The evidence is strong that Jonathan Rinderknecht is responsible for igniting the fire on January 1, 2025, which eventually became the Palisades fire. We fully intend to retry this case before a new jury and obtain guilty verdicts on all charged counts.
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) June 26, 2026
… not guilty and 2 hellbent on guilty.🚨 JUST IN: Judge declares a MISTRIAL in the Pacific Palisades arson case in California
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 26, 2026
FA US Attorney Bill Essayli has VOWED to file to retry the case, as the fire turned THOUSANDS of homes into ash and kiIIed 12 last year.
The jury became DEADLOCKED, with 10 jurors stuck on… pic.twitter.com/SB1RlPE1NC
Per Fox, prosecutors have cell phone and video evidence placing the suspect in the location 13 seconds after the fire started, and the Uber driver said the suspected acted erratically that night.
Searches on his phone showed that he that he loved fire and he acted defensively in the police interview.
In addition, the suspect allegedly told ChatGPT he wanted to hold wealthy people accountable with potentially a fire, accusing them of "enslaving people"
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