Charlie Kirk’s Former Security Chief Sues Candace Owens for Defamation
The lawsuit focuses on remarks made by Ms. Owens, a right-wing podcaster, about Mr. Kirk’s killing, highlighting a growing tension among factions of the American right.
The former head of security for Charlie Kirk sued the podcaster Candace Owens on Thursday for defamation, claiming that she falsely implicated him in a conspiracy to assassinate Mr. Kirk.
The former security chief, Brian Harpole, alleged that Ms. Owens, a right-wing firebrand, inaccurately accused him of meeting with Mr. Kirk’s wife, Erika, at a military base a day before Mr. Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University in September. He is also suing Mitch Snow, a retired Army sergeant who stated on Ms. Owens’s podcast that he was an eyewitness to what he described as the secret encounter.
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