Unofficial transcript of Goode v. Gaia hearing, Part 1: David Wilcock and the motion to compel

On July 1, 2025, the federal court for the District of Colorado held a public hearing regarding Gaia, Inc.’s motion to compel David Wilcock to cooperate with discovery. Despite David’s emailing the judge and presenting the possibility of delaying the hearing, the judge wasn’t having it and the hearing proceeded as planned. Here is presented an unofficial transcript from handwritten notes taken while listening to the hearing. My highlights and commentary accompany the transcript.

Right out of the gate, before court is even in session, we have a howler of an admission from David Wilcock: he has obtained no attorney for the hearing and is representing himself pro se. David has the right to do this, but doing so is incredibly foolish and bares the risk of making things worse for himself, which as readers will see is exactly what he proceeded to do throughout the hearing.

Another surprising admission by David Wilcock is that his attorney apparently bailed on him and the discovery process while things were still ongoing. Perhaps David didn’t pay his attorney, or perhaps, as David claims later in the hearing, his attorney really is in poor health. We may never know. David took the opportunity during his off-topic rambling to complain about the thickness of the subpoena and also to brag about how popular Cosmic Disclosure was on Gaia. Readers should pay attention to the portion highlighted in orange-this statement by David that his main form of communication with Corey Goode was via email will later be contradicted by himself when he informs the court that his main form of communication with Corey was actually WhatsApp.

“Blue Eagle” is allegedly the code name for Corey Goode in the conspiracy Gaia is counterclaiming and alleging was wrongfully done against their company. Once again, in orange, David also tells the court a falsehood about his being sued by Corey Goode-he was never sued by Corey Goode, at most he was sent a cease and desist letter, and Gaia will allege later in the hearing that David and Corey collaborated on the CDL as part of their scheme. Most notably and notoriously, David makes the incredible mistake of unmasking the existence of the confidential settlement he signed with Gaia in 2018/2019. Previously, this agreement was only a matter of speculation and never proven to exist in the public realm. As a result of David’s loose lips and careless rambling in this hearing, the court, the public, and Valerie Yanaros and Corey Goode are now aware of the existence of this previously confidential agreement. It is very likely that Valerie and Corey will now change their legal strategy since they are aware that David has probably said something or given something to Gaia as part of the agreement. Oh, and David claims Gaia’s legal threats before the settlement wrecked his marriage which would not actually be dissolved for a further 3 years. She even allegedly bailed on him during honeymoon.

Because David has failed to retain an attorney for this matter, Gaia’s counsel and the judge are forced to interrupt David’s rambling for the sake of preserving what little confidentiality remains on their signed agreement. Essentially, the court and Gaia’s lawyers are doing the job of David’s would-be lawyer for him. It may have come as a surprise to David that this hearing is public and was probably highly attended by members of the public. David then utters another falsehood in court-that Jay Weidner produced the documentary film “Dark Alliance.” This is, in fact, an easily provable falsehood as filmmaker Darcy Weir is clearly listed on the film’s IMDb page as the sole producer of Dark Alliance.

The judge gives David some leeway as he is representing himself and is obviously a mental trainwreck. When Gaia’s counsel inform the court as to the specifics of David’s non-cooperation, David interestingly blurts out that he’s happy to cooperate at the hearing.

At this point in the hearing, David objected to Ms. Dunay’s claims and interrupted her, forcing the judge to sternly rebuke David. If David had retained an actual attorney for this matter, this probably would not have happened.

In court cases, parties typically have time limits to file motions or objections. All parties are required to participate in the the case “in good faith” regardless. Simply meeting the burden to confer “in good faith” does not excuse one from time limits. David’s argument here is meritless and easily thrown away by the court. This is another indication that David needs to retain quality counsel for his legal issues

One of the obvious reasons for a person to retain counsel in legal matters is so they don’t inadvertently give their legal adversaries more “ammunition” during proceeedings. David Wilcock has done exactly that by introducing the term “Thomas Crown” at the hearing. This costly mistake will in fact cause the judge to expand the scope of the motion to compel with the judge ordering the inclusion of “Thomas Crown” as a discovery search term. David then informs the court that he cut off almost all communication with Corey Goode after the resignation letter leaked. As we will see in an upcoming Part 2 Substack post dealing with the 2nd half of the hearing, Gaia is already in possession of communications and emails proving that David has in fact had extensive and substantial communication with Corey Goode as recently as 2022 (in fact, David was a star presenter at Corey’s Disclosure Summit in April 2024). David’s statement on the matter here seems to be obviously false. Before turning to the topic of WhatsApp, David takes a few moments to tell the court how famous he is and how little he thinks of his audience, before also throwing shade on Corey Goode.

David made a statement earlier in the hearing that he and Corey communicated predominantly through email but now seemingly contradicts himself by now stating that WhatsApp was the only platform on which they were communicating. David may be disingenuous here. He also takes the opportunity to present to the court a pathetic excuse for his lack of cooperation in the form of an iPhone with lesser storage and his failure to replace the battery in a laptop.

Gaia’s counsel states that David’s lawyer Raffi had previously told them that “Thomas Crown” was not a term that would be included in production. Naturally they are incredulous that David mentioned earlier that “Thomas Crown” was a relevant search term. They immediately bring up David’s lack of “good faith” participation in discovery, essentially calling him dishonest. Gaia’s counsel also informs the court, and David, that Corey has already given them information indicating that Corey and David were collaborating on the resignation letter David sent to Gaia in July 2018.

Not only has Gaia informed the court that they are possesion of evidence that David and Corey collaborated on the resignation letter, they inform the court that they also collaborated on the so-called cease and desist letter that Corey allegedly threatened David with. Based on Gaia’s information, the cease and desist letter seems like a ruse. Additionally, the judge and Gaia’s lawyers are seemingly in agreement that David Wilcock will be deposed at some point. Ultimately the judge grants Gaia’s motion to compel David Wilcock to cooperate with discovery.

The judge’s statements here indicate she doesn’t buy David’s excuse that his non-compliance is excusable simply because he says that it was due to his attorney Raffi’s advice. She also doesn’t buy the notion that David and Corey stopped communicating at some point. She is polite about it, though, saying perhaps he simply forgot about it.

David states here that he is quite happy to be deposed, a statement which is at odds with his YouTube livestreams where he has stated emphatically he does not want to be deposed. David also quips “I know I’m not guilty,” a strange statement from a man so embattled by legal issues as of late. David states he has evidence that he has done nothing wrong, while Gaia’s counsel has stated that they have evidence that is quite possibly contrary. It is quite notable that the judge states that David has no claims against him “right now.” Things could change in the future. And David takes an opportunity to throw his (now former) attorney Raffi under the bus. As David will affirm shortly, Raffi is allegedly dying. Perhaps David thinks throwing a dying man under the bus ultimately makes no difference.

David claims that the lawyer who abandoned his discovery process, Raffi, is dying. And also that both of Raffi’s parents are dying. While not impossible, this is an extremely unlikely coincidence of mortal events. There is the very real possibility that David simply didn’t pay Raffi and is too embarassed to reveal that as the reason for the severance of their attorney-client relationship. David then utters one more falsehood onto the pile of falsehoods he has made in this hearing-that Terry Dunmire is Stavatti’s “corporate attorney.” This is in fact a falsehood. Terry Dunmire is independent outside counsel that Stavatti has hired for one legal case, Dimitrov v. Stavatti. Terry Dunmire is not Stavatti’s corporate counsel and is not employed by Stavatti (indeed, no one is employed by Stavatti as they have affirmed in that case that they have no employees and no payroll). David then seemingly reaches out to Valerie Yanaros with an invitation to be his attorney, an offer she may not be excited to entertain as she’s currently representing Corey Goode FOR FREE and there would be other questions surrounding the relationship, not the least of which is David’s earlier revelation that he has a signed confidential settlement with Gaia regarding Corey Goode matters. At the end of the the first half of the hearing, before David leaves, the judge takes one last opportunity to jab at David Wilcock for his disgraceful behavior during the hearing.

This is the end of the first half of the hearing dealing with David Wilcock. There will be a Part 2 Substack post in the future dealing with the second half of the hearing regarding a discovery dispute involving Corey Goode and Valerie Yanaros.