Kyle Rittenhouse announces plans to sue media companies, Whoopi Goldberg and others

On Tucker Carlson Tonight Monday, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who was acquitted last year in the shooting deaths of two Kenosha, Wisconsin protesters, announced plans to sue quite a few people for negative coverage of him. Rittenhouse named The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg by name, but was otherwise vague about his potential targets.

“Right now we’re looking at quite a few,” Rittenhouse said. “Politicians, celebrities, athletes. Whoopie Goldberg’s on the list. She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that. And there’s others.”

Rittenhouse has been accused of being a white supremacist, allegedly flashing a white power symbol while at a bar with members of the far-right Proud Boys. He said he also plans to go after anyone who put that label on him.

“We are gonna hold everybody who’s lied about me accountable,” Rittenhouse said. “Such as…everybody’s who’s lied, called me a white supremacist. They’re all gonna be held accountable and we’re gonna handle them in a courtroom.”

Video Transcript

KYLE RITTENHOUSE: Me and my team have decided to launch the Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fundraise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court.

KYLIE MAR: On "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Monday, Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who was acquitted last year in the shooting deaths of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin announced plans to sue quite a few people for negative coverage of him. Rittenhouse named "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg by name but was otherwise vague about who his potential targets might be.

KYLE RITTENHOUSE: Right now, we're looking at quite a few politicians, celebrities, athletes, Whoopi Goldberg is on the list. She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers. She went on to still say that.

KYLIE MAR: And Rittenhouse also announced plans to go after anyone who has called him a white supremacist.

KYLE RITTENHOUSE: We are going to hold everybody who's lied about me accountable, such as everybody who's lied, called me a white supremacist.

- Yeah.

KYLE RITTENHOUSE: They're all going to be held accountable, and we're going to handle them in a courtroom.