Alec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine
20.01.2022 - 02:39
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Donald Trump's Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year.The sister, Roice McCollum, protested peacefully and legally; was not among those who stormed the U.S.
Capitol that day and, after being interviewed by the FBI, “was never detained, arrested, accused of or charged with any crime,” according to the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.The lawsuit comes as Baldwin is immersed in an ongoing investigation into the death of a cinematographer and the wounding of a director last fall after a prop gun the actor was holding on a movie set went off.Last year, Baldwin sent McCollum a $5,000 check to help the widow of her brother Marine Lance Cpl.
Rylee McCollum of Jackson, who was among 13 U.S. soldiers killed in a suicide bombing Aug.
26 at the Kabul airport, according to the lawsuit.On Jan. 3 of this year, the lawsuit says, the actor privately messaged Roice McCollum on Instagram soon after she posted an almost year-old photo of the Trump rally, asking if she was the same woman who'd taken his donation.
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