Exclusive | Dad of Nolan Wells best friend slams family lawyer Ben Crump for financially exploiting teens death, turning it into political circus

The dad of Nolan Wells’ self-described best friend has slammed the attorney representing the teen’s family for allegedly using the tragedy for political and financial gain.Wells, 18, went missing during a Fourth of July boat trip to Horn Island, a barrier island 10 miles off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, before his body was found in the water there two days later.Questions from Wells’ parents, Christine Wells and Elmore Wonsley, and online amateur sleuths have dogged the promising college football player’s pals about why they left him behind on that fateful day.Now, the dad of Warren Hudson –– a 19-year-old who previously told The Post he considered Wells his best friend and was with him on the island the day he went missing –– is speaking out for the first time in an exclusive interview with The Post.“In my opinion, truth is not Ben Crump’s concern.He’s exploiting the situation and raising money,” Ben Hudson, 56, an addiction medicine physician and father-of-six, said of the famed civil rights attorney representing Wells’ family.“I think this is financially exploiting this entire tragedy and making it a much bigger tragedy at the expense of my family and our community and the Wells family.”Hudson revealed that his family intends to sue Crump for defamation and slander over comments he has made since Wells’ death.“In my opinion, Ben Crump has slandered and falsely accused my son and his friends of murder and he’s pursued what’s an obvious false narrative,” he said.“I think he can expect lawsuits not just from my family but from a number of other families who, in my opinion, he’s defamed.”Hudson also blasted the Rev.

Al Sharpton, whose National Action Network is standing with Wells’ family as they carry out a private investigation into the teen’s death.“Sharpton’s involvement is 100% correlated with the fact that we have midterm elections coming up,” Ben Hudson said.“My family, the Wells-Wonsley family, an...