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Yeah I get that's real, and it sucks your cousin did that. You think that medication would make him kidnap someone, endanger a child, and also beat an elderly woman along the way? Every single addict and person is different, so I'm not pretending to know his exact situation and path, but like I said before the PATTERN is what the problem is. This isn't a single drug-induced event. The point to me is he keeps getting treated with kid gloves when he "recovers" enough to slither back into the moto world. Ends up on a podcast where those of...

My cousin stole pain medications from his father dying of cancer. Is that real? Again, I'm no expert. Unfortunately it'll be a fight Izzi will have until the end. Not defending his character, never met the guy. Just my perspective on these athletes that never saw it coming.

Man I get what you're trying to say, but trust those of us who have REAL exposure to the raw and real side of this.... I've dealt with many addicts who would never hurt a fly, loaded or not. I've dealt with stone cold sober people who are full of evil and hate. His PATTERN of behavior is definitely somewhat guided by the addictions, but it's a base problem with him when this path is all he seems to know how to follow. Some Netflix documentary isn't a true window into that world, trust me. If your perspective is based...

You can be an addict without stealing, beating, kidnapping etc. He has repeatedly made choices that hurt others for his own benefit. For over a decade now.

Swap should let izzi live with him, see how that goes. Lol.

Really is sad how the industry covers for many. Don’t understand it unless they have a bunch of hidden skeletons also? Why protect Izzi? Why protect Varner? Kevin Walker gets invited back to LL, WTF?? One good thing is ML at least let’s these threads live, previous management would flush stuff like this to keep the board “clean”

As I'm sure you know, the "middle ground" of industry bros (those guys below factory or factory-support level, but above local shop owners) tend to be man-children who have never lived in the real world. In my opinion they see some child prodigy who got dealt a bad hand by someone else and they can fix him if they just give him the right opportunity. I don't know Swap at all, and yeah maybe he puts out some good content every once in a while, but there seems to be a tremendous lack of perspective there for him to do...

The “support” he got from the industry this past year was cringe-worthy. It’s alarming the lack of accountability from industry folks and fans because he was fast on a dirt bike once. Simply scamming moto families and stealing their moto equipment to sell for drug money should have been enough to say “yeah, fuck this guy.” And that was just the tip of the iceberg of how little regard he has for anyone other than himself. Maybe kidnapping, child endangerment and battery are enough now for the industry bros (including some of my own friends) to write him off? Probably...

Is this even "news" at this point ? No. He's never won a pro race, let alone in the past 10 years. Stop giving clowns like this a platform. When they clean up, stop letting them skip the line because of who they were on a dirt bike at one point in time. Make them prove themselves and their worth to the industry all over again. Pull up the young talent and give them an opportunity when they would've otherwise been overlooked. Enough of this idiot and his sob story, he needs to grow up, and it's that simple.

Phuque his sorry ass. Hope he gets passed around like a ragdoll in the cellblock.

Cruelty to children. Hope the general population can police this if true.

Lol now I wonder how many actually got that?

One too many after he beat and robbed an old lady for drug money!!!

Nevermind I looked it up and they are new offenses. Looks like he entered into a plea agreement and will serve 12 months in jail. Expect a Swap interview around September '24.

I bet you didn't think you'd type that sentence today lol

Your last line would basically be the introduction line to my brothers book. What I find really interesting is he always had personality traits similar to an addict, compulsive lying, failure to take responsibility, etc. My mom babied him more than me or my oldest brother growing up, and it drove a heavy wedge in between my mom and dad because my dad wanted to handle him the same way he did with myself and my oldest brother. My parents always made us commit to shit, in middle school I wanted to play in a super competitive local basketball league...

I'm pretty sure he was still using at the time that fluff piece was recorded; no way to be certain w/o testing, but he had all the telltale signs (very twitchy, with lots of tics that users have when they're trying to crawl out of their own skin). I feel for him and all of the victims in his wake...addiction is a nightmare for everyone involved. It is extremely rare to see addicts fully change, but I've seen it up close and personal with a family member, and it is possible. Some consequences last a lifetime....

Ok, my bad, I'm so sorry for that.

Can y’all put your fucking readers on? I said I feel bad for his kid that has had to grow up with basically an absent father. I don’t pity people who go down the same roads as Nico. I’ve been a passenger down a similar road of Nico’s with my own brother. I’ll never forget waking up to a phone call of my mother in tears barely able to get out the words to tell me that she’s next to my brother in the hospital and they don’t know if he’s going to be able to wake up from all...

He's saying he feels bad for Nico's kid, Nico has a child.