Stop for a moment and think about what you just asked.

Okay. Now, facepalm yourself and you'll be forgiven.

So the moral of the story is that SCEA is full of incompetents who don't know what an HDD controller card is?

Ummm...  When you speak to Sony, you speak to someone who works for Sony.  Not one employee knows everything there is to know about the company.  This is reality.

oh, COME ON! reality doesn't count in this one!

we have already established that EVERYONE working for Sony is incompetent and evil, now don't go and bring reality into this!

Any evidence from say, a police/court official saying they think he's fled or at least some kind of reputable source?

Until then, colour me a sceptical bastard.

I love the gullibility of some of the people of this thread. Really reflects on their fanboyism and makes their life choices very questionable to an outside observer.

Factually, it's true I'm in South America, on a vacation I've had planned and paid for since November. I mean, it is Spring break; hacking isn't my life.

Either BBC is doing their April Fool's jokes a week early and have Hotz in on the joke as well, or everyone can accept this story as confirmed. 

yes yes ive just read this on N4G and he also claims that he hasnt spent a dime of the donations on this holiday.........

bs

He claimed everything was already paid for back in November, which would have been well before SCE hit him with the lawsuit for what it's worth. Not that it makes a terrible amount of difference whether the 2-3 thousand he supposedly spent in advance on airlines, hotel room and food plus whatever expenses is much different than spending any of the tens of thousands that were donated for his legal defense fund.

Either way, he still has to pay those legal fees and court costs.

But it still seems more than just a bit off that because he spent a load on a South American spring break vacation that he's depending upon donations to cover his legals costs.

...the more you know