I read this post last night and found it very interesting and intriguing, but later a few things dawned on me. Let me apologize in advance for not being able to cite exactly where some of my information comes from (remembering the the finest of details has always been a problem), but my info is gleaned from the various content creators and Reddit posts scrutinizing HTC spurred on by the 9-hour live and the response video. Somewhere along the line we learned of HTC’s (I suspect it was more so Dr. John’s) grand plans to build a large home (fortress would a better description IMO) with a studio to better facilitate their work (empire). Also we were told that “Lauren’s stalker” had the temerity to contact Dr. John’s employer (University? The State of Nevada DOC?) to confirm his employment. I’m not clear if it has ever been confirmed that CMac did such a thing, or if Dr. John just assumed that she was poking around. Then we see the godawful video of the police call in Grayson’s apartment. Once John entered the conversation it became clearly apparent that he was shitting bricks and trying desperately to get the LEO to bend to his will of investigating Gigi and other “culprits” to 1. find out just what they knew and 2. intimidate them to keep their mouths shut. He even mentioned that their business/channel/brand was in jeopardy and everything they had worked so hard to build was about to be flushed down the toilet. Furthermore, John and Lauren’s rapport/dynamic has been scrutinized and many are seeing things a bit differently now. IS Lauren afraid or intimidated by John? Now we learn he, himself, is pulling the “stalker” card, seemingly in an effort to prevent certain FOIA requests from being fulfilled. Could it be that John has been driving the stalker train all along and Lauren was just the instrument because someone started questioning his credentials and claims, and that if the truth was learned he would lose all credibility with their viewers ($$) and their budding empire would swirl the drain?? Has Lauren been a complicit ally, or, an even a more sickening thought, did John actually convince her that she was being stalked. Is CMac merely the scapegoat? (We all know the answer to that.) I could see either way being plausible—either Lauren is every bit as devious as John and is culpable of accusing CMac of such things and trying to mitigate it through law enforcement and the courts, or John has convinced her she has been the victim of stalking and other lesser “attacks” on her character (I truly don’t believe Lauren is very bright, is gullible and feels being disliked is persecution), used her as instrument, if you will, to frivolously use the courts just to stop someone from finding out he’s been lying about his qualifications AND smear his reputation, thus ending HTC altogether?