Paul’s defense attorney argued that he believed he had consent. This was the "method acting gone wrong" defense. The lawyer pointed to Dillon’s own videos, her social media posts that said “I love it when fans get creative,” and a single, ambiguous private message from Dillon to Paul six months prior, in which she said, “You never know what’s real with me, do you?”
He carried her to a waiting van and drove her to a soundproofed storage unit he had rented 12 miles away, which he had pre-furnished like a dungeon from her videos: concrete floor, a single mattress, a ring bolt in the wall, and a GoPro camera on a tripod. For the next 48 hours, Paul attempted to force Johanna Dillon to perform. He wanted a "real" kidnapping video. He wanted her to cry—actually cry—while he tied her up. He wanted her to beg for her life without a script. the kidnapping of johanna dillon aka cali logan full
She changed her legal name again—not back to Johanna, but to a third, unlisted name. She lives in a different state. Paul’s defense attorney argued that he believed he
