Taylor Hazlewood, 27, didn’t hear anything about a true-crime documentary featured on Netflix, but he found out about it quickly after his friends called to tell him his photo was used to portray axe murderer Caleb “Kai” McGillvary
After the documentary aired, Taylor started receiving text messages from several of his friends telling him that a picture of him holding a Hatchet was being used in the film.
Hazlewood was confused as to how a picture of him ended up on a Netflix documentary. He soon discovered that a photo of him posted to Instagram posing with a hatchet while at a friend’s house more than 3½ years earlier had been used in the documentary “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker.”
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On Jan. 10, Netflix released a documentary about McGillvary, and about a week later, the texts started pouring in. Hazlewood has since had to explain to friends, family members, co-workers, and acquaintances that he had nothing to do with what happened.
The show followed the rise and fall of Caleb “Kai” McGillvary. McGillvary went viral after a television interview after he intervened in an assault incident in 2013.
Angela Buchanan, an attorney in @PhillipsMurrah's Dallas office, is referenced in @washingtonpost & @dallasnews related to a defamation lawsuit she filed on behalf of Taylor Hazlewood RE: Netflix docu-drama, “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker.” https://t.co/H5SpqRYZQ2
— Phillips Murrah P.C. (@PhillipsMurrah) April 17, 2023
Taylor Hazlewood's photo appears on screen while the narrator asks, "Is this a guardian angel or a stone-cold killer?" https://t.co/w6Lvc9ikmq
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) April 17, 2023
Ky. man sues Netflix after his photo was used in a true-crime documentary by Jonathan Edwards via National Taylor Hazlewood had nothing to do with the murder at the center of a documentary streaming on Netflix called “The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker,” hi… https://t.co/MqbK9J7Piw
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In April 2019, McGillvary was convicted of murdering Joseph Galfy, 73, in Union County, New Jersey.
McGillvary, who was dubbed “Kai the Hitchhiker,” was sentenced to 57 years in prison Thursday in Union County superior court.
On April 10, Hazlewood sued Netflix accusing the company of defamation and misappropriating his likeness by including the photo in the 1½-hour film that traces the path of Caleb “Kai” McGillvary from hero to convicted murderer.
Still, thousands — if not millions — of people will see his photo as a narrator speaks of a “stone-cold killer,” and text pops up next to the image: “You can never trust anyone,” the suit says.
Hazlewood is seeking at least $1 million in damages.
“Hazlewood is, of course, beyond angry that Netflix would implicate and connect him to such a salacious and infamous story and individual,” the lawsuit states.
“That’s going to go on for the rest of his life,” Hazlewood’s attorney, Angela Buchanan, told The Post.
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