Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old acquitted in the deadly shootings during last year’s unrest in Kenosha, said that he plans to sue news organizations and personalities for spreading “lies” against him.
“Me and my team have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court,” Rittenhouse said Monday on Fox News.
“I don’t want to see anybody else have to deal with what I went through,” he told Tucker Carlson, adding that he is looking “at quite a few politicians, celebrities, athletes, Whoopi Goldberg’s on the list.
He claimed that “The View” star called him a “murderer.” despite him being found not guilty of all charges in the shootings that killed two men and injured a third on Aug. 25, 2020.
“She called me a ‘murderer’ after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that,” he said. “And there’s others, don’t forget about Cenk [Uygur] from ‘The Young Turks.’ He called me a murderer before verdict and continues to call me a murderer.”
Uygur, a political commentator and attorney, is the creator of the left-wing program, which is known for promoting progressive politics and left-wing ideals.
Rittenhouse added: “We’re going to hold everybody who lied about me accountable, such as everybody who lied and called me a white supremacist.”
Neither ABC News, where Goldberg co-hosts “The View,” nor “The Young Turks” responded to requests for comment, Fox News reported.
Adrienne Lawrence, an attorney and host on “The Young Turks,” said in a tweet after Rittenhouse’s interview: “Did someone call Rittenhouse a ‘convicted murderer’?
“Because, to my knowledge, you can be a murderer factually, even if you’re legally acquitted. An acquittal doesn’t really change that one murdered another,” she added.
Rittenhouse was acquitted on Nov. 19 on all charges in the shootings that killed two men and injured a third in Kenosha.
He had been charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangerment in the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and the wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, 27.
His trial captivated and divided the nation as his defense attorneys argued that he had acted in self-defense, while prosecutors portrayed him as the instigator of the violence, claiming that he “provoked everything” by bringing a rifle to the protests.
If he had been convicted of first-degree homicide in Huber’s death, he could have been sentenced to life in prison.
In December, Rittenhouse said he wanted a showdown with President Biden to put him right for branding the teen a “white supremacist.”
“I would like to sit down with the president and have a conversation with him and tell him the facts of what happened,” the teen told conservative commentator Glenn Beck.
“We’re going to hold everybody who lied about me accountable, such as everybody who lied and called me a “white supremacist.”
Isn’t calling someone a White person a “white supremacist”
the same as calling a person of color the “N” word??
Why is The “N” word forbidden to even be spoken by White people and considered politically incorrect only for White people?
But is perfectly accepted for a Black person to call a White person a “white supremacist” and is considered politically correct?
Have you ever wondered, who is it that makes something politically correct or incorrect?
Were these people appointed, elected or are they just self-righteous members of the corrupt, fake news cult??
HOWS about lawsuit the hell out of these media hacks. THAT WILL GET THE MESSAGE across, a lot easier and better, than ‘forming an initiative’ will imo.
I certainly wish him great success—but this is a Media version of Normandy.
Go Kyle Rittenhouse, the communist news media needs to be sued, as they slander innocent people. The communist news media are accessories to murder, as they back blm, antifa and abortion!
AND SUE them into oblivion!
The untouchable MSM is about to get touched, and hopefully fined out of profits and then out of business.
I’m pretty sure Newsmax and other right wing propaganda media will find out about fines and lawsuits. The Newsmax retraction about Dominion Voting was the most hilarious attempt to back away and cower and CYA.
Let’s hope so, but not holding my breath!
He’s a thug who wanted to play tough guy with his gun, thinking he would intimidate people. Then when things escalated he didn’t know what to do, and he ended up killing people. “Self Defense” doesn’t mean that he didn’t put himself and others in danger because of his stupid tough-guy, young white thug mentality. You don’t want people to call you a murderer? Then don’t go do stupid things and kill people. Guess what – OJ Simpson was found not guilty as well, but no one questions whether he was still a murderer.
J… It really seems like you are a liberal.. SO why are you here?
I’m guessing you were a jurist; RIGHT . . . . Don’t think so.
The only lies are the ones told by left wing media such as CNN and MSNBC. The Dominion Voting Machines are being checked and the results to released. Somehow China Joe Biden doesn’t want the results to be known. Golly Gee. I wonder why? Hillary has been found to have spyed on President Trump before and while he was in the White House. Of course the WITCH is saying it’s a conspiracy theory. The Democrats are the lowest and sorriest Political Party.
I would like to sit down with the president and have a conversation with him and tell him the facts of what happened,”
Kyle Rittenhouse, don’t bother with that one, Crazy Uncle Joe won’t understand a word you say. He may understand somewhat if you buy him an ice cream cone or a BIG donation.
AND ieven IF he some how understands. DO YOU HONESTLY THINK unca joe, will do a DAMN THING about it?!
I’m thinking even a sitting President could be charged and found guilty of defamation, providing it comes before a non-corrupt court! Would I be wrong? Perhaps, but if not maybe he could get his hands on some of uncle Joes I’ll-gotten largess from China or the Ukraine.
If you read my previous posts regarding Kyle Rittenhouse, then you know this is the greatest news since November 2016! Not only will Kyle and is extremely competent legal team be suing the media, celebrities, sports figures, but he may also be suing the a$$ hat in the white house AKA the PPOTUS of Puppet President of the United States. Yes, attorneys and their companies will get rich with the dozens (hundreds?) of lawsuits, but so will Kyle. And MAYBE these totally stupid and corrupt people that slandered and defamed Kyle will learn a valuable lesson. sadly, that probably won’t happen, but, this is still great news today.
I’d love to see him not just take down the media hacks,but the sports stars, film/tv/radio stars and such that also slandered him.. AND IN SOME CASES, he still IS being slandered by them.