Did Brian Szasz Go to Prison? Hamish Harding’s Stepson’s Past

“According to the store’s clerk, two men parked a dark green Ford Explorer at the pumps and bought gas,” reported the Union-Tribune. “One man went into the station’s restroom and came out with a bandana over his face, brandishing a large knife at the clerk ‘in a threatening manner.’ The man demanded cash while apologizing to the clerk, ‘claiming he was sorry, but he was out of cash.’”

The three of them then hit a 7-Eleven 35 minutes later; they stole 14 cartons of cigarettes and a few hundred dollars. When deputies received the call about an Amtrak train that hit a vehicle, which matched the description given by store clerks, they ran to the scene and arrested Szasz and his friends.

He was in custody but it’s unclear if he was sentenced to prison time.

And that’s not all of Szasz’s legal trouble. In 2021, a court filing obtained by Us Weekly proved that Szasz was charged with “online stalking” after he “allegedly posted threatening tweets to women in the rave community,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

Twitter user @spillthetmai found Szasz’s old tweets that show how far his alleged stalking behavior went. It reportedly began by interacting with musician Alison Wonderland, who just kindly responded to him. He seemingly assumed she was his friend when she was likely just being nice on the internet. But this unraveled when he got a tattoo of her and shared it on his Twitter.

“I got a tattoo of this b–ch and she f—in dissed me,” he wrote. “AW will f—in pay I will show up to her LA apartment. I will f—ing find Alison wonderland and hunt her a– down.” At the time, Alison was set to perform with DJ Illenium. He continued his alleged threats toward the entire fanbase attending the event.

“When the massacre happens I’m taking note of who viewing this tweet and who is in jeopardy,” he wrote. “Those who disrespect me the real joke is on your a– at trilogy. The funny thing is b–ches actually think they’ll be safe after calling my a– out!”

Of course, Szasz never saw his alleged threats through (thank God), but he later sued the county of San Diego for negligence and battery when he was detained. He claims he never received medication for his type 1 diabetes and was “brutally attacked” by a fellow inmate. His court docs also say he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, which Szasz’s lawyers used as a defense for his behavior.