Friends of the late Nolan Wells, the college football star who mysteriously disappeared and was later found on Horn Island during a Fourth of July celebration, are planning a return trip to the site. Their attorneys have confirmed that this visit aims to offer a closer understanding of the area where Wells was last seen.
Warren Hudson, who calls himself Wells’ closest companion, will accompany fellow friends Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour to return to Horn Island on Friday. They will be joined by their lawyers, J. Tyler Cox and Edward Andrew Paltzik, who shared this update in a joint statement to TMZ. The group intends to assess the location where Wells went missing on July 4.
The legal representatives explained that the primary goal of this visit is to grasp the “layout and dynamics” of Horn Island. They emphasized that there would be no collection of evidence, as the island lies roughly 10 miles away from the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Renowned attorney Edward Andrew Paltzik, known for representing President Trump in significant media cases, mentioned his necessity to personally observe the island, according to reports.
The friends initially sought the counsel of Mississippi-based attorney Cox before enlisting Paltzik, an expert in defamation and media law, following the bewildering circumstances surrounding Wells’ tragic demise.
The legal duo said they are “proud to stand with and fight for three innocent young men,” in a separate statement to TMZ on Thursday.
“Starting today, those who wish to continue trafficking in lies about these Good Ocean Springs People will be held accountable to the maximum extent of the law,” Cox and Paltzik said.
“We, on the other hand, will be focused solely on the truth, which is that these innocent young men had nothing whatsoever to do with the tragic death of Nolan Wells.”
The attorneys said they will be digging into mainstream and social media coverage for allegedly defamatory statements against the three friends and promised to go after offenders “big or small, national or local, libel or slander.”
Wells, an athletic 18-year-old college football star, disappeared after a boating trip with his friends to Horn Island on July 4.
His body was tragically found two days later near the island.
The results of his official autopsy have not been publicly released, but investigators believe the teen drowned.
Officials say no evidence thus far points to foul play, but Wells’ family has retained civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who has been turning over every possible rock in the hopes of proving the teen was murdered.
The Post reached out to attorneys J. Tyler Cox and Edward Andrew Paltzik who did not immediately return a request for comment.