Month: March 2025

Attorney Jessica Koester said the charges were part of “a Machiavellian scheme.”

In December of 2021, performer Mariah Candy was charged with three counts of the Class 1 felony of criminal sexual assault and three counts of Class 2 felony of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. The accuser was her stepson, and according to court documents, the incidents occurred between Aug. 1, 2014, when he was 14, and ended May 31, 2018.

Candy has fiercely denied the allegations, saying they were part of a revenge plot.

Last week, the State of Illinois dropped all sex-related charges in a plea deal where Candy would agree to a non-sex-related charge. In a statement, Candy’s Attorney, Jessica Koester, said that she 100% believed her client was innocent, and that she fought tooth and nail to clear her name, but due to the risk and cost of a trail, she had to recommend Candy accept a plea deal.

Koester went on to say that Candy is not a sex offender, as is evidenced by the fact that all of the sex offenses were dismissed and she is not required to register. Koester said Candy is the victim of “a Machiavellian scheme.”

If you’re just joining us, Patrick Manary and boyfriend Nathan Stickel were banned from the Grey Fox after a now-infamous racial incident in 2022. Since then, they’ve harassed the entire 3700 block of Potomac, which is bookended by Grey Fox and my home, by wailing on the horn in the middle of the night and shouting “Stop harassing me!” at anyone who comes outside to see what’s going on. 

Manary has a pattern of picking community members, seemingly at random, and sending them irate late-night messages in which he accuses them of all sorts of things, threatens to sue them and to report them to the authorities. His recent targets include Mike Campise and India Ferguson.  

At 1:00am this morning, it was entertainer Diamond De Luxe’s turn. It seems Manary was triggered by her sharing the article about the Roast of Grey Fox, which he and Stickel believe is about them. 

There are decent arguments for ignoring these tiresome trolls, but if we’re going to endure this long-running harassment as a community, we should at least document it, and share a few laughs. 

You get the gist. And now, they’re calling for a boycott.

By the looks of last night’s show, Grey Fox is doing just fine.