In a bid to shirk legal responsibility for running a $29 million gifting scheme, Marlon and LaShonda Moore have had a sovereign citizen meltdown.

The court isn’t buying it, their attorneys have bailed and LaShonda and Marlon have been arrested again.

Following guilty pleas in February 2025, the Moore’s sovereign citizen meltdown began on March 13th with three affidavit filings.

The affidavits are addressed to;

The reference states and all interested parties known and unknown, including their live individuals and their individual states, relating a straw-man person [a defacto entity] and, their commercial transactions [banking] and slavery under as to a color of law by deception.

If none of that made any sense don’t worry, it’s not supposed to. The legal side of sovereign citizenry is all about presenting grandiose statements that don’t mean anything or have legal standing.

The first affidavit from the Moores demands the Blessings In No Time charges be Thanos-snapped out of existence;

This is notice and demand as to rescission of contract as to all parties known and unknown, et al. and immediately place all parties back to their original positions as to their individual rights and obligations under the above referenced contract which now no longer exists.

The affidavit goes on to accuse the US government of violating laws with respect to the Moore’s rights.

The Moores’ second and third affidavits see Marlon and LaShonda respectively deny the legitimacy of the US government;

I do not agree and or consent to any of my entity/defacto names to be called and/or attached to name identified as to the word defendant or plaintiff as to a color of law due to the fact that no one stated to who and whom authority had the right to use my straw-man as to a defendant, et al and with the intent or motive to commit fraud (intention deception) for unlawful enrichment to my estate.

Not surprisingly, four days after the affidavits were filed Marlon Moore’s attorney filed a motion to withdraw.

Defendant Marlon Moore has indicated that he refuses to communicate with the undersigned and that any attempt to contact him will result in his seeking criminal and civil penalties.

Further, Defendant has indicated that he wishes the undersigned to withdraw as counsel and provide no further legal representation.

It’s unclear on what grounds Marlon Moore would bring criminal and civil penalties against his attorney for merely contacting him.

On March 18th the court struck the Moore’s affidavits for not complying with the court’s rules. Later that same day LaShonda Moore’s attorneys also filed a motion to withdraw.

The Defendant has requested counsel to withdraw, making it impossible for counsel to represent the interests of the Defendant.

Further, Defendant has informed Counsel via email;

I have already filed a formal complaint with the State Bar of Texas as well as the State Commission of Judicial Conduct regarding this matter.

On March 25th the Moore’s refiled their sovereign citizen affidavits with the court. Attached was an “affidavit of truth”, declaring

  • the court had no authority of the Moores and that their case “is now in recession”
  • all claims against them had been “reversed”; and
  • the DOJ’s criminal case had been “dismissed with prejudice”.

The Moores further declared if criminal proceedings continued against them they would we deemed “fraud”. The Moore’s threatened the court with a $350,000 fine per instance of declared fraud.

Two days later on March 27th, Marlon and LaShonda Moore were arrested for a second time. A hearing on the Moore’s attorney withdrawal motions was held later the same day and granted.

At the same hearing the DOJ alleged the Moores had violated their pre-trial conditions. Specific violations were filed under seal.

The court reviewed the sealed filings, agreed with the DOJ and ordered the Moores detained till April 2nd.

On April 2nd the court granted the Moore’s permission to “represent themselves with standby counsel”. The court again agreed the Moores had violated their pre-trial conditions and ordered the couple detained pending trial.

Clear and convincing evidence that Defendant[s] violated conditions of release was presented.

Defendant[s are] unlikely to abide by any conditions of release.

It is therefore ORDERED that the Defendant[s are] detained pending trial.

On April 3rd, Samuel Rathiel Gross filed an affidavit demanding the Moores be released by the court “within two hour[s]” of filing.

Gross’ relationship with the Moores is unclear but he appears to have a troubled legal history of his own.

In 2017 a Texas County court found Gross to be a vexatious litigant. As per the order, Gross was “prohibited from filing … any new litigation” in a Texas court without written permission from a judge.

Pursuant to having no legal basis, Gross’ demands with respect to releasing the Moores have been ignored.

In light of all the sovereign citizen filings, sealed DOJ filings and pre-trial condition violations, I’m not sure if the Moores’ February 2025 guilty pleas still stand.

Either way, as of April 10th the Moores remain in custody. It’s expected the Moores will remain in custody pending sentencing or, if their guilty pleas have been reversed, trial.