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BAD ACTOR: Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Withdrawal Sues Alec Baldwin for Defamation

posted by Hannity Staff - 8.31.22

Alec Baldwin is being sued —again.

According to a report from Fox News, the family of Marine Lance Corporal Rylee J. McCollum, who died during the Afghanistan withdrawal, has filed another defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin.

The family is accusing Baldwin of being “negligent and reckless” in posting about the service member’s sister being at a protest on Jan. 6, 2021.

From Fox News:

The family originally filed a suit in Wyoming, which was dismissed in May because the court does not have jurisdiction over Baldwin who lives in New York, according to the New York Post.

The family filed the second suit in the Southern District of New York last Friday asking for $25 million in damages, saying that the “Beetlejuice” actor accused Roice McCollum of being a Jan. 6 “insurrectionist” on his social media, leading to her being verbally attacked by his fans.

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The suit said Baldwin contacted one of McCollum’s sisters, Roice, on Instagram and donated $5,000 on the family’s GoFundMe page to give to his widow as a “tribute for a fallen soldier.”

Last January, Roice McCollum posted a photo to Instagram of herself attending the pro-Trump protest on Jan. 6, 2021, ahead of the U.S. Capitol riot on the same day.

“Are you the same woman I sent the $ for your sister’s husband who was killed during the Afghanistan exit?” Baldwin messaged her after seeing the post.”When I sent the $ for your late brother, out of real respect for his service to this country, I didn’t know you were a January 6th rioter.”

“Protesting is perfectly legal in the country and I’ve already had my sit down with the FBI. Thanks, have a nice day!” McCollum replied.

But Baldwin wrote back again, according to the suit.

“Your activities resulted in the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an assault on the certification of the presidential election. I reposted your photo. Good luck.”

According to Fox News, “after he reposted the photo on his page, which has 2.4 million followers, and accused her of being an “insurrectionist,” his “seemingly benevolent overtures turned into a nightmare” the suit said. “Roice began to get hostile, aggressive, hateful messages from Baldwin’s followers.”

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