read summations from the LaFaro case until it ultimately ends roughly two and a half minutes later.
The newly released YouTuber also released two mountain bike related videos on Wednesday, featuring Myers riding his bike in relative silence along local trails.
Tuesday’s sentencing hearing saw Myers sentenced to probation twice with two three-year terms served concurrently. The hearing received high praise from YouTuber Merb. The California based attorney praised both prosecutor Rachel Stiles and Judge D. Douglas Metcalf for showing restraint and fairness with Myers.
Merb had long advocated for probation instead of jail time for Myers and was pleased with the ultimate outcome of the plea deal, despite Myers making his best efforts to sink his case.
This is a developing news story.
