Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin for Calling Them ‘Insurrectionists’
The family of a Marine who was killed during a suicide bombing in Afghanistan last year has filed a $25 million lawsuit against Alec Baldwin.
The lawsuit by the family of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum says that Baldwin referred to the family as “insurrectionists” on social media because the Marine’s sister was in DC on January 6.
The complaint argues that Baldwin’s claims in the Instagram post about them “were false, outrageous, defamatory, irresponsible, vindictive, and caused — and continue to cause — Plaintiffs severe emotional distress.”
McCollum was one of the 13 servicemembers killed during the suicide bombing at Kabul airport during the withdrawal.
“The lawsuit, filed on Monday in the US District Court for the District of Wyoming by McCollum’s two sisters,
