The video interview that made McGillvary internet famous stemmed from an incident in 2012. McGillvary was hitchhiking in Fresno, California when he was picked up by Jett McBride (pictured). According to what McGillvary said in the video, McBride began giving his passenger details about a sexual assault he had committed several years before while on a business trip to the Virgin Islands. Then, after proclaiming himself to be Jesus Christ, McBride jerked the wheel of his vehicle so that it hit a pedestrian, pinning him with the bumper. As two women rushed to the injured man’s aid, McGillvary asserts that McBride rushed over and put one of the women in a bear hug. This prompted McGillvary to strike McBride from behind with his hatchet (per YouTube).
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McBride was arrested and charged with attempted murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, and battery (via Court Listener). His defense team would enter a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on his behalf. The jury took a month to deliberate on whether or not McBride was sane at the time of the crimes. When they, at last, came back with a verdict, they ruled that McBride was legally insane. The court remanded McBride to a mental health institution for nine years and sent him to get treatment at the Atascadero State Hospital.
