| 20 Years for
Kyle White For Running The Ho
Zone As Mother Cries in SDNY
Courtroom
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
Exclusive,
Feb 25 – Kyle White was
presented and ordered released
on February 15 for running -
twice - a Telegram service
named "The Ho Zone."
In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court, Inner City
Press was the only media
present. Exclusive thread
Judge: There are
conditions on which I can
release you - and so I will
The Part 1
Judge reversed and ordered
White to remain in detention.
The case is still sealed, so
there was no notice. But a
participant informed Inner
City Press of the result.
On February 26,
White switched from his former
SDNY prosecutor (retained)
counsel to the Federal
Defender.
On April 25 the
Federal Defenders filed a
request for bail to District
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer,
noting among other things that
White has "extreme phobias and
aversions to a wide variety of
foods" and can't eat properly
in the MDC. "He considers
certain types of chicken
nuggets safe to eat, but not
chicken generally." He wants
to go home with only a
PlayStation for Netflix and
Hulu, he says.
Docketed on May
22, Kyle White's application
for bail was denied.
Jump cut to
October 7, 2025, again in the
Mag Court before Magistrate
Judge Gary Stein: Kyle White
pled guilty.
On February 13,
2026 his Federal Defender
wrote in asking for five
years, citing his "lifelong,
though previously undiagnosed
Autism Spectrum Disorder."
On February 25
Inner City Press went to the
sentencing, where White got 20
years. Thread:
Federal Defender:
We have a re-entry plan. This
case is unique. There were
only 20 underage victims. And
it's not sadistic.
Judge: It's all
sadistic. FD: OK, it's vile.
Judge : Blackmailing, hacking
into phones - there is no
mitigation. He had a sister
FD: The
Government is asking for 25
years; we propose the 5 year
minimum. Kyle White: I'm sorry
to my family. I feel ashamed,
I thought of them as
pictures. Judge McMahon:
Your family tried to figure
out what was erong with you.
Judge: You
ran a sophicated business for
disgusting people. Your
victims have been humiliated
and ridiculed. They won't stop
being in their prison. General
deterence is major here. Five
years would trivialize your
crimes
Judge
McMahon: Kyle White, I am
going to sentence you to 40
years. Instead, I hereby
sentence you to 29 years in
prison, then 20 years of
supervised release. I hope you
hear what I am hearing now -
your mother's tears
The case is now
USA v. White, 25-cr-457
(McMahon)
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