Not only does Kyle have to deal with that, but it is compounded with the overwhelming stress and trauma of the character assassination taking place against him,” Sandmann said.
. . ."McMurtry is the attorney of former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann who successfully sued CNN, NBC and others for an undisclosed amount.
McMurtry confirmed that he will lead the effort in deciding who Rittenhouse will file lawsuits against for publicly defaming him during his trial.
"McMurtry said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is at the “top” of the “list” because Facebook allegedly labeled the Kenosha shootings as a “mass murder” event, which McMurtry said is “factually false.” Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder charges because a jury found he acted in self-defense.
"“I’ve been hired to head the effort to determine whom to sue, when to sue, where to sue,” McMurtry said. “We’re going to look at everything that’s been said, determine which of those comments are legally actionable and proceed from there.”
"“Let’s just use for an example what Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg said about [Rittenhouse]. They said that he was involved in a mass murder incident,” McMurtry explained.
"“This was not a mass murder incident. It was clearly factually false. To call somebody a mass murderer is seriously defamatory,” McMurtry explained.
“ 'And then to use the power of social media to basically censor any views that would take opposition to that mass murderer statement is a serious effort to destroy his character. And it was seriously mistaken and seriously defamatory.”. . .
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