If that’s how your kids behave it’s not going to be good for them . . .

I came in knowing nothing about the case and thinking he was guilty with the opening statement, soon as I saw the video a few times it’s obvious that it’s self defense. He looked like he was looking for something, trying to ask them and then trying to walk away but they are all surrounding him and they attacked him first. Talking on evidence, self defense, he genuinely looked terrified and out of it when they were surrounding him. They wanted to act like bullies? People paid the price for it.

Love that they showed the whole video

I'm super curious to know if these kids and their parents truly do believe that they are victims in this situation.....

Shouldn't that entire crowd be charged and put on trial for incitement? Crazy lawless world for the youth.

Why would they call him a pedophile? A weirdly specific thing to accuse a stranger of in that situation. When you call someone that, be prepared for honor being defended. Thems fighting words.

This is so tragic. So hard to watch. This man was clearly taunted and I believe he acted in self defense. If he approached the kids about the lost phone, the way they responded and took goggles afterward was unintentional aggression. No one deserved to lose their life on this day by any means, but by watching the video, these kids were menacing and causing aggression and almost mob like mentality. Watching this man being pushed down face first into the water must have created a great fear. Especially with what they were saying. Being young and impaired, they had no clue the implications of their behavior. Tragic for everyone involved, and I am sure everyone has deep regret. Lives were permanently altered due to alcohol fueled bad decisions.

I had been hating on this guy for a year and a half, but after watching the video, I'm not at all convinced he is guilty. If you are surrounded by a bunch of drunk, violent idiots acting like gangstas, I think you should fear for your safety and do therefore have a right in this country to defend yourself any way you can.

Listen to this in the beginning! I can hear someone in the background say "HE LOST A CELL PHONE"!!! They taunted him and made it look like they had it and then said it was not his phone. OMG That is why he came back over! Then he dropped his goggles and tried to retrieve them. All of this would not even had occurred if those "wonderful" boys would have stopped to help him instead of mob him!!! They need to be held accountable for what occurred. They are not innocent.

Was everybody breathalysed to evaluate their in toxicity at the scene ????

you can tell the older man (not old 😀) is looking for something in the water

This was like a Charles Bronson movie. . This was self-defense. I don't understand why the man is in jail and these criminals are acting like victimized children

I just realized after watching a ton of videos the first stab that kid literally ran into his knife as silly as it may sound

In my opinion this is not murder. This is self defence.

It's crazy how they are surrounding him & taunting him later in the interaction. Now they're called kids. Age doesn't matter when they're alive & underage drinking

Prosecutions opening statement made me bias in favor of Nikolai. It was terrible.

A lot of snorkelers and water people carry knives. They can come in handy. A lot of people carry knives daily

If thst first kid didnt pop off none of this would have happened. There were no little girls there. It was hard to watch.

I do not get it. Why should it be so utterly difficult to speak into the microphone so that everyone can hear what is being said during the trial?

2 hours in the prosecution is getting killed. Calling a middle aged man a pedo in public is threatening.

Set Nicolae FREE with the full compensation for the time being in detention for no reason. Award him a medal of Honor as a "punkbuster"

# 2:25:50 "This isn't real! This isn't real!" - Ohh, it's very real. It is called Karma.

Because of the video, this trial is just a formality.

They were clearly harassing the old man and attacking him and pushing him down. His response is understandable but of course wrong. Too bad these kids didn't learn how to behave properly from their parents.

Prosecutor will not play the video. Still shots with his own narrative. Just PLAY THE VIDEO! A picture is worth a thousand words but a video needs no words!!!

I say self defense-not guilty. Also...why were these kids not charged for underage drinking, drug use and possession, and public intoxication? They started the whole fight, they were screaming lies (predator) to get the attention of more ppl to help attack him both verbally and physically. They followed him, they kept attacking him, and each time they attacked is when he defended himself. They could have seriously injured him or even killed him-at one point it looked like they were trying to push his head underwater. If the jury finds him guilty then we are all at risk of drunken, drug addicted teens harming us and not being able to defend ourselves as they follow, antagonize, and attack us.

How horrific

is this the first trial this prosecutor has tried

its that recording at 1:44 , miu was physically attacked. not guilty.

This prosecutor is bad. He isn’t very smart

This was 100% self defense. It's obvious that Wisconsin does not respect people's natural rights to defend themselves.

Those kids are monsters. Flash backs to middle school and a whole group ganging up on one person.

Why didn't nikolai's wife and friends come over and help him obviously he waved to them

He was the aggressor he went to them.

This guy was getting mobbed by 10+ people who screamed at him, pushed him into the water, slapped him in the face. They were perfectly happy to bully and attack him until he fought back. Self defense 100%

On Google it says that Madison Coen testified on the first day of the trial but I cannot find it. I wonder if she filed something to not publicly show her testimony. But If anyone knows where to find her testimony, please let me know. TIA

I've never heard a inform the juniors thoroughly their duty and what is exactly their just role for a trial to get a fair and unbiased verdict . Very impressive judge.

No audio?

Mr Miu I apologize that you have come across a failing culture where teens feel the need to harass and belittle older people instead of helping them. IT says a lot about how they were raised and where we are headed as a nation. Anyone supporting these teens is clearly part of the problem. I support you being freed and hope their is some common sense with the jurors. After seeing those drunk and high slobs attacking you 13 vs 1 I can't believe anyone ever charged YOU with a crime.

Prison is going to be hard. He hurt kids. That's a no no.

Everyone on both sides acted dumb. This all could've been avoided 🙄

Over charged.

Maybe state should tap their fingers near the mic like the defense did earlier!!

Why did Miu go over to them at all ?… I guess I’ll find out

Those kids are straight bullies tho! This guy should absolutely go to prison for killing and stabbing but on the other hand, these kids need to be taught morals and values! They seem to be spoiled bullies!

It really is sad that Apple River is tainted. Never will be the same. Where was the drunken teenagers family at this point?

Self Defense is a "Major Factor" here they should have let him leave as he was no pose of threat. He had patience which shows until he was attacked that was the motive to defend and he was out numbered in a panic for his well being he only knew to use defense and probably didn't know their intentions with all of the screaming and yelling definitely increased his adrenaline into a somewhat hyper active dopamine being in fear for his life after being stampeded into the water base .

This guy sliced through a Kids two ribs killing him instantly? Oh my God.

He lost his snorkel… he had it in his hand when he walked to this group of idiots, he dropped it when it was bumped by an inner tube. So, he was looking for it…

Video starts around 2:22 There are many lessons to learn from watching it, beware of grafic content...

With teenagers these days, I’d be scared too. They were taunting him and they were drunk and punching him. That river is super rocky in shallow areas too. If he hadn’t had the knife what would they have done?

the defence opening is strong

3:24:28 ok, is this lawyer “in training “?

The guy was fully prepared to lie his way to hell until he found out there was video. Murderers are not widely known for holding themselves accountable.

So the boy doesn't recognize the voice of his best friends?🤷 The defense lawyer is extremely bad peppered for this job. 👎

Karens and drunk young men. I know who is guilty of what.

People are saying this was self defense. Mui could have easily walked away many times! He could have used his fists to fight, but viciously stabbed others, in a very powerful, aggressive manner. He killed, disemboweled a boy, left many injured… and walked away like he was going to continue his day! He is evil.

Why did the teens get off their tubes anyhow?

All underage with a bunch of booze. Seems legal

Self defence for sure, this man was by himself and a group of teenagers was very disrespectful if you call me a ped.and calling him disrespectful comments and starts getting in his face

The attitude of these Teenagers was horrible, from the beginning they were very disrespectful towards the man, nothing makes it valid that he would attack with stabs, but I think that all ppl who saw the video will agree that this man, at that age and who is clearly not in the best physical condition, could have suffered worse injuries by falling when he was pushed,break a bone or hit his head, with brain damage or die. there were too many drugged or drunk people against 1 man, I'm not saying that his actions were correct but that Take into account everything that happened, those teenagers were not acting correctly, even when they stabbed their friends they did not act in an empathetic manner with the injured, some even continued laughing, and acting baby unconsciously, a very sad case, but what would have happened if that man died, which of the boys who attacked him would be imprisoned.

These kids should go to jail. They are guilty

Regardless of guilt, most of the young tuber witnesses are a lying bunch of entitled punks..They should be thrown out and charged with perjury.. Maybe he shouldn't have stabbed them, but they were definitely provoking him to protect himself. They put him in a very hard spot....

I can't help but wonder what would have happened if he just said he was looking for his phone, and they had left him be... I'm guessing nothing would have happened.

these lawyers are solid

It's funny that people here think it is not self-defense. The kids instigated pushed and slapped him before the stabbing occurred. 13 against 1. Are you Bruce lee? Lol

"They asked him" what he was doing? without a doubt they could hear him talking and without a doubt the drunk and high made a choice not the actually LISTEN to what he was saying. If they were a group of decent people, at least one of them would have actually listen to him and likely might have helped him. It's convenient though that the video only starts after Nic started approaching them. A man alone in the river doesn't just randomly go running at people. He was almost certainly being provoked by the asshats who only then decided to start recording. And none of them take ANY ounce of responsibility in how their actions caused this situation. They "thought he was weird" was a completely justifiable reason to heckle and humiliate the man. What a bunch of punks. Even worse, the other group not related to them and the most injured, also did not try to ascertain what the hell was going on. Instead, every person from that second party made a conscious choice to NOT listen to the man. They eagerly ran over getting a piece of the action. Even the father from the second group was worried about the older man yet the bitches came over to assert their commands under the guise of "protecting" the teens. JFC, they are nearly grown ass adults in a group, not 10 year old boys. So who has the advantage there?!

Does anyone know if Nick came close to the group of teenager with his own knife in his pocket or if he grabbed it from a teenager? Thanks

Context liquor omg

This guy Miu is clearly the aggressor. He should never have run towards them and putting hands on the tubers.

interesting comments judging before hearing all evidence and some we dont get to see.

Dang, renting tubes is good money.

totally uncalled for…..period.

3:00:36 ALMOST shows the phone that is in the tube here.

Terrible sound

2:42:55 - 2:42:58 "with his right hand." Well, we know that's WRONG since the knife is in that hand. These definitively misleading, CYA humans.

He may have left Romania but Romania definitely didn't leave him

Just watched the video. They were ALL in the wrong. The kids were for instigating and knocking him down but in NO way did he need to use a knife in that situation especially that many times on that many people.

Seems to me that the defense came out on top today. Even though these were the prosecution’s witnesses, I think they served the defense’s purposes better.

First witness-kid was either too drunk or is lying when he claims Nick never said why he was there. In the video, I can clearly hear nick say "I am looking for my snorkel..." then shortly after one of them start screaming " he is looking for little girls". Nick is clearly looking for the snorkel and most likely the phone, and when the two women walk up screaming at him he is gesturing over in the direction he dropped his snorkel and looks like he is explaining why he is there. These kids were in the wrong 100%. Nick is innocent and was defending himself. Nick even looks confused in the video as to why these teens are yelling at him like this when he is only looking for his snorkel and a phone. At first before trial, I thought Nick could have been in the wrong also just as the teens were, but now seeing the trial and watching the video multiple times I see that Nick is innocent. The only just outcome is that Nick is declared innocent of all charges.

Unfortunately Wisconsin doesn’t have a stand your ground law. As easy of a self defense case this should be, the defendant had the obligation to retreat. This would have never of hit trial in Ohio as its “stand your ground state”. Other words, FAFO

Let's get the testimony of the perpetrators who were stoned out of their minds.

The teenagers went way overboard, screaming, and pushing at this man. But why would this guy just take a knife out casually and not show it to them and just act like he’s punching people when he’s really stabbing them? he obviously didn’t want them to see the knife. If he would’ve held that knife up at them and said get back, they would’ve ran. He just started stabbing people and went way overboard.

Oh my gosh!!!- this prosecutor 😖🥱😩🤨😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴..............................

Seems like the stabbing was not proportional to punches and he acted out of anger more than fear particularly in stabbing the girl. No retreat on his part and running after the event don't help his case.

I hope they let him bond out because this is bull s

That video is really hard to watch. Terrible sad case of bullying backfiring

This was a tragic case all around. I think he is guilty of murder and while no one deserved to die for this, these kids began the menacing. Their behavior was reprehensible. He should have walked away from them, but instead he chose to engage with these characters and they all paid a very heavy price for the outcome.

This just irks me. But are any of these kids being accountable for their actions ? Being he clearly was self-defense. it's sad that there is a life gone for sure. But these kids. Obviously started it, He could be screaming for a young kid because she's drowning somewhere If They all couldn easily walk away too. You hit and push, hit someone expect them to come back at. If you don't wanna stand the consequences of the fight you start then walk.away, these kids gained up on him A pedophile without even knowing him. Then push and punch him. God forbid if he had a child around with him to have to watch. His dad defended himself. And then get punished and his life taken away as well. This is a fifty-fifty. Those kids need to be charged with something else while they can't walk away with nothing. People get charged for yelling at somebody. They did it Actually, maybe those kids are lucky that he didn't hit his on a rock or breaking his neck leaving him dead. Those kids are lucky all it take is one push fighting is dangerous

Why was he around a bunch of teenagers any ways. Yes he has a right to be there how ever when someone is telling u to get away from them bc they are uncomfortable dont u think its a good idea to go back to the group you came to the river with also him pulling out a knife when this is happening doesent make him innocent. He stabbed 5 people there is no excuse guily guily ans guilty all the way around

3:21:56 did the state just say I DONT KNOW, when the judge asked, on what issue? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤭🤭🤭

Did Miu hit Madison in the face first or did the girl (Rhiley) put hands on Miu first ???

This Prosecutor has been low energy from opening statements… as an alternate KZfaq Juror… he’s putting me to sleep

ask the DNR

Self defense.

#3:05:50 - when do a girl become a woman in USA?

This prosecutor is terrible lol

Life No Parol

Could this guy look any more like Hannibal Lecter in the thumbnail?

I think both party’s need time in the pin.