Kim Dotcom Bail: Megaupload Founder Says Will Not Flee New Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The jailed founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload is complaining that women inmates are giving him unwanted attention.

In a New Zealand courtroom to appeal a decision denying him bail, Kim Dotcom said he's gotten unwanted letters from female prisoners and a phone call from a man posing as a prosecutor, according to reports by media outlets.

A government lawyer said during the hearing that a known forger tried to visit Dotcom.

Dotcom told the Auckland court he would not flee New Zealand and wants to fight to get back his money, some of which authorities seized last month.

U.S. authorities claim Megaupload facilitated millions of illegal downloads. They are trying to extradite Dotcom and three colleagues on racketeering charges.

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Check out the slideshow below for a glimpse of Kim Dotcom's lavish lifestyle before the Megaupload takedown.

Comments

[NAOMA]

06:11 PM on 02/10/2012

Kim Dotcom was "livin' large." Liked that Cadillac, but he is a real blob. Ate too much good food.

[Bubble Burster]

05:23 PM on 02/05/2012

still waiting for the owners of google to be arrested
their site supplies people with far more pirated material than megaupload does

[Mr Ed]

01:08 PM on 02/05/2012

The U.S. is not doing this it's the feds, who are not even part of the U.S. Government. They are the snakes who have by deception, force, murder/assassination, trillions of dollars(that they conveniently print themselves) that have been deposited into offshore accounts to most members of the Senate & Congress, as well as quite a few Presidents(at least every one since Kennedy). That have through backroom dealings created more bureaus( administration units) that have over time stripped the American People of their Constitutional rights. As well as starting numerous wars against countries to get control of what ever commodity that they think will give them more power. Which at the same time making the U.S.A. look like the world bully which has turned most of the world against the U.S. Government as well as the people of America, blaming the citizens for the acts of the corrupt government.
This of course is making the feds very happy, strutting around like roosters, giving high fives all around, thinking they got us(the American swine who has the gall to thumb their collective noses at the British Kingdom) now.

[Mr Ed]

02:07 PM on 02/05/2012

Alas they don't believe the people of this great country will do anything about them. They think that they have the upper hand by controlling the government. I almost feel sorry for them on the day we decide to bite the hand that suppresses us. They will have no place to hide. The corrupt government, police, Homeland security, their home grown thugs at Blackwater, and all of their "bureaus" will feel the true American spirit. We have at least 5x the firepower, as well as the technology to counter what they think is far advanced weaponry, created right in our own homes and in the private manufacturing facilities across this great country. Most of the military already know what's going on. The trolls are talking smack about the Oath Keepers but their members keep growing. The Tea Party was compromised by the Republicans as well as the feds but, they have been identified and will be "removed" at the appropriate time. Many of us are part of Anonymous. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us. This is not just some catchy slogan, this is an idealism, an ingrained thought process, a battle cry you might say. Most of us want to end tyranny in the world. Everybody should be free to live their lives as long as they don't hurt others.
I'm stepping off of my soap box now...

[max pain]

09:44 AM on 02/05/2012

What's going on here?

Who appointed the U.S. sheriff of the internet?

Anyone else with charges against this guy?

I say, no! Not because he's innocent, but because we all know what the prosecutor­s are going to do: they'll slap every charge on him they can, including the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping so that he's looking at 500 years in prison without parole.

Then they'll offer him a deal: 75 years if he cops a plea and names names.

That's not justice. That's trial by fire.

[Mr Ed]

11:31 AM on 02/05/2012

It's not the U.S. who is after him, it's the feds. They are not even part of the U.S. Government, who by lies, deceit, money(lots & lots of money that they themselves print), thuggery, murder/assassination, etc. have infiltrated our country. Their backroom meetings with Congress & Senate has given them more "bureau's (administration units) that have slowly but surely chipped away our Constitutional rights as a nation. As well as started of these "conflicts" (brutal attacks against other nations and their citizens) to seize control of what ever commodity they wish that will increase their power as well as to make the U.S. the "bad guy" in the eyes of the world.

[max pain]

09:43 AM on 02/05/2012

sucks now if your rich you can t get bail . bail should be given to anyone that has been arrested

[max pain]

08:50 PM on 02/04/2012

Flight Risk" because
he's SO fat and the plane might crash.

[edenooch]

09:42 PM on 02/04/2012

they know hes not FLIGHT RISK BECAUSE THAT BLIMP WILL FLOAT

[NAOMA]

06:13 PM on 02/10/2012

Ha. Perhaps they could carry him in a BLIMP? Which is what he is!

[Mister Grumpy]

12:35 AM on 02/04/2012

Please!!! This guy lies more than a GOP candidate.

[stealthismatt]

10:04 PM on 02/03/2012

No Megaupload? Thank God for novamov!

[William A]

07:51 PM on 02/03/2012

Europeans living in New Zealand, tried for breaking US law, without ever having set foot in this country.

This is fascist bullcrap.

[Blair Epps]

10:52 PM on 02/03/2012

Yeah they need to stop this and leave that man alone.

[Lohan7]

07:15 PM on 02/03/2012

would need a pretty big plane

[max pain]

06:22 PM on 02/03/2012

What I find odd is that this guy has already lost his company and money, before the trial. Why bother with the trial? They have already convicted him it seems.

[Luman Walter]

04:56 PM on 02/03/2012

Flight risk? More like a risk to beach himself.

[waldopepper]

04:24 PM on 02/03/2012

Thorax is too big and wings are too small to be a flight risk. He'd never get off the ground. All kidding aside - I am going to love it when he beats the rap.

[lw1]

05:16 PM on 02/03/2012

He is a pirate and that, throughout history, tends not to end well.

[William A]

07:53 PM on 02/03/2012

Pirates have big funny hats, and shiny sharp objects, ships, and cannons.

This is not a pirate.

[waldopepper]

10:33 PM on 02/03/2012

At best - he facilitated pirates.

[MojoWorking]

04:17 PM on 02/03/2012

This guy looks like a combination of several James Bond super criminals. Not to mention that his estate was personally designed by SPECTRE ....

[Duzula]

04:22 PM on 02/03/2012

The biggest difference being he's not a criminal.

[lw1]

05:14 PM on 02/03/2012

He was distributing others Intellectual property for his own profit and without the right to do so. That is against the law.

[Sh00Fly]

07:32 PM on 02/03/2012

He's also the winner of a Gumball 3000 rally and accused of bribing officials.
He certainly is a character.

[Will Vazquez]

03:55 PM on 02/03/2012

sucks now if your rich you can t get bail . bail should be given to anyone that has been arrested

[Mitch Johnesee]

09:57 PM on 02/03/2012

Disagree - if there is a clear flight risk, people don't "need" to be given a chance to run away from their charges.
I'm not commenting on Dotcom's situation, as he doesn't seem to be a flight risk, but in many other cases this cannot be said.

[Will Vazquez]

12:33 PM on 02/04/2012

it is very difficult for a person to prepare a case from a prison cell .it is very expensive as well . most lawyers do not like having to go visit inmates at prisons in order to prepare
a case everyone is innocent until proven guilty in america therefore bail should be set according to the risk of flight . but a fair bail amount should be set . and time should count while a person is out on bail if they get restricted conditions . ps i have been in jail about 1500 times . i was a paralegal not a prisoner lol.