What is known about Lisa Noelle Voldeng’s publishing history and claims of sourcing on Substack prior to the Sascha Riley release?
Executive summary
Lisa Noelle Voldeng is an independent Substack creator best known for the newsletter Outlaws of Chivalry who in late 2025 published six unredacted audio files attributed to a man calling himself Sascha (or Sasha) Riley; she portrays herself as the interviewer and says she alerted allies and authorities after her contacts with Riley, but those sourcing claims have not been independently corroborated and she is not presented as a conventional journalist by outlets covering the story [1] [2] [3].
1. Who Lisa Noelle Voldeng presents herself to be
Voldeng is publicly identified in multiple reports as a Canadian writer and Substack creator based on Vancouver Island who runs the newsletter Outlaws of Chivalry and describes a broad, freelance creative and entrepreneurial footprint rather than a traditional newsroom background [4] [5] [6].
2. Her publishing footprint before the Sascha Riley audio dropped
Reporting frames Voldeng as an “indie creator” with a long public footprint and a non‑traditional approach to media: she has used Substack as her platform and is not described as a mainstream investigative reporter backed by a newsroom, which frames how sources and verification are being judged after the release [3] [4].
3. What she actually published on Substack on Nov. 23, 2025
On November 23, 2025, Voldeng posted an entry titled “Don’t Worry, Boys are Hard to Find” that included six unredacted audio files of interviews she says she conducted with Sascha Barrows Riley and wrote extensive framing alleging trafficking and abuse tied to William Kyle Riley and to a broader Epstein-linked network [1] [7].
4. The sourcing claims she made about how the material was gathered and circulated
Voldeng states on Substack that she personally interviewed Riley by phone in mid‑ to late‑July 2025 — several outlets report she claims interviews occurred between July 19 and July 24, 2025 — and that after those conversations she “selectively contacted allies, church, police, and government officials in various countries” and warned parties she considered relevant; she also wrote that Riley was contacted by the FBI in summer 2025 and was moved “to safety,” assertions that reporting notes remain unverified [8] [4] [2].
5. How others have characterized her methods and credibility
Observers and outlets covering the episode underscore that Voldeng is not a conventional journalist and that the material she released is unverified; analyses and opinion pieces have challenged the sufficiency of the evidence she presents and urged standard verification steps — identity checks, audio authentication, records mapping, corroboration — none of which Voldeng has publicly produced to the satisfaction of skeptical reporters or specialists covering the matter [3] [7] [9].
6. What remains known and unknown about her pre‑release sourcing practices
What is documented is Voldeng’s claim set: she conducted interviews, posted audio, and said she alerted authorities and allies [1] [8]; what is not documented in the reporting provided is independent confirmation of those contacts, third‑party corroboration of Riley’s biographical claims, forensic authentication of the audio, or documentation from law enforcement that validates her account — the available coverage repeatedly flags those gaps and frames her as an independent publisher whose sourcing assertions have not yet been substantiated [2] [3] [4].