Complaint: Civil Defamation, Stalking, Harassment, Tortious Interference, Right To Publicity. On 02/06/2023, after having failed in Massachusetts in 2 attempts to obtain a RO against KATHERINE PETER, and rulings by the Judge in his Massachusetts Federal Case resulting in denials for many of his motions, JOSE MARIS DECASTRO has filed yet another case against MS. PETER, this time for Slander/Libel, in California State court.
On March 14, 2023, Jose Maria DeCastro filed his 1st amended complaint. While still keeping 30 John/Jane Does, he also added Daniel Clement, Michael Pierattini, and David Omo Jr to the complaint. Michael Pierattini, who has his own YouTube channel called Blue Bacon, has previously been critical of Mr. DeCastro and currently has a restraining order out of Washington State against Mr. DeCastro (see Piertattini vs DeCastro). David Omo Jr. is another YouTube creator whose channel, Team Skeptic, has also been critical of Mr. DeCastro. Mr. DeCastro previously attempted to a file restraining order against Mr. Omo Jr. which was denied due to Lack of Service.
On April 15, Jose DeCastro filed to return to Pro Se representation. At the same time, after receiving sanctions for his previous actions and one day before more possible sanctions, DeCastro submitted documents to dismiss the case against everyone but Peter.
Speculation is that, while DeCastro may believe he has won a victory against Peter, he may not have served her in a timely fashion. If so, then Peter could have the case dismissed at a later date.
On April 22, Pierattini filed an objection to the dismissal. At the hearing on April 23, the Judge did not formally accepted the dismissal and combined several hearings into an existing hearing on the May 29th docket. On May 29 and July 3, 2025, the court dismissed the case agains Pierattini with prejudice.
On September 17, 2025, judgement was granted in favor of Pierattini and sanctions totallying $15,255 was confirmed.
DeCastro filed a Notice of Appeal in Nov. 2025, but then failed to advace the case. The final Order Dismissing the Appealwas filed on August 25, 2026.
Appeal: DeCastro v. Peter (23SMCV00538)
Case Summary
Docket / Document List
HTML items are text only with no download file available
