SEATTLE — The legal saga stemming from a man's apparent taunting of a Seattle neighborhood with his car's noise modifications will continue Monday.
Miles Hudson, the 21-year-old driver of the "Belltown Hellcat," has a court hearing scheduled in Seattle at 8:45 a.m. related to his outstanding cases on charges of stalking and reckless driving.
This comes just a few days after a Renton court issued a $25,000 warrant over Hudson failing to appear for a court hearing in a separate domestic violence case involving an alleged assault of his mother.
In the stalking and sharing of intimate images case, Hudson is accused of harassing a former romantic partner and sharing sexual content of her with that former partner's ex-boyfriend over Instagram.
Speaking of social media, Hudson was barred by a Seattle judge from posting on his infamous srt.miles account on Instagram, where he had been sharing videos and images of his vehicle's modifications and other exploits. Conveniently, Hudson's Instagram handle was changed to not.srtmiles after he posted bail and a disclaimer was added to the bio indicating that another tagged account was managing the page and that "Miles does not post directly to this account directly for legal reasons."
The City of Seattle filed a request Friday for a bench warrant on Hudson over what they said were multiple violations of his conditions of release. The filing alleges that Hudson was using a different Instagram account to post as well as posting on Tik Tok. The judge denied the request but did indicate that Hudson is required to appear for his hearing in person on Monday.
Hudson's defense attorney also requested to reconsider the conditions of his release related to social media, saying the ban on Instagram and Twitch posting violated his First Amendment right to free speech. That request was also denied by the judge.
In addition to the various criminal proceedings above, Hudson is still working to sort out the civil case filed against him by the City of Seattle earlier this year. A judge ordered Hudson to pay the city over $80,000 for failing to get his vehicle's noise modifications removed and have the car certified by the city. Hudson is attempting to have that default judgment vacated. An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 10.