When a witness confronted Lytvynchuk, he said “he did not care and was ‘rich’ enough to pay any fines,” according to the complaint.
Props to the author for quickly establishing this dude is the worst type of tourist to come to Hawaii and deserves little benefit of doubt.
Afterward, a man “brutally assaulted” Lytvynchuk, his defense attorney Myles Breiner told The Associated Press. Lytvynchuk declined to file a police report on the assault, the attorney said.
So his lawyer pinky promises he was horrifically beat up, but was just too noble to press charges? lol
He said his client is being treated unfairly because he’s a white outsider. “The vast majority of attacks on monk seal and turtle are by locals,” he said.
He said his client is being treated unfairly because he’s a white outsider.
Are we serious with this one? Hawaii has been ethnically cleansed since like 200 years ago. Even if that were true this defense ostensibly makes things far far worse.
Would you walk into a Lakota reservation and shoot a Bison? And then bitch about being a white outsider?
Myles is a real sack of shit that seeks high profile cases. Everyone, regardless of how heinous their crime, deserves good representation and due process. But the purpose of defense is not to get guilty clients off on technicalities or public sympathy, it’s to make sure they receive a fair trial and that the legal consequences fit the crime. Getting you ass-whipped by a crowd stopping you in the act and the public being disgusted with you as a human being are extra legal consequences that inevitably occur when you commit a crime and have no bearing on your defense or eventual sentence.
Myles also takes on cases of Proud Boys and crooked cops/prosecutors, so he’s got a type.
“Honolulu-based defense attorney Myles Briener has gained recognition in Hawaii for taking on high-profile clients and cases in recent years. In 2021, Breiner represented Nicholas Ochs, the founder of Hawaii’s Proud Boys chapter who landed in court in 2021 after his participation in the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Breiner also represented Louis and Katherine Kealoha, a former police chief and deputy prosecutor in Honolulu who were indicted for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and drug charges in 2017.”
So his lawyer pinky promises he was horrifically beat up, but was just too noble to press charges? lol
So this dude is absolutely awful and deserves all the hate he’s getting but there was video of the beat down (lemme try and find it, one sec). It isn’t worth pressing charges because no one in Hawaii will ever convict the perpetrator. It would be political suicide for a prosecutor to even try to advance a case. I think a local politician (state senator? Mayor?) even commended the guy.
ETA: found it! Apologies for the shit source (YouTube & NY Post) but it also includes video of the state senator giving a commendation with a delightfully amused attorney in the background
Props to the author for quickly establishing this dude is the worst type of tourist to come to Hawaii and deserves little benefit of doubt.
So his lawyer pinky promises he was horrifically beat up, but was just too noble to press charges? lol
Oh fuck off.
Are we serious with this one? Hawaii has been ethnically cleansed since like 200 years ago. Even if that were true this defense ostensibly makes things far far worse.
Would you walk into a Lakota reservation and shoot a Bison? And then bitch about being a white outsider?
Myles is a real sack of shit that seeks high profile cases. Everyone, regardless of how heinous their crime, deserves good representation and due process. But the purpose of defense is not to get guilty clients off on technicalities or public sympathy, it’s to make sure they receive a fair trial and that the legal consequences fit the crime. Getting you ass-whipped by a crowd stopping you in the act and the public being disgusted with you as a human being are extra legal consequences that inevitably occur when you commit a crime and have no bearing on your defense or eventual sentence.
Myles also takes on cases of Proud Boys and crooked cops/prosecutors, so he’s got a type.
“Honolulu-based defense attorney Myles Briener has gained recognition in Hawaii for taking on high-profile clients and cases in recent years. In 2021, Breiner represented Nicholas Ochs, the founder of Hawaii’s Proud Boys chapter who landed in court in 2021 after his participation in the violence that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Breiner also represented Louis and Katherine Kealoha, a former police chief and deputy prosecutor in Honolulu who were indicted for bank fraud, aggravated identity theft, and drug charges in 2017.”
https://www.theinertia.com/environment/igor-lytvynchuks-lawyer-says-he-threw-rock-at-seal-to-save-turtles/
Also, Lytvynchuk has hired crisis management firm Red Banyan to try and suppress stories and push the narrative he was “saving turtles”.
https://redbanyan.com/about-red-banyan/
So this dude is absolutely awful and deserves all the hate he’s getting but there was video of the beat down (lemme try and find it, one sec). It isn’t worth pressing charges because no one in Hawaii will ever convict the perpetrator. It would be political suicide for a prosecutor to even try to advance a case. I think a local politician (state senator? Mayor?) even commended the guy.
ETA: found it! Apologies for the shit source (YouTube & NY Post) but it also includes video of the state senator giving a commendation with a delightfully amused attorney in the background
https://youtu.be/7tiL8hbKN9c
Oh sweet, it’s real? The state senator is right, and bless the people of Hawaii for coming down hard on that kind of behavior.
Yeah. It’s real. Really fucking awesome :D
I like how they blur out the seal in the video but visibly show him getting pummeled.