The legal dispute revolves around Sharpton’s inquiries concerning Wells’ cellphone and keys.
On July 14, during an appearance on TMZ, Sharpton raised questions about why Wells would leave his phone behind, noting that one friend initially denied having possession of the phone and keys.
He also asserted that the phone’s data had been wiped clean.
“That’s too many unanswered questions for us not to say that something is amiss here,” Sharpton commented.
At an online vigil on August 19, marking what would have been Wells’ 19th birthday, Sharpton reiterated his concerns about the friends’ knowledge.
“What the friends knew, when they knew it, why they didn’t hand over the cellphone over right away when it was clear he was not back with them, the keys, all of that needs to be litigated,” he stated.
The attorneys argue that these remarks wrongly suggest that Seymour, Pitalo, and Hudson were involved in Wells’ death, that they withheld or tampered with his phone, hid his keys, or impeded the investigation.
“Warren, Jax, and Morgan are completely innocent of any wrongdoing with respect to the death of Nolan Wells,” the attorneys stated.
They further asserted that none of the three friends had ever possessed, accessed, or erased data from Wells’ phone.
