Sunday, June 7, 2026 - "Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch" star Chad Ollinger is fighting to have the criminal case accusing him of murdering his cellmate dismissed, but prosecutors are pushing back while revealing new details about the alleged crime, TMZ has learned.
Chad is currently being held at the Clark County Detention
Center, where he allegedly killed his cellmate in December 2025. Officers say
they found the deceased man "lying motionless inside a cell."
In new court documents obtained by TMZ, Chad's lawyers argue
that the murder charge should be dismissed due to a violation of his due
process rights by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH).
Chad's lawyer says the court found him incompetent to stand trial in the case
and ordered him to be committed to DPBH for restorative treatment on January
29, 2026. According to the filing, DPBH was required to provide Chad with a bed
within seven days of the order being signed, but they failed to meet that
deadline.
In his May 21 filing, Chad stated that he has been
incarcerated for 205 days awaiting a bed and treatment, and he insists that the
112-day delay amounts to a violation of his due process rights. Chad's lawyer
said the delay "substantially impacts" him because he is unable to
meet with his legal team. His team also stated that Chad "continues to
face deterioration in his mental and potentially physical health every minute
this delay in treatment is prolonged." As a result, Chad is asking the
court to dismiss the entire murder case.
In response, the government denied that Chad's rights had
been violated or that there was any reason to dismiss the criminal case. The
government argued that the reality star should actually be reexamined by a
doctor before being moved to a different location under DPBH's supervision.
Prosecutors described Chad as "far too violent and
dangerous" for ordinary restorative treatment, pointing out that he is
accused of smashing his cellmate's head into a metal bed frame and strangling
him until he died. They added that Chad "is not someone who can be trusted
outside the jail, nor is it someone whose 'prejudice' for having to wait for
restoration to competency outweighs the severity of the crime he's accused of
committing." A hearing has been set for June.
Chad has faced legal issues for years. The drama began with
his arrest in late November 2024, and he was booked into jail in February 2025
in an unrelated case. He was later reported missing by his family in July 2025,
only to be found a short time later. As TMZ first reported, Chad's father,
Duane Ollinger, died this week following a battle with ALS and pneumonia. The
family operates the Blind Frog Ranch, which was the focus of the reality show
on the Discovery Channel.
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