Timeline (we will keep this updated as the case develops)
4/18/23: Transphobes speak at Pitt, community members protest.
5/19/23: With guns drawn, FBI agents along with police from various local agencies raid Peppy and Krystal’s home in the early morning. They were detained for several hours before being told they were free to leave.
6/29/23: Krystal and Peppy are notified by their lawyers that they are being federally indicted and are to turn themselves in the next day.
6/30/23: Krystal and Peppy surrender. They are held in custody until appearing before the magistrate to enter not guilty pleas. Peppy is ordered to remain in pretrial detention and taken to Butler County Prison. Krystal is granted pretrial release with conditions.
7/3/23: Hearing before the magistrate appealing the detention order. The appeal is denied and Peppy remains in custody.
10/26/23: Judge denies Peppy’s release from pretrial detention, with no bail option.
2/1/24: Counsel for Krystal and Peppy file extensive pre-trial motions requesting to review potential evidence, and for the court to discuss the case due to government misconduct and misapplication of statutes.
2/23/24: Judge grants the prosecution an extension and sets a revised timeline:
3/4/24: Government response to defense’s pre-trial motions due
3/11/24: Defense reply due
4/10/24: Decision from court
5/31/24: Rule 16 discovery and requested expert disclosures due
7/1/24: Expert Reports due
8/9/24: Government’s trial exhibits, exhibit list, witness list, and proposed jury instructions and verdict slip all due by
8/16/24: Objections and motions in limine due
8/23/24: responses to motions in limine due by
8/26/24: Rule 404(b) and Rule 609 material due
9/10/24: Change of plea hearing
9/24/24: Response to Information to Establish Prior Conviction due
10/29/24: Probation Office to disclose drafts of its presentence investigations report
11/5/24: Due date for administrative resolution of any disputes between Probation Office and Peppy and Krystal’s legal teams
11/13/24: Probation Office to disclose final presentence reports
11/19/24: All parties required to file written position statements with respect to sentencing
11/26/24: All responses to position statements due
12/3/24: Probation Office will file any necessary addenda to presentence reports, and email any restitution requests, agreements, or victim impact statements to Court.
12/10/24: All motions for upward or downward departure from sentencing guidelines due, as well as sentencing memoranda and supplemental information.
12/17/24: Any responses to sentencing memoranda or other filings due.
1/6/25: Sentencing Hearing