With his murder trial behind him, Kyle Rittenhouse wants to take LeBron James to court.
According to footage from right-wing media posted by TMZ, the 19-year-old gunman who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of two men at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest, also has his sights set on Whoopi Goldberg and President Joe Biden. He feels those powerful figures used their platforms to defame him.
Asked if he had a “hit list of lawsuits,” a sanguine Rittenhouse claimed “Well Whoopi Goldberg, after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers, called me a murderer.”
That led him to name several other public figures who labeled him as such. Rittenhouse said “these people are going to be held accountable and we’re going to sue them.”
Rittenhouse, who said he used to be a LeBron James fan, said the NBA All-Star who mocked him for crying in court is “getting a letter too.”
Recounting the day he killed two people and injured a third, the teen-gunman broke down sobbing on the witness stand in a Kenosha, Wisconsin, courtroom in November. James accused him of flopping.
“What tears????? I didn’t see one,” James tweeted alongside video of Rittenhouse choking up. “Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.”
Rittenhouse said during a different interview that he eats lemons with no issues and used to be a Lakers fan before James dunked on him.
“I was really pissed off when he said that because I liked LeBron,” Rittenhouse recalled. “Then I’m like f--k you, LeBron.”
Appearing with Tucker Carlson on Fox News Monday, Rittenhouse announced he was launching a “Media Accountability Project” through which he plans to hold accountable people he believes wronged him. One of those people is Biden, who ran a campaign ad tying Rittenhouse to white supremacist groups after photos emerged of the right-wing hero in a bar making a hand signal associated with such organizations.
