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[chubigans]

I'm on my iPhone so I can't flesh out the OP at the moment, but Sony has just filed to the court that Hotz has tampered with evidence, lied, and fled to South America.

http://vghq.net/2011/03/23/george-hotz-runs-away-to-south-america-lies-about-having-psn-account/

And here's a source on Hotz tampering with evidence and his lawyers confirming he's out of the country:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26663445&postcount=4090

What a complete tool. Guess all those donations paid off for him!

Edit: here is the official court filing: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...ifornia/candce/3:2011cv00167/235965/103/0.pdf

UPDATE: Hotz lawyers say he's returned the necessary HDD components, is only vacationing in South America and won't use any donated funds for his trip.

More here: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1157239p1.html

UPDATE 2: Hotz officially responds, says he's not using legal money and is looking forward to hacking the Xperia Play. http://geohotgotsued.blogspot.com/

 

[ElectricBlue187]

So he's in South Africa and South America?! Where in the world is Geohot?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

If it's true, I offer a giant guffaw to those who donated to his escape.

 

[lantus]

lmao glad I had no sympathy for him to begin with.

 

[theignoramus]

if true, bwahahahaha!!!

 

[Combichristoffersen]

oh wow

 

[H_Prestige]

I sure hope your two weeks of fame was worth all of this geohot.

 

[Kaako]

You can almost make a game out of this. Sony Ninjas vs Geohot.

 

[sleepykyo]

So he's in South Africa and South America?! Where in the world is Geohot?

Oh please tell me someone is doing a photoshop of Geohot in a red, hat and trenchcoat ensemble.

 

[ape2man]

Was he not allowed to leave the country?

 

[WickedLaharl]

it's sad that the guy has to fear for his future because sony is bullying him. i feel sorry for the guy.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

Where in the world is Geohot San Diego?

 

[Wario64]

Was he not allowed to leave the country?

He's not allowed to tamper with evidence.

 

[duckroll]

South Africa is part of South America now? I know the massive Japan earthquake moved the Earth a bit, but this sounds a lot more serious than I thought!

 

[Mael]

if that's true, I guess he can thank all the suckers who paid for his vacation.
I wonder if I can pull something like that for when I'll move out....

 

[dacuk]

Good luck to Sony trying to bring him back to the USA on DMCA-violation charges, as for most of the countries IP / copyright-related crimes do not merit extradition.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

it's sad that the guy has to fear for his future because sony is bullying him. i feel sorry for the guy.

There's really no reasoning with you guys, is there?

 

[Canova]

I wanna see Geohotz photoshop on the beach with some babes drinking tequilla

 

[Jiguryo]

So he's in South Africa and South America?! Where in the world is Geohot?

I have heard that this guy is going to a country where the currency is Reais!

 

[PandaPandaPanda]

lol @ all the people who donated when he just obviously took the money and ran

 

[BobTheFork]

Screw you guys, I want some vacation money too.
IF this is true, then he is exactly the person he seemed like and laugh to anyone to gave him money.

Hoe did he leave the country without any one noticing? Isn't he constantly dealing with the issues of the case, when would he take off.

 

[chubigans]

South Africa is part of South America now? I know the massive Japan earthquake moved the Earth a bit, but this sounds a lot more serious than I thought!

If you could correct the title, I would be very thankful.

 

[Jobiensis]

In the romantic finale GeoHot runs off to South America with Mathieulh. Both are wounded, but they need to make a run for it. Unaware that the Sony calvary has arrived, they bolt from cover firing their pistols. Fuego is called out, followed by the firing of guns from the calvary. Screen frozen on them, credits roll.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Where did he get the money to take a trip out of country? If it's from the donations and he don't plan to use it for court defense that is genius!! How much did he raise? About 50k? That's a nice bank for that PS3 hack. Gratz to him if he's keeping it but man did he screw a lot of people over if he does. However it did exactly what he wanted the donations to do, keep him out of jail, he can hack more out of country right?

Maybe the donations won't be in vain if he's now safe.

 

[duckroll]

If you could correct the title, I would be very thankful.

How can I correct it when I don't know where he is?!

 

[Bboy AJ]

Wow, and I really thought he was going to use those donations to set good legal precedent. If the allegations are true, what a piece of shit.

 

[atomsk]

So then the question becomes, how long before he starts releasing new CFW then?

 

[Square Triangle]

it's sad that the guy has to fear for his future because sony is bullying him. i feel sorry for the guy.

Hahahaha.

 

[Tiduz]

LOL.

 

[mentalfloss]

I'm confused. What's the situation again?

 

[Slayven]

Didn't he only raise 13,000? That won't last long no matter where he goes.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

I feel bad for Mama Robotnik and other who were trying to defend consumer rights.
On the other hand, i am so glad i did not donate to the douche.

 

[lantus]

Good luck to Sony trying to bring him back to the USA on DMCA-violation charges, as for most of the countries IP / copyright-related crimes do not merit extradition.

I thought that most of the time only applies to citizens of said country, right?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Where did he get the money to take a trip out of country? If it's from the donations and he don't plan to use it for court defense that is genius!! How much did he raise? About 50k? That's a nice bank for that PS3 hack. Gratz to him if he's keeping it but man did he screw a lot of people over if he does. However it did exactly what he wanted the donations to do, keep him out of jail, he can hack more out of country right?

Maybe the donations won't be in vain if he's now safe.

The donations weren't provided because people gave a fuck about geohot; it was because people were worried about the precedent it would set if Sony won the case against him. It's entirely in vain.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

it's sad that the guy has to fear for his future because sony is bullying him. i feel sorry for the guy.

The way they just picked him at random... it's truly heartbreaking.

 

[electroshockwave]

1. Hack console
2. Ask for donations to help case
3. Flee country
4. Profit!

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Didn't he only raise 13,000? That won't last long no matter where he goes.

That's like $300k in South Afrimerica

 

[sixteen-bit]

so he's in South somewhere?

 

[Chemo]

it's sad that the guy has to fear for his future because sony is bullying him. i feel sorry for the guy.

Are you fucking insane?

 

[gofreak]

I doubt he has 'fled the country'. He's probably just on a vacation or something.

He might have some difficulties when he gets back if the court agrees with Sony's claims re. evidence and discovery though.

 

[Forkball]

This has evolved into some Bourne Identity type shit now.

 

[Artadius]

How can I correct it when I don't know where he is?!

Are you Sony?!?

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

so he's in South somewhere?

It limits him to the countries of South America, South Africa, and South Asia.

 

[Snipes424]

I am curious, to the people who donated money to him, how do you feel now?

 

[black_vegeta]

1. Hack console
2. Ask for donations to help case
3. Flee country
4. Profit!

Sounds like a plan to me, lol.

 

[lunarworks]

 

[Cruzader]

If true, hope Sony and US team up and send a swat team to get his punk ass. While those who donated, pay for helping a thief.

 

[Brazil]

He's staying at my place.

Spoiler

Don't sue me Sony, I'm kidding.

I am curious, to the people who donated money to him, how do you feel now?

Like they should.

 

[Curufinwe]

Hoe did he leave the country without any one noticing? Isn't he constantly dealing with the issues of the case, when would he take off.

He's only involved in a civil case and AFAIK there were no restrictions on him traveling. His passport wasn't being watched for at every airport or border crossing.

The District Court wouldn't care if he was out of the country so long as it didn't interfere with him co-operating fully with discovery requests and so long as he came back in time for any court appearances.

 

[sensi97]

Fyi, the emails about the HDD are in exhibit S : http://www.groklaw.net/pdf2/SonyvHotz-104-19.pdf

Subject: RE: Imaging of encrypted drives. CRM:0003005

Yasha,
Your client has not provided a “hard drive” but rather parts of the hard drive. A “hard drive” must contain all
the parts that make it a working device which include the enclosure, platters, heads and attached controller
card. This controller card is installed at the factory and not normally removed or handled by an end user.
Regards,

More at groklaw : http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110322114658410