@SarahisCensored How did her visit come abt?
Was she invited or did she initiate it?
I used to like watching her but can't anymore. The condescending attitude towards guests who don't agree w her, interrupts, never wrong attitude & when she is, she's too good to admit it.
@SarahisCensored And that's the difference between MSM reporting and independent journalists. One of you cares enough to let the story tell itself through the eyes of those affected. The other adds her own hearsay for color in order to sell the story.
Thank you Sarah. You are one in a million.
@SarahisCensored I was right about her when I first ever heard her speak ( I think she had a radio show? ) always could tell she was a nasty mean person. Was and still right
@SarahisCensored I have a visceral hatred for Nancy Grace. She doesn’t care who she damages through her reckless yellow journalism.
She looks like a Disney villain.
I haven’t really told the full story of what happened when Nancy Grace came to Ocean Springs, Mississippi - especially what happened during my final evening there.
So here it is. A thread 🧵
Nancy and I did not arrive together, and we did not travel to Horn Island together. We had three boats taking people out to the island that morning, and Nancy rode on a completely separate boat from me.
And yes, speaking of that trip, I’m currently editing Episode Two of my Horn Island series and hoping to have it released tomorrow.
But back to Nancy.
The awkwardness started before we ever left the dock.
Everyone was gathered at the boat launch waiting for the group to arrive, and Nancy showed up last. From the moment she walked up, the atmosphere was incredibly uncomfortable.
She barely looked at me. She stood there awkwardly for a few minutes.
Nancy and I had already publicly disagreed over her coverage of the Nolan Wells case. I had confronted her online over what I believed were repeated insinuations that the boys who were with Nolan somehow had something to do with what happened to him. Previously, one of the members of the United Cajun Navy had also made Nancy cry.
So yes - there was tension.
Members of the United Cajun Navy were there. They shook Nancy’s hand. They were polite. They treated her respectfully. (As they could)
But make no mistake, they were not happy with her.
Still, everyone was trying to give her a little grace.
The hope was that maybe, if Nancy actually came to Ocean Springs, saw Horn Island with her own eyes, spoke directly with the people involved, and listened to the families, she would go back to her enormous platform and report more accurately.
In hindsight, maybe everyone should have known better.
The backhanded jokes made did make me laugh.
At one point, one of the United Cajun Navy guys asked Nancy whether he looked “fully clothed.”
I nearly lost it.
Anyone who has followed this case knows exactly why that was funny. Nancy had repeatedly discussed the fact that Nolan was reportedly found fully clothed, and the guys clearly had not forgotten some of the things that had been said publicly about this case.
Then came the question of boats. I asked whether Nancy would be riding with the United Cajun Navy and me.
The answer was basically: absolutely not.
I was riding with the Cajun Navy.
Nancy could figure out another boat.
If somebody else wanted to take her to Horn Island, so be it, but she was not going on our boat. And honestly, that worked out perfectly for me.
During that ride, I was able to get some fantastic footage, ask questions, and record some really good commentary from multiple members of the United Cajun Navy without any unnecessary distraction.
Once we arrived at Horn Island, Nancy did her thing and I did mine. I had zero desire to interact with her. I wasn’t there for Nancy Grace. I was there to work.
I walked the island. I filmed. I took pictures. I documented the water, the terrain, the conditions, the drop-offs, and everything I could. I interviewed people. I was there to understand the place where this tragedy unfolded and to get answers.
Nancy walked around separately.
Eventually, after I had already spent quite a bit of time filming, she came close enough to me to finally say something.
She looked at me briefly and said words to the effect of:
“I’m sure you can understand, but I don’t want my face or likeness in any of your images or videos.”
My response? “Okay. Sure.”
That was our entire interaction on Horn Island.
It was short. It was snippy. She walked away. Josh Gill and I looked at each other and we both had the same thought. What a nasty person.
And by then, Nancy had already appeared in the background of some of my footage, so her request simply created more editing work for me.
The same doctor overseeing Christa Pike’s September 30 execution was also over Tony Carruthers’ May execution, which was called off after officials couldn’t establish IV access. Dr. Mark Fowler was involved in both failed execution attempts, just four months apart.
No prisoner in the modern era of the death penalty has survived the administration of lethal injection drugs.
Stay salty. POS. You’ve used PLENTY of my content and have defamed me by talking about my child, my family and used sealed, illegally obtained records to do so.
You make a LIVING by using everyone’s videos and posts and twisting the truth so you can target innocent people, including the young men in Ocean Springs. You should be sued into the freaking GROUND.
I used brief excerpts from an approximately hour-long public podcast for commentary and criticism, and I added my own commentary to the clips. Fair use does not require the copyright holder’s permission.
Stay Salty, Sloppy Sam.
The estate is therefore asking Fort Worth to either preserve the money or place the disputed funds into the control of a court through something called an interpleader.
And Carter has a history with this case that goes back long before there was an $11.25 million settlement.
According to Carter, after Atatiana was killed he personally invited then-Mayor Betsy Price, then-Police Chief Ed Kraus and members of the Fort Worth Police Department to her funeral. He also organized a community forum and later met with city leadership alongside members of the Jefferson family.
His position now is that he is returning to the City for the same reason: to demand accountability and make sure the process is handled correctly.
The man Atatiana knew as her father raised her, supported her and died only 28 days after she did.
Meanwhile, Atatiana’s biological father resides in Nigeria and always has, according to Marquis Jefferson’s family, and was not involved in her life while she was alive.
The $11.25 million exists because Atatiana Jefferson lost her life.
Now, nearly seven years later, the battle is over who has the legal right to benefit financially from that loss. Personally, I don’t think it’s the money grabbing man who magically appeared from Nigeria.
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Man Who Never Had a Relationship With Atatiana Jefferson Now Seeks Share of Her $11.25M Wrongful-Death Millions- Estate of the Man Who Raised Her Fights Back
Yes, you read that correctly.
Atatiana Jefferson was only 28 years old when her life was taken inside her own Fort Worth home.
On October 12, 2019, Fort Worth police responded to a welfare call after a neighbor noticed that the front door of Jefferson’s home was open. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean approached the home and fired through a window, killing Jefferson while she was inside with her young nephew. Dean was later convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison.
Nearly seven years later, the City of Fort Worth approved an $11.25 million settlement connected to Jefferson’s death.
But before that money has even been distributed, a major legal fight has erupted over who may be entitled to benefit from it.
At the center of that fight is Jerome Ekpo Eschor, a man identified as Atatiana Jefferson’s biological father who resides in Nigeria.
According to the family of Marquis Jefferson, the man who actually RAISED Atatiana, Eschor had no meaningful role in Atatiana’s life while she was alive. Marquis was the man listed on her birth certificate, treated her as his daughter, supported her and remained involved in her life.
Now, after Atatiana’s death and with millions of dollars in settlement money at stake, Eschor’s biological relationship to Atatiana has magically appeared from Nigeria.
That is exactly what the Estate of Marquis Jefferson is now challenging.
Marquis Jefferson was the man Atatiana knew as her father. Although it was later discovered that Marquis was not her biological father, his estate maintains that he was the person who actually filled that role throughout her life.
Unfortunately Marquis died on November 9, 2019 - less than a month after Atatiana was killed. (Some say it was literally from a broken heart)
Before his death, Marquis had already gone to court seeking to establish his rights involving his daughter’s estate. His estate now argues that those rights were later pushed aside through a separate probate proceeding.
And this is where HERO Dr. Bruce Carter comes in.
Carter is now serving as spokesperson for the Estate of Marquis A. Jefferson and is directly intervening with Fort Worth leadership in an attempt to prevent any of the settlement money from being distributed until the courts fully resolve the dispute.
I obtained a September 28 letter sent on behalf of Marquis Jefferson’s estate to Fort Worth officials. The letter formally warns the City that there are competing claims to the settlement money and asks officials to preserve the funds rather than distribute them while the probate fight continues.
They want a judge to first determine whether the probate process that established Atatiana’s heirs was legally valid.
According to Carter and the Marquis Jefferson estate, Marquis had pursued a probate matter involving Atatiana under her name, Atatiana Jefferson. A separate probate proceeding was later opened in Tarrant County under the name Atatiana Carr.
The estate is questioning why a different surname was used, whether all legally interested parties were properly notified and whether Marquis Jefferson’s estate was improperly excluded from the process.
Carter has described the allegations as potentially involving extrinsic fraud or fraud upon the court.
Carter’s argument to Fort Worth is straightforward: the City should not distribute millions of dollars based on a probate judgment that is currently being challenged.
The biological father involved in the competing claim resides outside the United States, in Nigeria.
The September 28 letter specifically warns Fort Worth that distributing settlement funds to someone living abroad could make recovering those funds significantly more difficult if another court later determines that the money was distributed incorrectly.
Nolan Wells: Boots on the Ground - Episode 1 | The Journey to Horn Island
This is the first look into my boots-on-the-ground investigation into the Nolan Wells case.
In Episode 1, I take you with me as I arrive in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, head to the harbor, and leave by boat for Horn Island - the place where Nolan Wells was last seen alive. I don’t want to provide this podcast style, but documentary style.
During the trip, I spoke with members of the United Cajun Navy, who walked me through important information involving the GPS tracker, water depth, currents, conditions surrounding Horn Island, and what those factors can tell us about the timeline and circumstances surrounding Nolan’s disappearance.
Toward the end of this episode, you’ll also see my first look at Horn Island as we approach it by boat.
Episode 1 is approximately 10 minutes long.