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Posted on 03/02/2023 4:37:08 AM PST by marktwain
Two civil lawsuits have been filed against Kyle Rittenhouse and others, stemming from Rittenhouse’ self-defense shootings of three men who assaulted him during the Kenosha riots. One of the lawsuits was filed by attorneys for Gaige Grosskruetz, who was wounded after pursuing Kyle Rittenhouse and while pointing his pistol at Kyle. The Grosskruetz lawsuit was filed in 2020. An amendment to the complaint was filed on February 14, 2021, adding Rittenhouse’ name. The other lawsuit was filed by attorneys representing the estate of Anthony Huber, who attacked Rittenhouse with a skateboard after pursuing Rittenhouse while he was on the ground, just after fending off another attack. The lawsuit was filed August 17, 2021. By chance both lawsuits are being held before Judge Lynn Adelman.
Judge Lynn Adelman is a well know Democrat. He was appointed as a federal judge in 1997 by President Clinton. In 2020, he published a political paper railing against the Supreme Court. The Seventh Circuit mildly censured Adelman for publishing the political document, as judges are supposed to maintain a public image of political neutrality. Adelman is 83 years old. Before he became a federal judge, he was a Democratic state senator in Wisconsin, representing Milwaukee, and a private attorney. Judge Adelman dismissed the lawsuit against the Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm in the John Doe investigations case, where Chisholm actively persecuted Republicans for political purposes. Adelman applied the absolute immunity doctrine for prosecutors, established by the Supreme Court in 1976, to stop the lawsuits.
The Grosskruetz case was filed over two years ago. In this situation, a case can be dismissed if the
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Hope Rittenhouse’s attorneys counter sue for bringing a frivolous suit. The dude he shot was under oath saying he pointed a loaded pistol at Rittenhouse’s head.
Kyle would only be guilty (and dead) if he did NOT defend himself.
Yes, mine too. But my source in Kenosha is very close to this case.
At least Adelman was embarrassed enough about the lawsuits to go to the trouble of explaining why he was constrained by law to do what he did in the case.
I assume Grosskreutz is the Plaintiff in his lawsuit.
In the Huber lawsuit, his parents are the Plaintiffs. They want to hold Rittenhouse responsible to THEM for what he did to Huber. If they have standing for that, then are THEY not responsible to Rittenhouse for what Huber did to HIM?
Perhaps lawyers out there can explain why Rittenshouse can’t countersue for several million $ for Huber’s well-documented attack on Rittenhouse. (Obviously the parents need to have wealth or insurance to pay damages or it’s not worth the trouble).
I haven’t watched the video in minute detail like that, only enough to realize he was very controlled and skilled in his shots. Very impressive...and at 17yo!
If only I had his skills.
Rittenhouse could sue, but Grosskruets or Huber's parent do not have any assets. No deep pockets.
Lawsuits cost lots of money.
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>Rittenhouse could sue, but Grosskruets or Huber’s parent do not have any assets. No deep pockets.<
I highly doubt Kyle would care about the dollar amount. Every penny, plus a few, is an ample amount.
However, someone is funding them. I doubt an attorney would take the case pro bono or on contingency. It’s a real stinker.
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He should get the Medal of Freedom.
Well, we knew this was coming. Friggin’ homicidal LOSERS still smarting over their initial smack-down.
I’m with Team Kyle.
The Judge is correct in saying he can’t dismiss the suit just because some of the allegations are contradicted by what was shown on the news. Judges are supposed to ignore that publicity. However, what a Judge cannot ignore is the Kyle was found not guilty of crimes regarding those two antifa terrorists. The standard that Kyle reached in the criminal trials were that the govt could not find he was guilty of anything beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the civil standard is preponderance of the evidence (lesser than reasonable doubt), it means they can bring these civil suits. But that also means Kyle can put those acquittals into evidence along with all the videos we have seen which showed Antifa was on a lawless murderous rampage that night.
Count 1: Masturbating in front of a minor
Count 2: Anally molesting a minor
Count 3: Distributed pornography to a minor
Count 4: Masturbating in front of (another) minor
Count 5: Anally molesting (another) minor
Count 6: Insertive fellatio with a minor
Count 7: Receptive fellatio with a minor
Count 8: Touching (another) minor's genitals
Count 9: Forcing a minor to touch his genitals
Count 10: Touching (another) minor's genitals
Count 11: Exposing himself to a minor.
As a non-lawyer who has been involved in several Civil lawsuits, I’m confused.
I understand that a person can file a civil lawsuit and make claims against a defendant. But the defense can request Summary Judgement to dismiss the case. The Judge reviews the filings and determines if this case involves a matter of law, at which time the frivolous claims can be thrown out (i.e., he farted in my direction), but other claims that have merit can proceed. Civil cases are always about monetary damages, and they take years to come to court and the lawyers on both sides rack up huge fees.
IIRC in criminal law, a criminal cannot claim a right to self-defense if the criminal’s own actions cause another person to take lawful action to defend themselves.
In this case, are they going to their client’s civil rights to riot and attack innocent people outweigh Rittenhouse’s civil right to carry a weapon and defend himself?
LOL!!
As with many situations the left looks at, they work hard to reverse the arrow of causality.
They assert: Rittenhouse was the aggressor, because he was armed.
The police encouraged Rittenhouse, because they did not arrest him for ....
Crimes that do no exist.
The people Rittehouse shot were not aggressors, because they were on the side of the leftists. Therefore, when they attacked Rittenhouse, it was because he was the aggressor.
Therefore, those who attacked Rittehouse were heroes; Rittenhouse was the evil one for defending himself.
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