“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.