Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
15%
3 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
The attorneys for the pals of Nolan Wells claim they had nothing to do with the deleted messages discovered missing from the college football star’s cell phone after he mysteriously vanished and was later found dead.
uncertain
he → claim → phone
Forensic examiner Andrew Garrett said messages were deleted from Wells’ cell phone between the last time he used his device on the day he vanished and when it was recovered and given back to his family.
asserted
it → say → family
Garrett, who was hired by Wells’ family, was unable to determine who deleted the messages but asserted “somebody had to take a user action to delete data” at a press conference Thursday.
asserted
somebody → hire → conference
The attorney for Wells’ friends, who were with the 18-year-old college athlete the day he vanished celebrating the Fourth of July on Horn Island, said the grieving pals had nothing to do with the messages being deleted.
asserted
messages → vanish → nothing
“Warren [Hudson], Jax [Pitalo] and Morgan [Seymour] did not erase anything and never had access to his phone,” attorney Edward A. Paltzik told TMZ.
asserted
Paltzik → erase → TMZ
“If anything was erased, they didn’t do it,” he asserted.
asserted
he → erase → it
Wells last used his phone at 2:18 p.m. on July 4 and the device was retrieved from Horn Island, where he vanished and his body was found several days later, according to the Wells family attorney, Ben Crump.
uncertain
body → use → attorney
Attorney Tyler Cox, who is also repping Wells’ friends, told the outlet, “A girl from the group got all the phones left in the boat (which included Nolan’s) and put them in Wyatt’s truck.”
asserted
which → reppe → truck
“It stayed there until Christine’s friend came over to get Nolan’s phone.
asserted
friend → stay → phone
The same girl in the group retrieved the phone from the truck and gave it to Christine’s friend around 1:30 a.m.,” Cox added.
asserted
Cox → retrieve → a.m.
Cox confirmed that a grand jury did not find anything deleted from Wells’ phone and claimed the “people on the boat did not erase anything.”
asserted
people → confirm → anything
“Ben [Crump] keeps calling for transparency, yet they refuse to give the biggest evidence — his phone — to the DA,” Paltzik added.
asserted
Paltzik → call → DA
Over 280 pages of records were examined by Garrett and it was determined Wells used Snapchat and Instagram for 95% of his communications.
asserted
Wells → examine → communications
A group chat continued to message after Wells’ death and the individuals in the text chain were unaware the messages were syncing to his phone, according to the forensic examiner.
uncertain
messages → continue → examiner
I mean all of them, from his friend group,” Crump said, noting they have been shared with the District Attorney.
asserted
they → mean → Attorney
“We won’t divulge any of their names for privacy purposes, but they were very telling and very enlightening,” he said.
asserted
he → divulge → purposes
Crump claimed some messages obtained from Wells’ device show his friends were worried about people being racist on Horn Island.
asserted
people → claim → Island
Other texts pointed out “real sketchy” people in a nearby boat and how “you wouldn’t want to be left alone with them, especially if they’re drunk.”
“When they say the friends had conversations about racism, what friends are they talking about?
asserted
they → point → friends
What is he talking about?” Paltzik told TMZ in response to the reported group chat.
asserted
Paltzik → talk → chat
Paltzik told the outlet his legal team intends to sue Crump for defamation.
asserted
team → tell → defamation
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