Nolan Wells subpoenas seek TikTok and Meta account data after his death
Christine Wells-Wonsley is seeking extensive records from TikTok and Meta tied to her late son Nolan Wells’ accounts, court docs show.
By Georgia Hale · Staff Writer
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Christine Wells-Wonsley, the mother of late Nolan Wells, is seeking a wide sweep of social media records, with Nolan Wells subpoenas sent to TikTok and Meta, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
The filings, submitted Tuesday by Christine, ask the companies for materials and information connected to Nolan’s accounts. Meta is the parent company behind Facebook and Instagram.
TMZ reported that the subpoenas demand account-identifying details, activity records and stored content tied to Nolan’s social media presence. The requests reach beyond public posts and into technical account data, including login-related information.
What do the Nolan Wells subpoenas seek?
According to TMZ’s description of the court documents, Christine is asking TikTok and Meta to turn over all current and previous usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and display names associated with Nolan’s accounts.
The subpoenas also seek IP addresses tied to account activity, including logins, password resets and metadata, TMZ reported. An IP address can indicate the network used for an online action, while metadata is background information about digital activity, such as when something happened or how a file or message was handled.
The records request also covers IP addresses connected to friend events on the account, as well as information that identifies, or could help identify, anyone who messaged with the account, according to TMZ.
- All posts, stories, chats, messages and direct messages
- Photos and video recordings
- Text files and other stored contents
- GPS data
- Friend-list history
- Other information stored by the platforms
The court move puts the focus on Nolan’s digital trail, including who accessed the accounts, what was stored there and who communicated with them. TMZ did not report any response from Meta or TikTok to the subpoenas.
What happened to Nolan Wells?
TMZ previously reported that Nolan was found dead after he went missing on July 4. He had been partying with friends at Horn Island before he disappeared, according to that earlier report.
No further details about the circumstances of his death were included in TMZ’s report on the subpoenas. The filings described by TMZ center on Christine’s effort to obtain records from the social media companies linked to Nolan’s accounts.
Christine Wells-Wonsley’s requests, as reported by TMZ, cover both visible content and behind-the-scenes account records. If produced, those materials could show account names, linked contact information, access points, messages, media and location-related data stored by the platforms.
This story draws on original reporting from TMZ.