In August 2012, Deimos faced criminal investigation in Mexico,[13][14] and was eventually released from jail in February 2013.[15] After a decrease in the audience during the 2010s, he was reportedly working in early 2018 to rebuild the website to the thriving community of the previous decade.[4] Deimos died in an accident in August 2018, leading to the closure of Demonoid on September 17, 2018.[2][5] In July 2019, staff of the original community relaunched the website.[16]