Police arrested Silva on suspicion of murder, and he ended up pleading no contest to a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter in July 2020. The following month Los Angeles county sentenced him to 364 days in jail, five years of formal probation, 250 hours of community service, and a suspended four-year prison sentence, per CBS Los Angeles. But he was released in October.

Since then Silva remained quiet — up until recently. Last month he broke his silence and talked about losing his friend and the pain he’s caused, via TMZ (posted on YouTube). And naturally, many viewers had mixed reactions to his video. In his personal YouTube video titled “I Love You Corey,” Silva disabled the comments and the likes and dislikes buttons. He mentions La Barrie’s family and a letter they sent to the judge to reduce his sentence.

But TMZ also reported that the Ink Master contestant responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by La Barrie’s parents by saying he was not responsible for his friend’s death, though he also said the response was crafted by his insurance company and he’d had no opportunity to review it prior to filing.