Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker Loses Yet Another Defamation Lawsuit
Eugene Volokh | 12.18.2025 8:33 AM
From McGillvary v. Grande, decided Tuesday by Judge Jennifer Hall (D. Del.):
In February 2013, pro se Plaintiff Caleb L. McGillvary rose to internet fame as the "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker," after he stopped an attacker who had crashed a car into pedestrians. Later that year, Plaintiff was convicted of first-degree murder in an unrelated incident, and he is currently serving a 57-year sentence in New Jersey state prison. In 2021, Defendant Todd Grande published a video on his YouTube channel in which he discussed Plaintiff's personal history and purported to analyze his........





















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