Nottinghamshire man Innes Miller, 33, pleaded guilty to the offence following the incident at the festival on June 13.
Footage of the encounter, which took place shortly before headliners Guns N’ Roses took the main stage on the Saturday evening was widely circulated over social media after the festival. And it was reported in court that Miller learned of the public outcry after his boss rang him to tell him, ‘You’re all over the internet’.”
Miller had initially refused to comment when questioned by police, but pleaded guilty during his court appearance yesterday, September 10.
The complaint against Miller was made by a woman who had taken her son for a ride on the Ferris wheel at the same time.
The Nottingham Post reports that prosecutor Sally Bedford told the court, “At lunchtime on the Saturday, [the witness] decided to take her young son on the Ferris wheel.
“Her son, who has autism, looked round and said, ‘Oh my God, what are they doing?’
“She looked and could see the woman standing up but bent over, and her head was hanging to the side, and the man was behind, and they were clearly engaging in sexual intercourse.
“Other people with children were having picnics, and a number of people’s attention was drawn to what was going on.
“[The witness] said she was mortified. She said her son was in shock and since the incident, her son’s behaviour has changed.”
When contacted by police, the woman involved in the incident, who had met Miller earlier on the day in question, was apologetic and admitted the offence immediately, and therefore was not prosecuted.
Miller, who is studying civil engineering at Nottingham College, was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £32 victim surcharge. His lawyer told the court that he was “thoroughly ashamed and embarrassed” about the “moment of madness”.
Bloodstock Festival have added 18 bands to their already bludgeoning 2027 line-up, and there is a little bit of something for everyone.
Make Them Suffer, Carnifex, Spitting Glass, Left To Suffer, The Acacia Strain, Calva Louise, False Reality, Dog Tired, DVNE, Steak, Cryptic Shift, Divine Chaos, Gama Bomb, Eville, Space Of Variations, Luna Kills, BLYND, and Uburen are heading to Catton Park next Summer.
And they are joining the already revealed Motionless In White, Electric Callboy,Imminence, Children Of Boom, Green Lung, Gaerea, Pig Destroyer, Madball, Gutalax, Humanity’s Last Breath and many more.
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Ethan Klein has spent well over a decade turning internet culture into comedy, commentary, and long-form live entertainment.
Best known as the co-creator of h3h3Productions and host of the H3 Podcast, Klein first built an audience with tightly edited reaction videos before shifting much of his work into podcasting.
Born in Ventura, California, on June 25, 1985, Klein is 41 years old as of September 2026. He is married to Hila Klein, his longtime creative partner and founder of Teddy Fresh, and the couple has three sons.
H3 remains his central public project, with new podcast episodes continuing to appear in 2026. His IMDb biography lists his full name as Ethan Edward Klein and gives June 25 as his birth date.
Ethan Klein at a Glance
Klein’s background in English literature preceded a career built around commentary, comedy, and close observation of online culture
Detail
Information
Full name
Ethan Edward Klein
Born
June 25, 1985, Ventura, California
Age
41
Education
University of California, Santa Cruz
Known for
h3h3Productions, H3 Podcast, H3 Show
Wife
Hila Klein
Children
Theodore, Bruce and Sunny
Main field
YouTube, podcasting, comedy and commentary
Early Life and Education
Klein grew up in Ventura and later attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he studied English literature. Alumni reference listings identify him as a 2009 graduate.
The subject fits his later career in an unexpected way. Early H3 videos often depended on close reading of online behavior, dialogue, and media conventions, followed by jokes exaggerating whatever felt strange about the source material.
After college, Klein spent time in Israel. He met Hila during a Birthright trip, according to a 2017 Vice profile of the couple. Their relationship initially developed partly through Skype before Hila later joined him in Santa Cruz.
Ethan and Hila married on October 12, 2012. Their creative partnership soon became inseparable from their public identities, with Hila appearing beside Ethan throughout the videos that established h3h3Productions. Her IMDb profile also records their marriage.
How Ethan and Hila Klein Built H3H3
Ethan and Hila Klein turned reaction videos and internet commentary into one of YouTube’s most recognizable creator brands
h3h3Productions developed around reaction videos, sketches, and commentary on internet culture. Ethan usually occupied the foreground, while Hila became an essential on-camera presence and creative partner.
The basic formula looked simple: play a clip, react, cut to a joke and keep escalating. The Kleins gave it a recognizable editing language filled with awkward pauses, exaggerated expressions, recurring characters, and deliberately absurd detours.
“Vape Nation” became an H3 calling card
One upload still captures the peak of early H3. “Vape Nation,” released in 2016, sent Ethan through New York dressed as an exaggerated version of vape culture. The character, oversized clouds, and deliberately uncomfortable public interactions became instantly recognizable among YouTube viewers.
The video helped push H3 into a wider internet audience. By April 2026, h3h3Productions channel history listed roughly 5.49 million YouTube subscribers and about 1.38 billion lifetime views. Regular H3 output now centers much more heavily on podcasting.
A fair-use lawsuit became part of YouTube history
A 2016 copyright lawsuit gave H3 an unusual place in online-media history. YouTuber Matt Hosseinzadeh sued Ethan and Hila over a reaction video incorporating clips from his work.
A federal judge ruled for the Kleins in 2017, finding their video protected by fair use. Ars Technica’s coverage reported that the court regarded the H3 video as commentary and criticism. The decision attracted attention among online creators whose videos rely on quoting and analyzing existing media.
A comedy channel built around reaction videos had suddenly become part of a significant conversation about how reaction content fits within copyright law.
The H3 Podcast Changed Ethan Klein’s Career
Podcasting shifted Klein’s work from tightly edited reaction videos toward long-form conversation and live commentary
The H3 Podcast began in late 2016 and gradually became the main vehicle for Klein’s work. Early episodes leaned heavily on interviews with internet personalities and entertainers.
The format later expanded into multi-hour discussions of online news, pop culture, creator disputes, and stories selected by Klein and the production crew.
That broader internet-entertainment landscape now stretches well beyond traditional videos and podcasts, encompassing livestreams, interactive formats, and browser-based experiences such as the mines gambling game, where each player decision changes the immediate risk and potential payout.
The current Apple Podcasts listing identifies Ethan Klein as the creator and shows more than 1,000 episodes in the feed. Fresh episodes were still appearing in September 2026 under formats including H3 Show and H3 After Dark.
Podcasting also changed what audiences saw from Klein. A ten-minute reaction video can be shaped around one joke through careful editing. A multi-hour live program asks a host to carry conversation, react immediately, and interact with a recurring crew.
Klein’s public persona became looser, increasingly conversational and much more exposed to instant audience response.
Frenemies became a short-lived phenomenon
One of H3’s biggest spin-offs arrived in 2020 with Frenemies, co-hosted by Klein and Trisha Paytas. The pair frequently disagreed on camera, and their unpredictable dynamic became central to the show.
Frenemies ended in June 2021 after 39 episodes following a dispute involving production, creative input and finances. Contemporary coverage from Paper documented Paytas’ departure after the series had developed a substantial audience around its volatile chemistry.
Klein later co-hosted the political podcast Leftovers with Hasan Piker from 2021 until 2023. H3’s later programming consolidated around the broader H3 Show identity and related formats, as reflected in the wider H3 Podcast history.
Hila Klein is an Israeli-born designer, entrepreneur, and media personality whose creative work has accompanied Ethan’s career from the early h3h3Productions years. She continues to appear on H3 programming while running a separate fashion business.
Her largest independent venture is Teddy Fresh, the Los Angeles streetwear label she founded in 2017. A People profile of Hila explored her work building the colorful clothing brand while balancing H3 and family life.
Their marriage now spans nearly the entire public history of H3, from comparatively modest YouTube productions through a large studio-based podcast operation.
Ethan and Hila have three sons. Theodore was born in June 2019, Bruce followed in February 2022, and Sunny was born in April 2024.
Family members have occasionally entered H3 programming as well. After Frenemies ended, Klein hosted Families with his mother, Donna Klein. His father, Gary Klein, also appeared. The series ran during 2021 and built episodes around generational disagreements, internet culture, and family stories.
Hila’s brother, Moses Hacmon, is familiar to many H3 viewers through his marriage to Trisha Paytas. A People profile of Moses Hacmon covers his background and relationship with Paytas.
Their marriage connected parts of the Frenemies story with the Klein family’s private relationships, adding an unusual family dimension to an already very public podcast breakup.
What Is Ethan Klein Doing in 2026?
Klein remains active as a podcast host and YouTube personality. H3 continues publishing lengthy episodes covering internet stories, entertainment, and creator culture, with Hila and members of the production team appearing alongside him.
The operation also moved into a new studio during summer 2026. A July episode introducing the new studio marked another expansion from the comparatively homemade aesthetic associated with early h3h3Productions.
His career now stretches across several generations of online video. Early H3 grew during the era of edited reaction comedy and YouTube sketches. Podcasting brought celebrity interviews, livestreams, recurring crew members, and hours-long commentary.
By 2026, Klein’s clearest professional identity is host and commentator, while the original h3h3Productions channel preserves much of the style that first made him famous.
Summary
Ethan Klein’s biography closely follows the development of creator media over the past decade. He built h3h3Productions with Hila Klein, became one of YouTube’s recognizable reaction-comedy personalities, won a closely watched fair-use case, and eventually turned H3 into a long-running podcast operation.
At 41, Klein remains active through H3. Hila continues running Teddy Fresh alongside her media appearances, and the couple are parents to three sons.
Anyone discovering Ethan through a recent H3 episode is seeing the latest stage of a career that began with strange internet clips, aggressive editing, awkward comedy, and a camera shared with his wife.
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Russian Black Metal trio Theosophy return with their seventh icy studio offering, Line Before The Event Horizon, a six-track offering that this time goes further, lyrically, than past offerings. Theosophy have been inspired by the north, nature, fear and other social aspects. But this time, they are venturing out into space and the far reaches of our solar system, an aspect superbly expressed in the bleak cover art, which is a tantalising indicator of what this album actually delivers.
Theosophy – Line Before The Event Horizon – An undisputably excellent slab of Black Metal
Opening on Path To The Void, this launches a full-frontal attack on your senses with waves of driving riffs. After a brief dramatic pause, they resume, accompanied by Phantom’s icily acidic vocal delivery. Between the waves of vocals and riffs, you get powerfully eerie, dark melodic swathes that course over the riffs, building in both the atmosphere and texture of the piece.
The pace of the waves of driving riffs elevates further from midway through, making a hugely exciting start to the album.
Hypnotic undulating repeat riffs interspaced with quieter swathes open Birds Under The Sky, with the pace rapidly ramping up to a blackened drive. As the acidic vocals arrive, the intensity and complexity build as the piece progresses, and you also get a haunting melodic element coursing over the driving riffs between the vocals. A great piece, fairly straightforward in construction but extremely well delivered.
Shadows On The Earth is the first of two pieces that take us away from this planet. It opens with the words of the late astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth and the fourth American in space, from which hauntingly ethereal guitars emerge.
These rapidly build in layers, ebbing and rebuilding repeatedly at the arrival of and in between the vocals. A hugely engaging, deceptively powerful and icy yet reflective piece that maintains your interest fully.
Neptune’s Aphelion takes us even further out into the icy outer reaches of our galaxy, billions of miles from the light and warmth of the sun. This is possibly my favourite piece of the album. The riffing is fast, intense, and the vocals are superb. They match and add to the dark, icy nature of the music perfectly.
From midway, it breaks briefly away from the intensity, with more melodic swathes repeatedly emerging from the fast riffing, which makes those icy, intense parts even more so.
The next piece, The Glow Of Uch-Sumer, is a superb listen and features guest vocals on the last verse courtesy of Groza’s P.G. With this piece we return to Earth, specifically to the slopes of Uch-Sumer, the local Altai name for what is more commonly known as Mount Belukha, the second highest mountain in Russia.
Musically, it is a hugely reflective and atmospheric piece, particularly as it opens. It is icily melodic. It builds slowly in intensity and density in waves as it progresses, but always maintains a superb, gently undulating flow to the delivery. Across this piece, much of the emphasis is on the music rather than the lyrics. Still, when they are delivered, it is with a superbly icy protraction.
Final offering Voice From The Black is a hugely atmospheric, pitch-black driver with the vocals delivered with powerful intent. It ebbs away towards the midpoint, turning clean and contemplative with reflective lead work, after which it gradually rebuilds to the former drive, delivering powerful, icily protracted vocals before a final reflective drop and fade. A piece that makes a massive statement.
Line Before The Event Horizon for me is an undisputedly excellent slab of Black Metal and will be available as a limited-edition vinyl, digipak CD, cassette, and in digital format.
Line Before The Event Horizon will be released on 25 September 2026 via Apocalyptic Witchcraft. For more details and pre-orders, visit Theosophy on Bandcamp.
