Ca dace
Owe s
a d
A d ew
Wilso
tu ed
a
lo g- u i g
o li e
clash
i to
a
high-p ofile
public
showdow
as
they
debated
the
death
of
co se vative
activist
Cha lie
Ki k.
The
August
14
co f o tatio
d ew
millio s
of
views
withi
hou s,
putti g
Owe s’
disputed
theo ies
u de
i te se
sc uti y.
With
Pat ick
Bet-David
mode ati g,
the
debate
moved
beyo d
social
media
a gume ts
a d
i to
a
di ect
battle
ove
evide ce,
u a swe ed
questio s
a d
what
ca
actually
be
established
about
Ki k’s
killi g.
Ca dace
Owe s
a d
A d ew
Wilso
debate
ove
Cha lie
Ki k
death
The
debate
g ew
out
of
a
challe ge
Wilso
made
du i g
a
appea a ce
o
The
Joe
Roga
Expe ie ce
ea lie
this
mo th.
He
claimed
he
had
offe ed
Owe s
$300,000
to
defe d
he
positio
i
a
live
debate.
Owe s
espo ded
o
he
podcast
with
a
eve
la ge
figu e,
sayi g,
“What’s
500k
betwee
old
f ie ds?”
That
excha ge
eve tually
led
to
the
August
14
eve t
o
the
PBD
Podcast,
with
Bet-David
se vi g
as
mode ato .
The
ce t al
issue
was
the
p osecutio ’s
case
agai st
Tyle
Robi so ,
the
23-yea -old
cha ged
with
agg avated
mu de
a d
six
othe
cou ts
i
co ectio
with
Ki k’s
death.Owe s
has
spe t
mo ths
questio i g
the
official
accou t
a d
a gui g
that
impo ta t
pieces
of
the
case
emai
u explai ed.
Du i g
the
debate,
she
also
aised
the
possibility
of
fo eig
i volveme t,
although
she
ack owledged
that
she
could
ot
claim
Is ael
“was
o
the
g ou d”
du i g
the
killi g.
He
a gume t
focused
i stead
o
what
she
desc ibed
as
questio s
su ou di g
motive.Wilso
challe ged
he
to
p ovide
evide ce
suppo ti g
those
claims.
He
poi ted
to
the
evide ce
p osecuto s
have
cited,
i cludi g
video
a d
DNA
evide ce,
while
p essi g
Owe s
o
the
diffe e ce
betwee
aisi g
questio s
a d
p ovi g
a
alte ative
theo y.No
law
e fo ceme t
age cy
has
publicly
p ese ted
evide ce
establishi g
fo eig
i volveme t
i
Ki k’s
death.
Ca dace
Owe s
debate
spa ks
te se
excha ge
ove
evide ce
The
discussio
became
eve
mo e
heated
whe
the
two
debated
thei
k owledge
of
the
cha ges
agai st
Robi so .
Owe s
ecited
all
seve
cha ges
afte
Wilso
st uggled
to
ame
o e
whe
challe ged.
Wilso
the
accused
Owe s
of
bei g
fed
a swe s
a d
suggested
she
was
looki g
at
he
pho e.
Owe s
ejected
the
accusatio
a d
gave
he
pho e
to
Bet-David
so
he
could
check
it.
Acco di g
to
the
accou t
of
the
excha ge,
Bet-David
fou d
o
messages
elated
to
the
case.Owe s
late
explai ed
he
eactio ,
sayi g,
“I
was
ge ui ely
asto ished
he
would
thi k
I
eeded
to
cheat
to
k ow
the
cha ges
of
a
case
I
have
bee
obsessively
pou i g
i to
si ce
Septembe ,”The
debate
quickly
became
a
subject
of
discussio
o li e,
with
viewe s
eachi g
sha ply
diffe e t
co clusio s.
Suppo te s
of
Owe s
p aised
he
p epa atio
a d
familia ity
with
the
case,
while
Wilso ’s
suppo te s
a gued
that
he
epeatedly
pushed
he
to
p ovide
evide ce
fo
claims
they
co side ed
u substa tiated.Bet-David
avoided
decla i g
a
defi itive
wi e .
I stead,
he
emphasized
the
value
of
the
co f o tatio
itself,
w iti g,
“The
people
wo
today.”The
full
Ca dace
Owe s
a d
A d ew
Wilso
debate
is
ow
available
th ough
the
PBD
Podcast,
allowi g
viewe s
to
hea
both
sides
di ectly
a d
make
thei
ow
judgme t
about
the
a gume ts,
evide ce
a d
u a swe ed
questio s
su ou di g
Cha lie
Ki k’s
death.