In a lame attempt to direct traffic to their pathetic websites, some sources are now reporting that Geohot has "fled" the country after court documents reveal a PSN account alleged to belong to him. Normally, we would not report on something so completely ridiculous but, unfortunately, this nonsense is starting to spread to mainstream websites.
Hotz is currently on vacation in a South American country. As common sense would dictate, there is no reason to "flee" from a civil case. These sites have based theirhttps://psx-scene.com/forums/images/news/https://psx-scene.com/forums/f6/geohot-flees-south-america-83925/You must login or register to view this content..jpgclaims on misinterpretations of the court documents and an image posted on Geohot's blog.
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UPDATE: IGN has received a comment on this false story from Stewart Kellar, Hotz's attorney.
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"The 'integral components' SCEA is talking about are stock controller cards, not the hard drives themselves," Kellar told IGN in an e-mail. "The neutral subsequently had to explain to SCEA the form and function of hard drive controller cards. Those controller cards have since been provided to the neutral so the point is moot."
Kellar also states Hotz is using the donation money he received for the lawsuit only and will donate any leftover funds after the case has been resolved.
"You can never take a vacation from a lawsuit. Mr. Hotz has had to make himself available 24/7 for this litigation, which has been quite demanding on him," he said. "You have to remember that Mr. Hotz didn't choose to fight this battle, but now that he has been sued, he has put his heart into fighting this case that has enormous implications for consumers world-wide."
"As for any question as to whether Mr. Hotz has used donation money to take a trip to South America, that's pretty silly. Litigating against a massive company like Sony, who is represented by five attorneys, is very costly for a 21-year-old," Kellar added. "The donation money George has received is being used exclusively for his legal defense. If there are any funds left after the lawsuit, George is planning to donate the money to the EFF [Electronic Frontier Foundation]."
As for Sony's claims that Hotz has a PSN account under the name "Blickmaniac," they should probably take a closer look at the forum post they are using as evidence, since the geotag in the picture posted by the user leads to Cambridge, MA. That's not even close to New Jersey the last time we checked. So, yeah, life's good.
In the future, we recommend only getting your news from reputable sites. When there's something real to report on the case, you''ll read it here, as always.
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am not telling you he want am telling you that people are making it up but i understand so i ask mod to close this
but i like to say to all the people flaming at geohotz calling him a chicken shit and all the hackers and all the cfw user are now f u c k because supposed of ran away go get a life and he will win this then people can do as they plz with there ps3 which should be able to happen anyways
so did i m8 lol it sony making i so his fans hate on him because they want people to think he took there money and ran off to hide but no he a fighter i say and he prove in time that he will win these even if sony push out bullshit about him
goehotz all the way