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Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTube Star Jeremy Hales Sues Critics, but ‘The Unknown Podcast’ Fires Back

Luthmann and Volpe Rip Into Hales’ “Grand Delusion” Lawsuit, Compare It to Mafia Conspiracies and Call Out Astroturf Echo Chamber

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Luthmann: “I’m gonna beat that Buckeye’s ass from one end of The Swamp to the other.”

Rick LaRivière

Richard Luthmann

Michael Volpe

By Rick LaRivière with Richard Luthmann and Michael Volpe

Bozos and Shotguns: What the Hales Is This?

Jeremy Hales, the YouTube reseller-turned-influencer behind What the Hale$, is suing everyone in sight, including investigative journalist Richard Luthmann.

But if Hales expected intimidation, he got a counterpunch instead.

In the latest episode of The Unknown Podcast, co-hosts Michael Volpe and Richard Luthmann dissected Hales’ latest legal stunt—a sweeping federal lawsuit naming eleven defendants.

Hales claims they’re all part of a “conspiracy” to destroy his reputation.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Jeremy Hales Bozo

The complaint, however, is a textbook shotgun pleading—vague, bloated, and riddled with unsupported accusations.

“I’m going to file an answer and counterclaim for at least $5 million, probably more,” Luthmann said. “He’s got money. I’m going to take it.”

Luthmann sees this as more than a nuisance suit. It’s a reckless SLAPP—Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation—filed by a YouTuber desperate to silence critics.

“It’s abuse of process,” Luthmann said. “There’s no conspiracy. It’s a grand delusion wrapped in malice, calculation, and intent.”

Bozos and Shotguns: Real Conspiracies vs. Fake Lawsuits

Luthmann, a former RICO defendant turned journalist, compared Hales’ vague conspiracy theory to how the federal government builds cases against La Cosa Nostra.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.

He cited a detailed racketeering indictment against Bonanno family bosses, which outlined specific dates, names, crimes, and hierarchies.

“Real conspiracies have structure,” Luthmann said. “They don’t read like fan fiction.”

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.

The Hales v. Luthmann suit doesn’t even get Luthmann’s address right, listing him at a Staten Island home he hasn’t lived in for a decade.

“If you can’t even find where your defendant lives, what are we doing here?” Volpe asked.

The duo mocked the filing’s reliance on “marginal allegations” and sarcastically suggested Hales may soon sue Volpe too, just for talking.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Randy Shochet Bozo

Luthmann hinted at plans to sue Hales’ lawyer, Randy Shochet, in state court for “being a co-conspirator in a frivolous case.”

“He’ll have to report it to his malpractice carrier,” Luthmann said. “And when his premiums skyrocket, that’s diarrhea for him and justice for everyone else.”

Bozos and Shotguns: Antisemitism, Astroturfers, and Dangerous Echo Chambers

The discussion turned serious as Luthmann and Volpe addressed the darker side of Hales’ online antics—allegations of antisemitism and YouTube mob behavior.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Bruce Matzkin

Hales has referred to Jewish attorney Bruce Matzkin using slurs like “Deuce Foreskin” and made comments about his nose—leading Rabbi Jacob Bellinsky to publicly condemn the rhetoric.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Jeremy Hales’s portrayal of Jewish lawyer Bruce Matzkin.

Volpe didn’t mince words.

“Hales is normalizing hate. That’s not content. That’s dangerous.”

Luthmann agreed.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Megan Fox’s Cabal’s Internet Propaganda Glorifies Mafia Violence

“These people glorify mafia violence. And they’re dumb enough to think real mobsters and the Feds won’t care.”

He said he’s publicizing Hales’ information to “warn the community” about the risks of associating with him.

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Megan Fox Bozo

Megan Fox, a former ally of Volpe’s, was also dragged into the fray.

Once a crusader against family court abuses, she’s now, according to Luthmann, part of the “Hales echo chamber.”

He said she abandoned journalism to become “a Jeremy Hales groupie” who “uses astroturf mobs like the Mafia uses enforcers.”

Bozos and Shotguns: YouTuber sues critics. Luthmann and Volpe fire back, exposing antisemitism, echo chambers, and internet mob tactics.
Rosalyn Duke

One of her “soldiers” is Rosalyn Duke.

Volpe added that these orchestrated smear campaigns mimic organized crime—“except with emojis and hashtags.”

Bozos and Shotguns: Journalism, Justice, and Jokes

Despite the drama, there were laughs too. Luthmann joked that suing in Gainesville, Florida felt like a football rivalry.

“It’s like Miami vs. Ohio State,” he said. “I’m gonna beat down that dumbass Buckeye in The Swamp.”

Volpe deadpanned: “We’ll call it the Battle of Bozo.”

That wasn’t just hyperbole. Magistrate Judge Zach “Bozo” Bolitho already signaled frustration with the case, once warning the lawyers to “bring your checkbooks” and likening them to children for clogging the docket.

Magistrate Bozo
Magistrate Bozo

Meanwhile, Luthmann’s defense is straightforward. His statements were journalistic opinions, protected by the First Amendment. His filings call Hales a public figure who must prove actual malice—and fail to do so.

“This case isn’t just weak,” Luthmann said. “It’s dangerous. It weaponizes courts for clicks and chills the free press.”

Bozos and Shotguns: A Warning to Good People

As The Unknown Podcast continues to illuminate cancel culture, judicial dysfunction, and YouTube grifters, Hales’ lawsuit may become a cautionary tale about how not to wield the law.

As Volpe put it: “This isn’t a conspiracy. It’s a clown show. And Bozo’s already in the center ring.”

Luthmann worries about the good people that may get hurt because he says Jeremy Hales is “Disgraziad.” He gave this warning:

“As I understand it, I am protected by litigation privilege in my statements about Jeremy Hales, and in particular as they relate to the proceedings in any way. See  Sexton v. Carnival Corp., 504 F. Supp. 3d 1359 (S.D. Fla. 2020). I am further protected by the First Amendment, including the free speech, free press, and petition for redress of greivances clauses.

I have the good faith belief that the public should be warned about the risks posed about the conduct of pulic figure Jeremy Hales and his associates, so I will release this information:

Jeremy Bryan Hales, born in March 1977, is a politically active Republican voter with registration in both Ohio and Florida. He is known to use multiple email addresses—[email protected], [email protected], and [email protected]—and has listed a phone number of 330-641-6301 across records.

Hales has resided at several addresses, most notably 2436 Main Street in Peninsula, Ohio, a property valued at over $700,000. Other known residences include 2247 Friar Tuck Circle in Wooster, 7233 Township Road 319 in Millersburg, and 80 N Otter Creek Avenue in Bronson, Florida.

One of Jeremy Hales’ Ohio Properties

According to privileged jorualistic research and public records searches, Hales has appears to have a criminal record spanning both Florida and Ohio.

In Levy County, Florida, he currently faces multiple open misdemeanor charges, including five separate counts of contempt of court for violating a domestic violence injunction, a charge of violating an injunction for protection from stalking or cyberstalking, and an offense for contracting without proper certification, categorized as a public order crime.

In Ohio, Hales was convicted in 2017 for criminal trespass, a fourth-degree misdemeanor in Wayne County. He also faced traffic-related offenses in 2019, including failing to stop for an emergency vehicle (bond forfeited) and distracted driving (dismissed). His earliest recorded infraction is a 1996 speeding violation.

No. Name Type Offense Date State
1. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Viol Of Injunc For Protection -Stalking Or Cyberstalking 01/12/2024 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382024MM000028MMAXMX20240112
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 01/12/2024
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: ASSAULT_OTHER RESTRAINING_ORDER_VIOLATIONS
  • Case Number: 382024MM000028MMAXMX
  • Case Filing Date: 01/12/2024
  • Offense Date: 01/04/2024
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: VIOL OF INJUNC FOR PROTECTION -STALKING OR CYBERSTALKING
  • Court Statute: 784.0487.4

Offense 2

  • Case Number: 382024MM000028MMAXMX
  • Case Filing Date: 01/12/2024
  • Offense Date: 10/27/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: PUBLIC ORDER CRIMES-ENGAGE CONTRACTING BUSN WO CERTIF 1ST VI
  • Court Statute: 489.127.1F
2. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Contempt Of Court-Domestic Violence Injunction Willful Viola 01/03/2024 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382024MM000006MMAXMX20240103
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 01/03/2024
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 382024MM000006MMAXMX
  • Case Filing Date: 01/03/2024
  • Offense Date: 12/22/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: CONTEMPT OF COURT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION WILLFUL VIOLA
  • Court Statute: 741.315.4
3. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Contempt Of Court-Domestic Violence Injunction Willful Viola 01/02/2024 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382024MM000002MMAXMX20240102
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 01/02/2024
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 382024MM000002MMAXMX
  • Case Filing Date: 01/02/2024
  • Offense Date: 12/31/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: CONTEMPT OF COURT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION WILLFUL VIOLA
  • Court Statute: 741.315.4
4. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Contempt Of Court-Domestic Violence Injunction Willful Viola 01/02/2024 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382024MM000003MMAXMX20240102
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 01/02/2024
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 382024MM000003MMAXMX
  • Case Filing Date: 01/02/2024
  • Offense Date: 12/31/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: CONTEMPT OF COURT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION WILLFUL VIOLA
  • Court Statute: 741.315.4
5. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Contempt Of Court-Domestic Violence Injunction Willful Viola 12/29/2023 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382023MM000536MMAXXX20231229
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 12/29/2023
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 382023MM000536MMAXXX
  • Case Filing Date: 12/29/2023
  • Offense Date: 12/24/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: CONTEMPT OF COURT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION WILLFUL VIOLA
  • Court Statute: 741.315.4
6. Hales, Jeremy Bryan Criminal Contempt Of Court-Domestic Violence Injunction Willful Viola 12/07/2023 Florida

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: Otter Creek, FL 32683
  • Offender Id: I01318597239357432222202382023MM000497MMAXXX20231207
  • County: LEVY
  • Filing Date: 12/07/2023
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Florida

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 382023MM000497MMAXXX
  • Case Filing Date: 12/07/2023
  • Offense Date: 12/06/2023
  • Court Description: LEVY COUNTY COURT
  • Court Disposition: DISPOSITION NOT PROVIDED BY SOURCE Status:OPEN
  • Court Offense: CONTEMPT OF COURT-DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INJUNCTION WILLFUL VIOLA
  • Court Statute: 741.315.4
7. Hales, Jeremy B Criminal Stop Emrg Veh 06/27/2019 Ohio

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • Date of Birth: 03/1977
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: 2247 Friar Tuck Cir
    Wooster, OH 44691-2023
  • Offender Id: WQ13002350041293068442TRD1901612A20190627
  • County: ERIE
  • Filing Date: 06/27/2019
  • Height (in): 072
  • Weight (lbs): 205
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Ohio

Offense 1

  • Categories: TRAFFIC
  • Case Number: TRD1901612A
  • Case Type: TRAFFIC
  • Case Filing Date: 06/27/2019
  • Offense Date: 06/25/2019
  • Court Disposition: BOND FORFEITED Status:CLOSED 20190717
  • Court Disposition Date: 07/16/2019
  • Court Level/Degree: MINOR MISDEMEANOR
  • Court Offense: STOP EMRG VEH
  • Court Statute: 4511.213
8. Hales, Jeremy B Criminal Distract Drive 06/27/2019 Ohio

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • Date of Birth: 03/1977
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: 2247 Friar Tuck Cir
    Wooster, OH 44691-2023
  • Offender Id: WQ13002350041293068442TRD1901612B20190627
  • County: ERIE
  • Filing Date: 06/27/2019
  • Height (in): 072
  • Weight (lbs): 205
  • Race: WHITE
  • Sex: Male
  • Origin State: Ohio

Offense 1

  • Categories: TRAFFIC
  • Case Number: TRD1901612B
  • Case Type: TRAFFIC
  • Case Filing Date: 06/27/2019
  • Offense Date: 06/25/2019
  • Court Disposition: DISMISSED Status:CLOSED 20190717
  • Court Disposition Date: 07/16/2019
  • Court Level/Degree: MINOR MISDEMEANOR
  • Court Offense: DISTRACT DRIVE
  • Court Statute: 4511.991
9. Hales, Jeremy Criminal Criminal Trespass 03/28/2017 Ohio

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: 2247 Friar Tuck Cir
    Wooster, OH 44691-2023
  • Offender Id: RN97175845956431887262017CR-B00057620170328
  • County: WAYNE
  • Filing Date: 03/28/2017
  • Origin State: Ohio

Offense 1

  • Categories: TRESPASS_OF_REALPROPERTY
  • Case Number: 2017 CR-B 000576
  • Case Type: CRIMINAL MISDEMEANOR
  • Case Filing Date: 03/28/2017
  • Agency: WOOSTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • Court Disposition: Status:OPEN 20170328
  • Court Level/Degree: MISDEMEANOR FOURTH DEGREE
  • Court Offense: CRIMINAL TRESPASS
  • Court Statute: 2911.21A3
10. Hales, Jeremy B Criminal Not Specified 09/03/1996 Ohio

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • Date of Birth: 03/1977
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: 36820 Law Rd
    Grafton, OH 44044-9250
  • Offender Id: YB130023500412930684421996TRD0894019960903
  • County: LORAIN
  • Filing Date: 09/03/1996
  • Origin State: Ohio

Offense 1

  • Categories: OTHER
  • Case Number: 1996TRD08940
  • Case Filing Date: 09/03/1996
  • Court Offense: NOT SPECIFIED
11. Hales, Jeremy B Criminal Speeding Ohio

Personal Information

  • Data Source: Criminal Court
  • Date of Birth: 03/1977
  • SSN: 277-74-XXXX
  • LexID: 0010-3126-2466
  • Address: 36820 Law Rd
    Grafton, OH 44044-9250
  • Offender Id: YB13002350041293068442
  • County: LORAIN
  • Origin State: Ohio

Offense 1

  • Categories: TRAFFIC
  • Court Disposition: GUILTY
  • Court Level/Degree: MINOR MISDEMEANOR
  • Court Offense: SPEEDING
  • Court Statute: 4511.21D*15

Professionally, Hales is tied to several business entities. He is listed as Manager of Hang Your Hat Home in Millersburg, a Member of Elephant Shoe, LLC in Wooster, and affiliated with Skyview Baptist Ranch Inc.

Elephant Shoe, LLC, has a listed address of 2247 Friar Tuck Cir., Wooster, OH 44691-2023. The phone number is 330-641-6301. The LLC has an NAIC code of 448210: Shoe Stores.

The Ohio property connected to Elephant Shoe, LLC.

His employment history includes working as a High Adventure Course Director at Lake Ann Baptist Camp in Michigan. He has been involved in property management and appears to have leveraged LLCs for real estate purposes.

Real estate records show Hales owns or is associated with at least 10 properties, including the high-value Peninsula address. He has engaged in refinancing activity totaling more than $1.7 million since 2022, and his name is linked to entities such as Hang Your Hat Homes LLC, JW Harley Inc, and the Harley W John Trust, all of which appear in related property records.

Hales holds hunting and fishing licenses in both Ohio and Florida and possesses an Ohio operator’s driver’s license.

Educational records show he is a high school graduate with no listed post-secondary degrees.

He is also associated with several aliases and identification irregularities. Known variants include Jaremy B. Hales, Habs Jeremy B., and Jeremy B. Hales.

Notably, his Social Security Number is linked to more than two individuals, including someone named David Heglin, suggesting possible clerical or intentional ID overlap.

Jeremy Hales

Family and social associations indicate at least 40 known personal or business-linked individuals. One probable relative is Sara D. Hales, believed to be his sister. She is 48 years old. Her phone number is listed as 330-473-6467.

Many of his associates are connected through his business ventures, including those involved in Hang Your Hat Homes and Elephant Shoe, LLC. Online, Hales is deeply enmeshed in what some critics describe as a web of “internet drama,” involving aggressive litigation and social media feuds that have drawn public scrutiny.”

Luthmann says he hopes that everyone can “stay safe.”

“Jeremy Hales is circling the drain. He is the show’s star but does not realize that the production is his own legal undoing. I’m worried he’ll get dangerous,” Luthmann said.

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