u/ConceptsShining

In criminal investigations, the police can generally request the data from social media companies or physically seize and search whatever evidence is relevant themselves.

But during discovery in a civil lawsuit, when you request the other party to produce evidence, how can you be sure that they'll comply in good faith and not hide/alter evidence? Let alone how there could be genuine disagreement/ambiguity regarding what's "relevant". One example: NFL player Tyreek Hill was once sued by an OnlyFans model for allegedly breaking her leg. At one point, his legal team demanded:

> The list of demands includes any photographs, videos, social media posts, reposts, comments and private messages – including any deleted messages – discussing either the incident or Hill. The same goes for any 'text message, iMessage, WhatsApp messages, Facebook messages, Instagram messages, X (Twitter) direct messages, emails, letters, instant messages, group messages or any other electronic communication, sent or received… between plaintiff and any relative (including her sister)… discussing or commenting on the incident or defendant at any time.'

Realistically, how do you ensure this is authentic? What stops her from just not turning over evidence Hill doesn't already know should exist, and thus there's "plausible deniability" (no smoking gun)? It seems the only way you could know for sure is if you subpoena and search literally all of their social media accounts and devices, which seems pretty invasive, and thus objectionable on the grounds of being overbroad.

E: To clarify, I understand attorneys would never risk their careers by knowingly allowing/encouraging clients to do this. I'm more wondering what stops the parties' from hiding evidence if they also don't reveal it to their attorneys.

What makes the case of Phillip Adams (7 killed including perp.) memorable to me is how, unlike the vast majority of mass killers, he was famous before his crime. He played in the NFL from 2010-2015. [This was the last revision of his article](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phillip_Adams_(American_football\)&oldid=1003110348) before his crime, completely ordinary and unassuming for an NFL player.

What other examples can you think of? Killers who had a significant level of fame/notability prior to their crime? The barometer I like to use as a long-time Wikipedia user, is that they had a Wikipedia page prior.

(Gunshot (censored) at 1:30. Bodycam video with audio starts at 5:30. Video is sourced from about the second half of the full video here, if you want to see more of the timeline.)

Story (source): On June 30 2026 in North Lauderdale, Florida, a woman fatally shot a man in the parking lot of a Walmart during what started as a confrontation over a parking space. Prosecutors announced this past Thursday, September 3rd, that she will not be facing charges. The Broward County State Attorney's Office said Florida's "stand your ground" law makes the shooter, who said she was acting in self-defense, immune from prosecution in connection with the shooting. Multiple witnesses reported the man shouting he was going to "mess her car up" and "---- her s--- up", and one described him as "visibly angry" while looking at her, according to the police memo.

After the shooting, she was briefly taken into custody by the Broward Sheriff's Office and her "recitation of the facts was consistent with the various sources of video evidence," the memo stated. She was released after stating she acted in self-defense, prosecutors said.

The woman, per police, "had the right to stand her ground if she was in reasonable fear of death or great bodily harm." Based on the evidence, the state is unable to prove that her fear of great bodily harm was "not reasonable," he wrote. Because Florida is a stand-your-ground state, she "did not have to wait to be attacked before resorting to deadly force. She did not have to retreat as long as her fear was reasonable and no evidence has been presented to disprove that."

Imagine being told this would happen a few years ago. It's a crazy twist if you're in the overlap of this Venn diagram of hip-hop and Yakuza.

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction, or in this case, Stranger than Heaven.

On my mind as I was genuinely surprised at a newcomer friend beating Azure's final boss, Azure Demiourgos, on his first try (granted, he was on Normal, I played the game on Hard). Based on what I remember, I would say it's my answer. I think part of what makes it so tough is that it forces you to gameplan and strategize (so it is a fun change of pace in that sense), while mostly everything prior was mechanically straightforward, so you may not have been ready for a more adaptation-requiring fight.

What do you all think? Excluding side quest/optional bosses, and bosses where you are allowed to lose and continue (such as Arianrhod's second phase in Azure, or the last Lorence fight in FC).

Full game releasing Sep 17 2026!

Also confirmed that the demo will let you play to the end of Chapter 1, and carry over your save data to the full version of the game! (As of this post going up, demo is rolling out to Steam/Switch, but has been released on PS Store.)

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TL;DR - EDP445 was a successful YouTuber who, in April 2021, was exposed by amateur predator hunters trying to meet up with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl whom he had sent explicit photos of himself to. His YouTube channel and successful internet career were lost in the resulting backlash, although he avoided legal consequences at the time, never being charged for anything. Earlier this month, Mike Clum put out a documentary on EDP in which he was shockingly candid about his crimes. Now, his local DA's office in Bakersfield, California is re-examining the case.

Select quotes of news article:

>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A new documentary about former internet personality Bryant Moreland, once known online as EDP445, has prompted the Kern County District Attorney’s Office to re-examine a Bakersfield sting operation from April 2021 in which Moreland believed he was communicating with a 13-year-old girl.

>Now, the recently released documentary, "The Sick Mind of EDP445," examines the rise and fall of Moreland, who grew up in Bakersfield. In one clip shown from the documentary, Hansen asks, “You were trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl?” Moreland responds, “For the most part, yep.”

>Clum said he reached out to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, but neither agreed to appear in the documentary.

>The documentary also includes Moreland discussing sexual feelings toward minors, including a person he says was 15 years old in 2023. In the film, Moreland also discusses sending that person explicit photos and videos.

>The district attorney’s office said it is now reviewing the case again. In a statement, the office said: “We are re-examining the case in light of the statements made by the suspect in the documentary."

>The sheriff’s office said it is not currently investigating unless new information emerges. “We are aware of the documentary produced by Mike Clum about this case; however, at this time, we are not actively investigating the matter unless additional information becomes available,” the sheriff’s office said.

>The district attorney’s office previously said it requested more information on the case in January 2022, but that information was never resubmitted. The sheriff’s office later said investigators did not receive enough evidence or cooperation from those involved in the case.

>The Kern County District Attorney’s Office did not answer questions about whether the statute of limitations could affect any potential prosecution.

Source.

In light of the Sky 1st legacy update (which, ICYMI, also improved the flavor of some lines beyond just purely being consistency fixes), I'm willing to give GungHo some grace on this. Some people suspected MTL for original Sky 1st but IIRC there was never proof.

Past couple of days GungHo really on a redemption arc.