Kai the Hitchhiker Update: Pleads Not Guilty, Fans Want to Pay for Attorney (VIDEO)

Accused murderer and internet star Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 24, appeared bewildered and confused in court as he plead not guilty to the murder of 73 year-old Joseph Galfy on Monday, according to the New Jersey Star-Ledger.

McGillvary, or "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" as he was known on the internet, gained some celebrity after he acted to break up an vicious attack on a Pacific Gas and Electric worker in February. After giving an animated and often profane interview to Fresno television station KMPH-TV about his heroism McGillvary became a star.

McGillvary reportedly met Galfy while in New York City before accompanying him to his home in Clark, New Jersey. Galfy was found beat to death at his home wearing only his socks and underwear on May 13. McGillvary was arrested in Philadelphia a week later.

While appearing in Union County Court McGillvary appeared to have very little idea how the legal process worked and asked many questions of the judge and his lawyer, according to The Huffington Post.

After hearing the allegations against him McGillvary asked the Superior Court Judge Brenda Cappola Cuba if she could elaborate, at which point Cuba repeated the charges, reports the Star-Ledger.

McGillvary was represented by Lorraine Stanley, a public defender, at the hearing. Stanley plead not guilty on McGillvary's behalf in order to get "the ball rolling" on the trial, according to The Huffington Post.

McGillvary made a statement at the hearing about the potential of a private attorney replacing Stanley in the future.

"There's been a private attorney trying to contact me and I haven't been given the right to make a phone call," McGillvary said. Judge Cuba told McGillvary that he will be allowed to contact the lawyer, the Star-Ledger reported.

Friends of McGillvary have been working to have him represented by New Jersey attorney Miles Feinstein Stanley said.

At the end of the proceeding McGillvary was told that he was being held on a bail of $3 million to which he nonchalantly replied, "OK, fine. Cool."

View more videos at: https://nbcnewyork.com.