Chud the Builder, Two Months In: The Bond, the Victim, and the Fiancée’s Account

The streamer is still in jail, the man who attacked Chud is still recovering, and the online campaign contines. Two months after the reported self-defense shooting outside a Tennessee courthouse turned a First-Amendment-Audit streamer into a criminal defendant, Dalton Eatherly known online as “Chud the Builder” remains in custody despite multiple sources, including Paul Miller, who were able to obtain the funds needed to bail him out. On June 3, Circuit Court Judge William Goodman III kept Eatherly’s bond at $1 million after hearing sharply different accounts of whether the May 13 shooting was provoked or self-defense, according to Clarksville Now . District Attorney General Robert Nash argued that Eatherly provoked the confrontation, which would undercut a self-defense claim. Witnesses to the livestream insit otherwise. Eatherly is charged with attempted murder, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, aggravated assault, and reckless endangerment. Eatherly’s attacker has yet to be charged. The online conversation has shifted toward the people helping Eatherly. The Nashville Banner reported that his supporters have directed anger at the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office,…