Kyle Rittenhouse

Did a federal magistrate approve a $110 million defamation suit filed by Kyle Rittenhouse against LeBron James? No, that's not true: The article making the claim is from a network of satire websites that have published fictitious claims about lawsuits filed against celebrities by Rittenhouse, who was was acquitted after shooting three men at an anti-police brutality protest in 2020.…

Did Kyle Rittenhouse file a $400 million lawsuit against CNN? No, that's not true: The article containing that claim was posted on a satirical website, with several indications that it was a fictitious story. The claim originated in a November 26, 2021 article (archived here) published on the satirical site Daily World Update titled "Rittenhouse files $400 Million suit against…

Did Kyle Rittenhouse file a $60 million defamation lawsuit against Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg? No, that's not true: It is a satirical claim published by a network of websites that trolls conservatives with false articles. There is no such court filing by Rittenhouse, who was recently found not guilty of murder in Kenosha, Wisconsin, against the two TV talk…

Is Kyle Rittenhouse "an EMT trained"? No, that's not true. Rittenhouse testified during his trial that he lied about being an emergency medical technician to a video journalist shortly after he shot three men. Rittenhouse admitted he lied while he was on the stand on November 10, 2021. A jury subsequently found him not guilty in the fatal shooting of…

Did a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer find a suspicious pile of bricks in a back alley and were these bricks placed by leftists in preparation for rioting? No, that's not true: An audio recording of police officers speaking with their dispatcher is authentic, but there is no evidence that there was anything out of the ordinary about the bricks. Declaring…

Is there a cover-up in the case of Ghislaine Maxwell because while Kyle Rittenhouse's trial is televised, Maxwell's is not? No, that's not true: Rittenhouse was tried in Wisconsin state court, which allows television cameras and live streaming on the internet. Maxwell's trial was in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Cameras and live…

Did Kyle Rittenhouse cross state lines with an AR-15? No, that claim is misleading. The gun he used in the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was "purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin," the Lake County Illinois State's Attorney's Office said in a statement. A friend testified during Rittenhouse's 2021 trial that he purchased the gun used in the shooting in Wisconsin,…

Was accused Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse required to show up for his first hearing after allegedly killing two people and wounding a third during a racial justice protest in August 2020? No, that is not true. Rittenhouse did not have to be at the extradition hearing; he was represented by a lawyer -- a public defender -- making his presence…

Does a photo show Kyle Rittenhouse's mother dressed in militia gear and carrying an AR-15 rifle at the Kenosha protest the same night her son allegedly killed two men and wounded a third? No, that's not true: The image used in a meme claiming Wendy Rittenhouse drover her son the 20 miles to Kenosha, Wisconsin, from his home in Antioch,…

Did Democrats set up a special "defense fund" for Darius Sessoms, the neighbor who allegedly shot and killed 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant last month in North Carolina? No, that's not true. There is no evidence that Democratic organizations, including the Democratic National Committee, were behind GoFundMe and Facebook efforts to raise money for Sessoms -- all of which were taken down…