David Najar to his students on Zoom, August 27, 2026 (Zoom recording stamp 18:39). Transcribed by this site with whisper.cpp (small.en model) from the recording posted to Streamable on October 30, 2026 by an anonymous former student. Students' lines are attributed to "Student". One first name is replaced. Nothing else is changed. Everything Najar says about other people is his claim, not verified by this site. The audio served beside this transcript carries Najar's voice only.

You know, stay close, dude, we're going to be sued tomorrow.

Student: I hear something drops.

Yeah, something dropped, bro. And it's beating Ben's every other Ben video there is. And then remember, the documentary is up on Patreon. And then it's going to drop tomorrow on YouTube. And then my Patreon launches tomorrow because there's another video that is just being finished right now on the deposition. Then that will drop on YouTube. And then another video is going to... there's going to be a series of videos, you guys, and that's why I'm going to talk to you and anybody else who wants to be in on this storytelling, you know? Just to watch it from beginning to end, from production through editing, and also beats, you know, just like thinking about story, you know? And it's nice to see you, is this close. And so... but, you know, hey, [AUDIO OUT]

But, you know, we're going to get sued off our butts. So get ready to hang around, you know what I'm saying? It's a good thing to have on your resume. It's going to be First Amendment, you know? Because it's pretty crazy. You know, it's crazy to think that it took a YouTuber to tell a story about a global sex trafficking ring. And that's insane.

And if you guys... and if you all look at the comments, which I'm not going to look at... that's what I'm saying, [student's first name]. I'm not going to look at the comments. It's not healthy for me. But I did, at the very beginning, just kind of take the temperature. And it's like so many people said, oh my god, it's the future of storytelling. It's the future of journalism. Everyone's talking about how Ben is the future.

And I think that's something that I was talking about, y'all, is you guys, we're going to have to break things. And sometimes that means pretending to be a DoorDash driver to get on the second floor. You know, it's not hurting anybody. But we can't follow all the rules right now. You know what I'm saying? OK.