According to PBS, Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two protesters during a social rights march in 2020 and shot himself to stardom in right-wing circles, is now facing a wrongful death case brought by the father of the victim.
John Huber, the father of one of the two victims, filed the lawsuit, which also names city officials and police officers. Rittenhouse, the police, and the local government all submitted petitions asking for the civil rights case to be totally dismissed; however, all of them were rejected by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman.
The protesters were demonstrating in opposition to the shooting of Jacob Blake, who was harmed by a Wisconsin police officer, according to Huber’s lawsuit, which claims Rittenhouse and the police conspired to willfully damage them.
Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old Wisconsin resident who was originally from Illinois, drove while a minor.
Huber’s death “may conceivably be construed as having been proximately caused by the actions of the government defendants,” according to Adelman’s finding. Rittenhouse shot and murdered his first victim in the parking lot of a car dealership, and Huber assaulted him with a skateboard to disarm him. Rittenhouse then fled, and Huber was killed. After Huber fell to the ground, Rittenhouse shot him dead and injured Gaige Grosskreutz, another protester who has now launched a legal lawsuit against Rittenhouse.
It’s crucial to emphasize that the decision merely permits the case to move on to the following stage; it does not consider the case’s merits, according to Shane Martin, an attorney for Rittenhouse.
“While we respect the judge’s decision, we do not believe there is any evidence of a conspiracy and we are confident, just as a Kenosha jury found, Kyle’s actions that evening was not wrongful and was undertaken in self-defense,” Martin said.
“While we respect the judge’s decision, we do not believe there is any evidence of a conspiracy and we are confident, just as a Kenosha jury found, Kyle’s actions that evening was not wrongful and was undertaken in self-defense,” Martin said.
Rittenhouse was sought after for nearly 100 hours by John Huber’s lawyers and private investigators, who tracked down addresses in seven different states before discovering his mother and sister’s Florida residence. Rittenhouse’s sister, who claimed that he wasn’t at home, received notice of the case. That, according to Adelman, is sufficient to qualify as service.
Due to improper service of the complaint, Rittenhouse claimed that the case against him should be dismissed. Rittenhouse “is almost certainly dodging service,” according to Adelman.
The civil case papers had to be served on Rittenhouse, and it took Huber’s attorneys and private investigators more than 100 hours to track him down and serve him at his sister’s home. Rittenhouse’s attorneys attempted to make the lawsuit be dismissed on the grounds that he was not properly served. That claim was rejected by the judge.
Rittenhouse has gained popularity as a right-wing Republican public speaker and has close to 1 million Twitter followers.
