Lawyers for Jack 'Ziz' LaSota seek competency review while rejecting 'Zizian' and 'cult' labels
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In this image taken from a Maryland State Police body cam video and released in a court filing shows Jack "Ziz" LaSota standing outside a box truck, Feb. 16, 2025, in Frostburg, Md. (Maryland State Police via AP)This image taken from a Maryland State Police body cam video and released in a court filing shows an officer pointing a rifle at a partially-open a box truck, Feb. 16, 2025, in Frostburg, Md. (Maryland State Police via AP)FILE - In this image from video, Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, who is at the center of a cultlike group known as Zizians and linked to several deaths across the U.S., is escorted into court for a pretrial hearing on trespassing, gun and drug charges in Cumberland, Md., Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo, File)
In this image taken from a Maryland State Police body cam video and released in a court filing shows Jack "Ziz" LaSota standing outside a box truck, Feb. 16, 2025, in Frostburg, Md. (Maryland State Police via AP)