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Sarah Fields@SarahisCensored ¡ Aug 21, 2026

🚨 MASSIVE EXCLUSIVE: AL SHARPTON TO BE SERVED WITH 19-PAGE PRE-SUIT DEFAMATION DEMAND - ATTORNEYS CALL HIM A “HUMAN…

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Al Sharpton has been served with a 19-page defamation demand letter from attorneys representing three young men (Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo, and Morgan Seymour) he publicly accused of involvement in the death of Nolan Wells. The attorneys demand Sharpton retract false statements he made on TMZ and at a vigil, apologize publicly, and cease the allegations, or face imminent litigation.

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    🚨 MASSIVE EXCLUSIVE: AL SHARPTON TO BE SERVED WITH 19-PAGE PRE-SUIT DEFAMATION DEMAND - ATTORNEYS CALL HIM A “HUMAN CIRCUS,” A “MEGALODON-ESQUE DEVOURER OF REPUTATIONS,” AND THROW HIS OWN WORDS BACK AT HIM: “YOU ASKED FOR IT, AND NOW YOU GOT IT.” A 🧵 THREAD I have exclusively obtained the BRUTAL 19-page pre-suit defamation demand dated TODAY, August 21, 2026, from attorneys Edward Andrew Paltzik and Tyler Cox on behalf of Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour. Al Sharpton publicly dared these young men to sue him. At the National Association of Black Journalists Convention, Sharpton stood on stage and said, “I want them to sue me first.” He then doubled down: “I want to depose your son. If you sue, the plaintiffs are deposed.” And then: “Let’s go to civil court, any kind of court you want to go to, because you can’t make this make sense.” Their attorneys took him at his word. “We’re happy to grant your wish.” The attorneys warn Sharpton that unless he complies with the demands in the letter, “we will imminently be filing suit against you.” And since Sharpton seemed so excited about depositions, they threw that right back at him: “While we are more than ready for Warren, Jax, and Morgan to sit for their depositions and tell the truth under oath, we are most looking forward to your deposition.” “Smearing the reputation of innocent young men mourning the loss of their friend to score cheap political points will prove far easier than explaining yourself under oath.” They tell Sharpton that dealing with them will be an “altogether different experience” than what they describe as his “slanderous rampage” inside an echo chamber of “fawning sycophants.” The demand tears into statements Sharpton made on TMZ Live on July 14, when he repeatedly pushed a narrative involving Nolan Wells and his “three white friends”. Sharpton claimed that “no one comes forward,” questioned whether the young men had been interrogated, injected race directly into the discussion, and claimed one of the young men had Nolan’s phone and keys, initially denied having them, and later admitted it. Sharpton said, “All of his photos, text messages, everything on the phone had been erased.” He then summarized his accusation like this: “Two, you lie about whether or not you had the cell phone and the keys. And three, everything’s erased from the cell phone.” The attorneys say that narrative is false. And they don’t politely disagree with him. They accuse Sharpton of spewing lie after lie about Warren, Jax and Morgan and say his remarks were intended to identify them as criminals, turn them into enemies, endanger them, and subject them to threats, ridicule and scorn. Then came Sharpton’s August 19 online vigil for Nolan. According to the demand, Sharpton used that vigil to again question what the young men knew, when they knew it, and why Nolan’s phone and keys were supposedly not immediately handed over. The attorneys’ description of Sharpton here is savage. They call him a “Megalodon-esque devourer of reputations” and accuse him of being unable to resist using what was supposed to be a vigil to launch yet another attack against Nolan’s friends. Their words: “You dishonored Nolan by using a vigil as a platform to smear his best friends.” Then: “You just cannot help yourself.” The attorneys then categorically state what they say actually happened. Warren, Jax and Morgan did NOT touch Nolan’s phone or keys on July 4. They did NOT lie about possessing them. They did NOT access Nolan’s phone. They did NOT breach it. They did NOT erase anything. They did NOT tamper with anything. And contrary to Sharpton’s claim that “no one comes forward,” the attorneys state these young men contacted Nolan’s family, contacted the Coast Guard, cooperated with authorities and returned to Horn Island to SEARCH for their missing friend. They also categorically deny that Warren, Jax or Morgan had anything whatsoever to do with Nolan’s death.

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    The letter also takes direct aim at the image Sharpton repeatedly painted of Nolan going off alone with “three young white male friends.” According to the demand, this was a 30-person boating party spread across three boats. Nolan wasn’t even on the same boat as Warren, Jax OR Morgan on the trip out to Horn Island. Nolan was aboard the Triton with eight other friends, Morgan was aboard the Palm Beach with three others, and Warren and Jax were aboard the Tideline with 15 others. The attorneys accuse Sharpton of conducting essentially no meaningful investigation before making these accusations, including failing to even visit Horn Island. “Nonetheless, emboldened by decades of unaccountability, you consider yourself untouchable, with a green light to peddle your abhorrent and damaging lies as you stand atop the gilded soapbox which you have fashioned into a throne.” They compare his alleged conduct to “carnival barkers, elixir salesmen, and hucksters who preyed upon the gullible and naïve.” They then tell him even those hucksters would find his “uniquely potent snake venom too much to stomach.” And finally: “You are a human circus.” According to the demand, Warren saw Nolan at approximately 3:00 PM, alive and well, wading in the water with a young woman. Later, Warren, Jax, Morgan and the larger group departed Horn Island. The attorneys state Nolan was alive when they left and that multiple people told Nolan to get on the boat, but Nolan chose to remain behind. Later that night, Warren began communicating with Nolan’s mother, Christine Wells, and the Coast Guard. (You can see the text messages I released a few days ago). The letter says Warren and Christine were exchanging text messages beginning at approximately 11:15 PM while Warren was also communicating with the Coast Guard. Those text messages, according to the attorneys, have already been released to members of the media. According to the demand, Nolan’s phone was not secretly being hidden by Warren, Jax or Morgan. Just after midnight on July 5, Jayvon Williams’ mother arrived at Jax’s home with a group of people demanding Nolan’s phone and information about his whereabouts. A female friend retrieved Nolan’s phone from Wyatt Pyron’s truck and handed it to Jayvon’s mother. The attorneys repeatedly state Warren, Jax and Morgan never so much as touched the device. The keys? According to the letter, Nolan had left them sitting on top of a video game console in Jax’s bedroom. When Nolan’s stepfather came looking for them, Jax searched for them, located them and handed them over. The attorneys say the group accompanying Nolan’s stepfather then refused to leave Jax’s property and became disruptive, eventually causing Jax and his brother to call 911. Ocean Springs Police responded. And the following morning, Warren and Jax went BACK to Horn Island to search for Nolan. According to the demand, at approximately 10:30 AM on July 5, Warren, Jax and several others returned by boat. That search was subsequently joined by Mississippi Department of Marine Resources units, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft and additional private vessels. Legally, the attorneys argue Sharpton’s statements effectively accused these young men of extraordinarily serious crimes, including murder, hindering prosecution in the first degree and tampering with physical evidence. They argue his words portrayed Warren, Jax and Morgan as people colluding to hide evidence at best and murderers at worst. They call the damage a “grotesque circus of defamation.”

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    Sharpton is being told to publicly apologize, verbally AND in writing. He must acknowledge the challenged statements were false and defamatory, stop publishing them, state that allegations of murder, hindering prosecution and evidence tampering have “no basis in evidence or reality,” retract and delete publications implying these young men committed crimes, publish the corrections through the same mediums used for the original statements, pin those corrections for at least seven days, append corrections to existing online publications and provide written confirmation of the corrective actions taken. “As a ‘Reverend,’ we would hope that you see the need for repentance.” Sharpton has also now formally been instructed to preserve evidence in anticipation of litigation. That includes deleted and edited posts, raw recordings, texts, emails, DMs, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram communications, communications with sources and journalists, editorial communications, research, notes, screenshots, analytics, advertising and monetization records, metadata and - perhaps most importantly - communications discussing whether the allegations were true. He is expressly instructed to suspend automatic deletion policies. The demand gives Sharpton 10 DAYS FROM THE DATE HE IS SERVED to respond. If his attorneys do not respond, Warren, Jax and Morgan’s counsel say they will assume he has no intention of resolving the matter without litigation and will proceed accordingly. “And so Al, in conclusion: you asked for it, and now you got it. Be careful what you wish for.” They tell Sharpton: “Your days of rolling into peaceful towns like Ocean Springs with false accusations of racism for political gain and photo opportunities are over.” They continue that the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast do not want Sharpton “insinuating that we are backward racists and roaches,” do not want him “trashing our brave and dedicated men and women in law enforcement,” and finally: “And most importantly, the good folks of the Mississippi Gulf Coast do not want YOU or your divisive lies, Al Sharpton.” Then comes the ultimatum: “Should you not apologize, retract, and delete your defamatory statements within 10 days of the date you are served with this letter, litigation will become necessary.” Al Sharpton stood on a stage and publicly dared them: “I want them to sue me first.” Their attorneys answered: “We’re happy to grant your wish.” And then they closed with: “You asked for it, and now you got it.” Once Sharpton is served, the 10-day clock begins. 🚨Tyler Cox Statement “We Ball”. 🚨

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