Should Kyle Rittenhouse Sue for Defamation?

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According to legal experts, Kyle Rittenhouse’s acquittal could put him in a prime position to launch a series of defamation lawsuits against media outlets and pundits who labeled him a “white supremacist.”

Some say even having referred to Rittenhouse as a “vigalante” could leave outlets liable.

“A vigilante, per the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is ‘a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress or punish crimes summarily.’ That’s not what he was doing,” said Kentucky-based attorney Todd McMurtry. “So it’s a statement and arguably made negligently. To call someone a vigilante is defamatory, and so I think that could be actionable.”