{"id":5019,"date":"2026-08-21T19:05:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=5019"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:05:35","slug":"nolan-wells-friends-intend-to-sue-rev-al-sharpton-for-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=5019","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells\u2019 friends intend to sue Rev. Al Sharpton for defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Three friends who were with Nolan Xavier Wells before he died on Horn Island plan to sue the Rev. Al Sharpton for defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=5017\">Former UK athlete pleads guilty after her baby was found dead in Lexington home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Their attorneys notified the civil rights activist and Baptist minister in an intent-to-sue letter filed Friday, but gave him time to \u201cretract and delete every false and defamatory statement about them, including not limited to those specifically identified\u201d in the letter.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Mississippi attorney Tyler Cox represents the\u200b three friends \u2014 Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour \u2014 along with high-profile defamation and media law attorney Edward Andrew Paltzik.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the intent-to-sue letter, the attorneys allege that Sharpton defamed the trio during a July 14 interview with TMZ and in other remarks he made in the aftermath of the 18-year-old student-athlete\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The claims included alleged defamatory remarks made during the convention for the National Association of Black Journalists and other remarks during a virtual prayer vigil on the National Action Network on Aug. 19, the day of Wells\u2019 19th birthday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>During the TMZ interview, Sharpton questioned the circumstances surrounding Wells\u2019 death and accused the three friends of potential wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton discussed Wells\u2019 cellphone, which was retrieved from the friends after they returned from Horn Island without Wells. He said the phone\u2019s photos and text messages had been erased.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of his photos, text messages, everything on the phone had been erased,\u201d Sharpton said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He questioned why Wells was missing without his cellphone and said there were \u201ctoo many unanswered questions\u201d surrounding the case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne, he\u2019s missing without a cell phone,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cTwo, you lie about whether or not you had the cell phone and the (Nolan\u2019s) keys. And three, everything is erased from the cell phone. That\u2019s too many unanswered questions for us not to say that something is amiss here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the attorneys pointed to additional remarks from Sharpton, including \u201cI was first of all, stunned at the fact that this young man is going out, he and three friends, he Black, they white and a day later his mother and them start searching for him, no one comes forward. And then they find out after two days, that they claim his body was washed up and that they had given his cell phone and his keys to one of the three friends saying he didn\u2019t want to go back from Horn Island with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave they brought these three young men in for questioning under oath?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The attorneys pointed out those statements and others identified that the three young men he was referring to in his remarks were Hudson, Pitalo and Seymour.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou falsely accused these three completely innocent young men of extremely serious wrongdoing that constitutes multiple felonies under Mississippi law, including, but not limited to: Murder, hindering prosecution in the first degree and tampering with physical evidence,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere can be no doubt that you were intentionally referring to Warren, Jax, and Morgan, as evidenced by your multiple references to Nolan\u2019s \u201cthree friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour remarks,\u201d the lawyers wrote, \u201cwere intended to accuse them of infamous crimes, publicly claim them as criminal, identify them as enemies, endanger them, and subject them to threats, ridicule, and scorn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The attorneys also pointed out that just after midnight on July 5, the mother of a Wonsley family friend, arrived at Pitalo\u2019s house \u201cwith a group of people,\u201d most of whom the three young men didn\u2019t know. The group, the letter said, \u201clet themselves into the house without permission, demanding Nolan\u2019s cellphone and his whereabouts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pitalo\u2019s parents weren\u2019t home at the time.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 2:24 a.m. July 5, Nolan\u2019s stepfather, Elmore Wonsley, went to Jax\u2019s house seeking Nolan\u2019s keys,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Wells had stayed there the previous night with a group of about 15 to 20 people and had left his keys on a video game console in Pitalo\u2019s bedroom, something he didn\u2019t know when he first searched the home for Wells\u2019 keys and couldn\u2019t find them.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>After a call to the same friend\u2019s mother who went with the group to get Wells\u2019 phone, her son told Pitalo where to find the keys.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to the account, Wells\u2019 dad, Elmore Wonsley, was accompanied by a group that refused to leave and demanded answers about Nolan\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pitalo and his brother called 911 when the group \u201cbecame disruptive\u201d and \u201crefused to leave the property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>No foul play?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton also questioned how authorities could initially say they did not suspect foul play, though the family\u2019s attorney, Ben Crump, said early-on that the parents were frustrated because investigators had not told them whether they believe foul play was involved in their son\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In later remarks, Crump\u2019s story about authorities initially saying there was no foul play changed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=5015\">Pea-sized hail expected with thunderstorms to hit Union and Spartanburg counties Friday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton, however, said early on, \u201cHow do you know that (that there was no foul play) when you just brought a body out of the water?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton said a legal strategy could include depositions of the three friends.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can do, though, is go through state court and sue and depose these young men on what they were doing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said he would continue to support Wells\u2019 family and mobilize people around the country to keep public attention on the case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton also raised race as a factor at another juncture, saying some members of the Black community believe authorities would have treated the circumstances differently if the races of Wells and his friends had been reversed.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there were three Black guys and a white kid was missing, they would have held them probably in custody and suddenly had them seriously under scrutiny, in my opinion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Sharpton said the Wonsley family did not want to make the case about race though they are unable to disregard that, because Wells\u2019 three white friends are alive while Wells is dead after the group spent Independence Day together.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He also said he has heard from parents through his civil rights organization, the National Action Network, who have become concerned about their children spending time with people of other races.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are just naturally becoming very apprehensive, and we shouldn\u2019t have to live like this,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cAnd unless there is a signal sent from the justice system that do some real justice in these cases, they will only intensify people\u2019s fear of even having social settings with people of different races for their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Sharpton said that Wells\u2019 parents, at \u201ca certain time\u201d realized their son was missing and \u201cstarted calling around, and they found that he had not come back with the three friends, and that\u2019s where it gets cloudy.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Test messages and calls to the Coast Guard, others<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the letters, the attorneys cite text messages and call logs they say show Hudson began taking action as soon as he and his friends realized Wells had not returned from the island.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Around 10 p.m. July 4, the friends began calling others and realized Wells still had not returned home. None had heard from him or knew his whereabouts. At about 11:07 p.m., Hudson called Wells\u2019 mother, Christine Wonsley, to tell her Wells had not returned with the group.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Wonsley told Hudson that her son was not home and that she had not heard from him since the evening of July 3. Wells had stayed overnight with his friends July 3.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hudson told Wonsley that Wells\u2019 cellphone had remained with the group on the return trip and was secured in another friend\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hudson also told her he was calling the U.S. Coast Guard \u201cout of an abundance of caution.\u201d He made the call at about 11:13 p.m. July 4.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to the attorneys, Hudson remained on the call for more than 20 minutes, providing a description of Wells, what he was wearing, his last known whereabouts, when the group left the island and other information to aid the search.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The attorneys said Hudson and Wonsley exchanged text messages beginning at 11:15 p.m. The messages were provided to the Sun Herald earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>About a minute after ending the Coast Guard call, Hudson called Wonsley again to tell her he had spoken with the Coast Guard and provided details about where the group had been on the island and where they last saw Wells. The Coast Guard later called Hudson back for additional information, which he provided.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>At about 1 a.m., Wonsley called Hudson and told him the Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Department would contact him so he could provide additional information to a sheriff\u2019s deputy and investigator.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Inviting civil litigation<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Among the remarks Sharpton has made since he became vocal about Wellls\u2019 death, he also invited the attorneys to file civil litigation filed against him over any remarks in the Nolan Wells\u2019 case.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want them to sue me first,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cI want to depose your (Benjaman Hudson\u2019s) son.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you sue, the plaintiffs are deposed,\u201d Sharpton said. \u201cLet\u2019s go to civil court, any kind of court you want to go to, because you can\u2019t make this make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=5013\">Live update: A look at the sights and happenings during Trump\u2019s Myrtle Beach visit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re happy to grant your wish,\u201d the attorneys for Wells\u2019 friends said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal teams representing Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour head to Horn Island, contest allegations in Nolan Wells\u2019 death, pursue defamation actions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nolan Wells\u2019 friends intend to sue Rev. 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