Matthew Cordle, a man who posted a YouTube video admitting to killing a man in a DUI crash, pleaded not guilty, according to reports.
Cordle, 22, said in the video that he would plead guilty and would take total responsibility for killing Vincent Canzani, 61, during a drunken driving incident in June.
But Judge Julie Lynch told ABC News that his lawyers changed his plea at the last minute.
“Everything was going to be guilty,” she told the broadcaster. “I’m somewhat incensed by somebody who isn’t forthright with the court.”
His lawyers said that Cordle is entering it as an initial plea and they would eventually change it to guilty.
Cordle’s confession was made as a promo for a startup company called Because I Said I Would.
““I killed a man. I was out with some friends, we were all drinking really heavily, just hopping from bar to bar, just trying to have a good time, and I lost control,” Cordle said in the popular video.
He added: “On that particular night I made a mistake and got in my truck. I completely blacked out and decided to try to drive home. I ended up going the wrong way down the highway, directly into oncoming traffic, and I struck a car. I killed a man.”
“My name is Matthew Cordle and on June 22, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani. This video will act as my confession. When I get charged I will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything I’ve done to Vincent and his family … I’m begging you: please don’t drink and drive,” he said.
