Renton police arrested Miles Oliver Hudson, the “Belltown Hellcat,” on a $50,000 warrant for a 2022 domestic violence case.
Police arrested Hudson, a 21-year-old social media influencer, in Seattle on Oct. 29, booking him into the South Correctional Regional Jail after the Renton Municipal Court issued a $50,000 arrest warrant for Hudson on Oct. 14.
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Hudson’s Instagram page, with more than 700,000 followers, frequently features a Dodge Charger “which has been modified to be excessively loud,” resulting in a lawsuit and complaints from residents and workers in downtown Seattle.
Hudson missed a scheduled review hearing in Renton Municipal Court on Oct. 14 in regards to a 2022 case that resulted in Hudson pleading guilty to domestic violence assault in the fourth degree.
According to arrest documents, on April 27, 2022, Hudson pulled the computer chair his mother sat on backwards after she refused to make him coffee. After falling on her back, Hudson’s mother stated Hudson unplugged and locked himself in the room with her laptop.
After Hudson demanded his mother to drive him for food, Hudson’s mother headed to the police station and filed a report against him as he sat in the vehicle in the parking lot.
Hudson pleaded guilty to the domestic violence assault charge, with Renton Judge Jessica Giner sentencing him on Aug. 29, 2023, to 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine.
At the Oct. 14 scheduled review hearing, the Renton City Attorney’s Office requested the court forfeit the $25,000 bail Hudson posted in the case as a result of “his failure to appear, in non-compliance with court orders.”
Judge Giner approved the prosecutorial request for the court to issue a $50,000 bench warrant for Hudson’s arrest at the Oct. 14 hearing.
Hudson appeared in-custody in Renton Municipal Court on Oct. 30, the day following his arrest for a warrant quash hearing.
Hudson’s defense requested the court release Hudson on “personal recognizance or on a lesser amount of bail,” at the Oct. 30 hearing. Hudson’s defense stated Hudson “was not able to come to court” as a result of being in-custody at the time of the Oct. 14 review hearing.
“Unfortunately, he was picked up on this matter, because again, everybody seems to think this is a murder charge,” Hudson’s defense said.
The Renton prosecutor objected to Hudson’s release, stating Hudson posted $25,000 bail at the time of the review hearing. Additionally, the prosecutor stated Hudson sustained “multiple allegations of new law violations while [he] has been on … sentencing conditions.”
Hudson faces charges in Seattle Municipal Court in two cases including a stalking and disclosure of intimate images case from May 2024 involving Hudson’s ex-girlfriend, and a reckless driving case from March 2024.
Judge Giner maintained Hudson’s bond at $50,000, stating the court “[was] extraordinarily concerned with the nature of the allegations that have accrued, … with the allegations of noncompliance, … [and] with allegations that Mr. Hudson is likely to fail to appear in the court.”
The court scheduled Hudson’s next hearing for Nov. 18, 2024.
Hudson returned to corrections staff following the hearing.
According to the South Correctional Entity inmate database, staff released Hudson out of custody after he met the $50,000 bail on Nov. 1.
