Judge Rules Nashville Shooter’s Manifesto Is Exempt From Disclosure Due to Copyright

Copyright Act protects writings of the transgender shooter who killed three 9-year-old children and three adults in 2023, judge rules.

An ambulance leaves the Covenant School, Covenant Presbyterian Church, in Nashville on March 27, 2023. John Amis/AP Photo

Tennessee Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea L. Myles ruled on July 4 that none of the writings left by Nashville school killer Audrey Hale can be released, citing copyright claims of the victims’ families.

Judge Myles declared in her ruling that “materials created by Hale are exempted from disclosure based on the federal Copyright Act.”