Who is Lisa Noelle Voldeng, what is her track record for publishing sensitive materials, and how has she described her handling of the Riley recordings?
Executive summary
Lisa Noelle Voldeng is a Canadian Substack writer who operates the newsletter Outlaws of Chivalry and became publicly visible after publishing six audio recordings she says are interviews with Sasha (Sascha) Riley, a man who alleges abuse linked to Jeffrey Epstein; her Substack and biographical details list her as based on Vancouver Island [1] [2] [3]. Voldeng has presented the Riley material as unedited, in her custody, and shared with law enforcement and “trusted allies,” while critics and mainstream outlets stress the recordings and associated allegations remain unverified [4] [5] [3].
1. Who Lisa Noelle Voldeng is: a Substack author from Vancouver Island
Voldeng is publicly identified as the creator of the Substack newsletter Outlaws of Chivalry, described on her About page as work that “spans every sweep of civilization, and beyond,” and public listings place her on Vancouver Island, Canada [2] [3]. Multiple news outlets describe her as a popular Substack creator who publishes essays and cultural commentary under that masthead, and it was through that Substack account that the Riley audio files were posted, drawing broad online attention [1] [6].
2. Track record for publishing sensitive materials: chiefly the Riley release and a public persona
The available reporting documents a single, high‑profile instance in which Voldeng published highly sensitive alleged testimony — the six audio recordings attributed to Sasha Riley — but does not catalogue an earlier public pattern of releasing comparable evidentiary material; outlets repeatedly note she published the Riley recordings on her Substack and that those recordings propelled her into wider public view [4] [5] [7]. Coverage emphasizes that the material she posted is unverified and that the episode has become a flashpoint in online forums debating credibility and the ethics of releasing raw testimony, suggesting her most notable public “track record” to date is this controversial disclosure rather than a long history of similar leaks [3] [8].
3. What Voldeng says she did with the Riley recordings
Voldeng states she personally interviewed Sasha Riley in a series of phone interviews between July 19 and July 24, 2025, and that she holds the original, unedited audio files; multiple reports quote the publisher’s claim that the six unredacted audio recordings remain in her custody [4] [5] [8]. She has said copies were shared with police and “trusted allies” in several countries and that she reached out selectively to “allies, church, police, and government officials” after conducting the interviews, framing the publication as done “in the public interest” [4] [3] [9].
4. Additional statements Voldeng has made and official contact claims
In a quoted email to a news outlet, Voldeng framed her publication as letting “the truth speak for itself” and said she stood with survivors and published the unredacted audio so the public could “listen unfettered” and judge for themselves, while other reports note her claim that, after alleged FBI contact about Riley, he was moved out of the United States “to safety” [7] [1]. She has also asserted that additional supporting evidence exists and invited further official scrutiny, according to her public posts and the material accompanying the Substack release [4] [8].
5. How others have described her handling and the contested public reaction
Reporting and commentary emphasize that the recordings and Voldeng’s claims have not been authenticated by courts or mainstream investigations and that critics and analysts have questioned both Riley’s account and the sufficiency of the evidence presented, with some commentators suggesting the information she’s offered may be incomplete or incorrect [5] [10]. Online debate has focused both on the potential political consequences of the allegations and on the ethics of publishing unverified, unredacted testimony — conversations that explicitly place Voldeng at the center as publisher but also mark her actions as contested rather than legally or journalistically adjudicated [3] [8].
6. Limits of the public record
The sources provided document Voldeng’s role in publishing the Riley audio and summarize her public statements about custody, sharing, interviews, and motive, but they do not provide an independent verification of the recordings’ contents, nor a broader dossier of past leaks or legal exposures connected to Voldeng beyond Outlaws of Chivalry; thus the factual record establishes who she is and what she has claimed, while significant investigative questions about authenticity and corroboration remain open [2] [4] [5].