14 DAY TRIAL // Back in April, US federal authorities raided the house of Deric Lostutter. They were tipped off that he was KYAnonymous, a hacker of KnightSec, the Anonymous-affiliated collective involved in the case of the 15-year-old Ohio girl who was abused by members of the Steubenville High School football team.
KYAnonymous was the one who published several documents, videos and pictures incriminating the offenders. In March, two members of the Steubenville High School football team were found guilty of assaulting the girl.
The raid took place in mid-April. Around a dozen FBI agents went into his house and seized his belonging while he was cuffed outside his house. He told The Huffington Post that a couple of laptops, flash drives, an internal drive, two cell phones, and an Xbox were seized.
“I was detained on the back patio, I asked if I was going to jail, they said no, they said who are you, I responded KYAnonymous. They asked me a few questions, asked me for my passwords for my account,” the hacker wrote on his blog.
The agents involved in the raid had told him not to tell anyone about the raid or he would face additional charges. However, Lostutter decided to come forward with his story in hopes that the media and the Anonymous community could help him.
Lostutter says he will likely be indicted for a federal offence before a grand jury. He doesn’t know what charges will be brought against him, but in the meantime he teamed up with Jason Flores-Williams, a lawyer with the Whistleblower Defense League.
“This is my call to you, in the media, in the world of anonymous, who look to change the world to a free, transparent one, to my friends and family as well, to come to my aid,“ he wrote on his blog.
“If you can find it in your heart, share my story, donate, buy a sticker, rally in the streets to demand the investigation against me be dismissed. I stood up for a rape victim, I shared information that was public, I had an opinion, and now I am needing you to stand up for me. “