{"id":352203,"date":"2026-07-30T23:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nolan-wells-friends-lawyer-says-alleged-enhanced-sea-tow-audio-was-doctored"},"modified":"2026-07-30T23:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:16:16","slug":"nolan-wells-friends-lawyer-says-alleged-enhanced-sea-tow-audio-was-doctored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/nolan-wells-friends-lawyer-says-alleged-enhanced-sea-tow-audio-was-doctored","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Wells&#8217; Buddy&#8217;s Lawyer Says Alleged Enhanced Sea Tow Audio Was &#8216;Doctored&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Nolan Wells&#8217; Friend&#8217;s Lawyer<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Slams &#8216;Enhanced&#8217; Dispatch Audio On Social Media<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-30T18:37:04-07:00\"><br \/>\n               July 30, 2026<br \/>\n              6:37 PM PDT<\/time><br \/>\n                                   <span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-07-30T19:09:51-07:00\"><br \/>\n                 July 30, 2026<br \/>\n                7:09 PM PDT<\/time>\n                  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-5ef4a7635840a7d990ed8233b0da7e19\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-7f20f2a8-d74d-48dc-a33d-135d256a89d0-901128329-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-7f20f2a8-d74d-48dc-a33d-135d256a89d0-901128329-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bart Edmiston Jr\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8a\/16by9\/2026\/07\/31\/8a4cbe6c50a54824b86f7c26abb6de34_md.jpg\" alt=\"russ-latino-kal-07-30-2026\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5ef4a7635840a7d990ed8233b0da7e19--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0e2f5138c8e14a0bb07ff66b20d97ec6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nolan-xavier-wells\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Nolan Wells<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; friend&#8217;s attorney hit prime-time TV to slam the enhanced sea tow audio call that appeared to identify his client.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0e2f5138c8e14a0bb07ff66b20d97ec6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-251ad0020a3c75bdc0e8dc59307e2785\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/russell-latino\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Russell Latino<\/strong><\/a>, who represents Nolan&#8217;s buddy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bart-edmiston-jr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Bart Edmiston Jr<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bart-edmiston-jr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/a>, told <strong>Chris Cuomo <\/strong>on NewsNation he believes there&#8217;s &#8220;no legitimacy&#8221; to the enhanced recording going around on social media, calling it a doctored audio paired with a fake transcript.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-251ad0020a3c75bdc0e8dc59307e2785--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3b879c9e49b17ca49773f44153ffea50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260729_8e444eda3c1b4f5bad83a8bb95e156a6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5469adc0-8ca2-48ee-bee4-2239263a2b1c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/8e\/4by3\/2026\/07\/29\/8e444eda3c1b4f5bad83a8bb95e156a6_md.jpg\" alt=\"Bart Edmiston southernmiss 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3b879c9e49b17ca49773f44153ffea50--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3ff0cdd79f638470ad5a2e57c8bee563\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Latino argued the transcript is used to convince listeners they hear words in otherwise garbled audio, dismissing the recording as unreliable.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3ff0cdd79f638470ad5a2e57c8bee563--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7b5fa7e8c94d9373f7674beb6374f06e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He also defended Bart, saying his client fully cooperated with investigators from the beginning and insisting there&#8217;s no evidence tying him to Nolan&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7b5fa7e8c94d9373f7674beb6374f06e--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-22feb48b6c0b71114af96192dc36469d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Latino also discussed the previously reported online accusations that have spiraled into death threats against the family, adding they&#8217;re now considering legal action because &#8220;people online think it&#8217;s fun to play &#8216;Clue&#8217; with other people&#8217;s lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-22feb48b6c0b71114af96192dc36469d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-130bea41ec8cd4066d8b3aa61b9d4030\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260730_27faf1610a6f476eb4f0e3b78a7f6f7b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5469adc0-8ca2-48ee-bee4-2239263a2b1c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/27\/4by3\/2026\/07\/30\/27faf1610a6f476eb4f0e3b78a7f6f7b_md.jpg\" alt=\"Chancery Judge Ashlee Cole\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>                 <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-130bea41ec8cd4066d8b3aa61b9d4030--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1e146be6f1b52bfccff92dafc5ebf55\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The interview comes the same day federal authorities announced the arrest of a California man accused of sending death threats to the Mississippi judge involved in the Nolan&#8217;s case, allegedly warning of a bomb package and promising &#8220;blood&#8221; and violence.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1e146be6f1b52bfccff92dafc5ebf55--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b48044725ce0d6ba4cc7485fa08b2958\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Earlier this week, Latino sent a cease and desist to OnlyFans model <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kymbra-li\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Kymbra Li<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8230; claiming she&#8217;s been making doxxing Bart and making false statements about him online.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b48044725ce0d6ba4cc7485fa08b2958--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-2fa3584da64df9b4b8e959d99ccbb61f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-2fa3584da64df9b4b8e959d99ccbb61f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd9e4453717f15e3a561bb09860ff2e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He&#8217;s been in Bart&#8217;s corner since he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/29\/nolan-wells-friend-bart-edmiston-retains-lawyer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>lawyered up<\/strong><\/a> after speculation started circulating over a viral photo of him and a woman social media users believed was romantically linked to both him and Nolan.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fd9e4453717f15e3a561bb09860ff2e9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d65c32508521c5dc3c94f3aeb80704f5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bart was is the group of friends that went with Nolan to Horn Island on July 4. According to Latino, Bart was on the boat back with the group when they called Sea-Tow.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d65c32508521c5dc3c94f3aeb80704f5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-69b9a26a28df699114a647b9836a6ab5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260714_06f402c293c343de9f09d96af93f50bc\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5469adc0-8ca2-48ee-bee4-2239263a2b1c\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/06\/4by3\/2026\/07\/14\/06f402c293c343de9f09d96af93f50bc_md.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Nolan Wells 10\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-69b9a26a28df699114a647b9836a6ab5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e8b25025f6823937c1b65ee04f85e6f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The lawyer claims Bart&#8217;s only role on the boat was to help drain water when it started going down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e8b25025f6823937c1b65ee04f85e6f8--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/30\/nolan-wells-friend-bart-edmiston-lawyer-on-news-nation\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nolan Wells&#8217; Friend&#8217;s Lawyer Slams &#8216;Enhanced&#8217; Dispatch Audio On Social Media Published July 30, 2026 6:37 PM PDT | Updated July 30, 2026 7:09 PM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28828,101,28829,28317,28831,465,15331,8556,28830,28832,156],"class_list":["post-352203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bart-edmiston-jr","tag-california","tag-chris-cuomo","tag-horn-island","tag-lady-social-media-customers","tag-lawyer","tag-li","tag-mississippi","tag-nolan-wells","tag-on-line-accusations","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352205,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352203\/revisions\/352205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}