Alec Baldwin Sued For 25M By Family Of Fallen Marine In Defamation Case National

The lawsuit, which seeks $25 million in damages, was filed by the two sisters and widow of Lt. Col. Rylee J. McCollum, who was killed during a suicide bomber attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021. The family also sued Baldwin for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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Baldwin and his attorney have not publicly responded to the lawsuit. After McCollum’s death, a GoFundMe was set up to provide financial assistance to the Marine’s widow, Jiennah McCollum, “and her soon-to-be-born daughter.” The lawsuit alleges that Baldwin, 64, contacted McCollum’s sister, Roice McCollum, to send a $5,000 check to the new widow as “a tribute to a fallen soldier.” Story continues below ad In this undated photo released by the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton/US Marine Corps, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20. His family has filed a defamation lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin. DD ER Things turned sour on Jan. 3, 2022, when the lawsuit says Roice “posted a photo of a crowd of protesters at the Washington Monument on her Instagram page ahead of the one-year anniversary of her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, demonstration in Washington, D.C. DC.” In the demonstration, hundreds of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered at the US Capitol to protest the results of the 2020 election. The protest reached its climax when several rioters forced their way into the Capitol building, causing panic and violence. According to the lawsuit, Baldwin messaged Roice on Instagram about her post. Baldwin reportedly wrote: “When I sent the $ for your late brother, out of real respect for his service to this country, I did not know you were a January 6th rioter.” The legal filing claims that Roice was “never arrested, detained, charged or convicted of any crime related to her participation in the January 6, 2021 event in Washington, DC.” Story continues below ad “The protest is perfectly legal in the country and I have already spoken to the FBI. Thanks have a nice day!” Roice replied to Baldwin’s message, according to the lawsuit. Baldwin then responded, saying he texted Roice, “I don’t think so. Your activities have resulted in the illegal destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an attack on the certification of presidential elections. I reposted your photo. Good luck.” Trending Stories

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The actor posted a photo of Roice’s Instagram account on his own page about 20 minutes after the message was sent. The lawsuit alleges that Roice almost immediately “began receiving hostile, aggressive, hateful messages from Baldwin’s followers.” As of this writing, Baldwin has 2.5 million followers on Instagram. (According to the lawsuit, Baldwin had 2.4 million followers at the time he posted about Roice.) “Lots of Trumpsters hitting here with the current cry that the Capitol attack was a protest, (a more peaceful form of which many other protesters were jailed) and an exercise in democracy,” Baldwin captioned the post. “I offered to send her sister-in-law [Jiennah McCollum] some $ as tribute to her late brother, his widow and their child. Which I did. As a tribute to a fallen soldier,” he continued. “Then I find this. The truth is stranger than fiction.” Story continues below ad “I gratefully supported the gofundme campaign, while at the same time not knowing that the woman I approached is a rebel. I think it’s…remarkable,” Baldwin wrote. Roice’s page post has since been deleted. McCollum’s other sister, Cheyenne, and his widow, Jiennah, also began receiving “hateful messages and even death threats,” according to the lawsuit. Jiennah, who is Black, also received messages calling her a “racist”. Neither Cheyenne nor Jiennah were present at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. A press release from the law firm representing the family called Baldwin’s post “safe lighting.” In the lawsuit, the family alleges that Baldwin “unequivocally understood that promoting Roice’s Instagram feed to 2.4 million like-minded followers and posting his comment would result in the onslaught of threats and hate that did.” The family is asking for a jury trial.

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In the press release, one of the family’s attorneys, Dennis Postiglione, said that regardless of a person’s political alignment “what Baldwin did here should never be allowed to happen.” “He’s one of the most recognizable people in the country and has a social media following five times the population of the State of Wyoming,” Postiglione continued. “He willingly abused that platform and put the McCollums through hell at a time when they were just beginning to deal with Rylee’s death. This lawsuit will hold him accountable to the McCollum family and the proud legacy of Lanshofer McCollum.” Story continues below ad The family first filed the lawsuit on January 17, 2021, in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. The lawsuit was dismissed later in May because the court lacked jurisdiction over Baldwin, who lives in New York. On August 19, the family filed the lawsuit a second time in the Southern District of New York. 2:49 What’s in store for the January 6 hearings when they resume in September? Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.

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The lawsuit, which seeks $25 million in damages, was filed by the two sisters and widow of Lt. Col. Rylee J. McCollum, who was killed during a suicide bomber attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021. The family also sued Baldwin for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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Baldwin and his attorney have not publicly responded to the lawsuit. After McCollum’s death, a GoFundMe was set up to provide financial assistance to the Marine’s widow, Jiennah McCollum, “and her soon-to-be-born daughter.” The lawsuit alleges that Baldwin, 64, contacted McCollum’s sister, Roice McCollum, to send a $5,000 check to the new widow as “a tribute to a fallen soldier.” Story continues below ad In this undated photo released by the 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton/US Marine Corps, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum, 20. His family has filed a defamation lawsuit against actor Alec Baldwin. DD ER Things turned sour on Jan. 3, 2022, when the lawsuit says Roice “posted a photo of a crowd of protesters at the Washington Monument on her Instagram page ahead of the one-year anniversary of her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, demonstration in Washington, D.C. DC.” In the demonstration, hundreds of supporters of then-President Donald Trump gathered at the US Capitol to protest the results of the 2020 election. The protest reached its climax when several rioters forced their way into the Capitol building, causing panic and violence. According to the lawsuit, Baldwin messaged Roice on Instagram about her post. Baldwin reportedly wrote: “When I sent the $ for your late brother, out of real respect for his service to this country, I did not know you were a January 6th rioter.” The legal filing claims that Roice was “never arrested, detained, charged or convicted of any crime related to her participation in the January 6, 2021 event in Washington, DC.” Story continues below ad “The protest is perfectly legal in the country and I have already spoken to the FBI. Thanks have a nice day!” Roice replied to Baldwin’s message, according to the lawsuit. Baldwin then responded, saying he texted Roice, “I don’t think so. Your activities have resulted in the illegal destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer, an attack on the certification of presidential elections. I reposted your photo. Good luck.” Trending Stories

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The actor posted a photo of Roice’s Instagram account on his own page about 20 minutes after the message was sent. The lawsuit alleges that Roice almost immediately “began receiving hostile, aggressive, hateful messages from Baldwin’s followers.” As of this writing, Baldwin has 2.5 million followers on Instagram. (According to the lawsuit, Baldwin had 2.4 million followers at the time he posted about Roice.) “Lots of Trumpsters hitting here with the current cry that the Capitol attack was a protest, (a more peaceful form of which many other protesters were jailed) and an exercise in democracy,” Baldwin captioned the post. “I offered to send her sister-in-law [Jiennah McCollum] some $ as tribute to her late brother, his widow and their child. Which I did. As a tribute to a fallen soldier,” he continued. “Then I find this. The truth is stranger than fiction.” Story continues below ad “I gratefully supported the gofundme campaign, while at the same time not knowing that the woman I approached is a rebel. I think it’s…remarkable,” Baldwin wrote. Roice’s page post has since been deleted. McCollum’s other sister, Cheyenne, and his widow, Jiennah, also began receiving “hateful messages and even death threats,” according to the lawsuit. Jiennah, who is Black, also received messages calling her a “racist”. Neither Cheyenne nor Jiennah were present at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. A press release from the law firm representing the family called Baldwin’s post “safe lighting.” In the lawsuit, the family alleges that Baldwin “unequivocally understood that promoting Roice’s Instagram feed to 2.4 million like-minded followers and posting his comment would result in the onslaught of threats and hate that did.” The family is asking for a jury trial.

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In the press release, one of the family’s attorneys, Dennis Postiglione, said that regardless of a person’s political alignment “what Baldwin did here should never be allowed to happen.” “He’s one of the most recognizable people in the country and has a social media following five times the population of the State of Wyoming,” Postiglione continued. “He willingly abused that platform and put the McCollums through hell at a time when they were just beginning to deal with Rylee’s death. This lawsuit will hold him accountable to the McCollum family and the proud legacy of Lanshofer McCollum.” Story continues below ad The family first filed the lawsuit on January 17, 2021, in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. The lawsuit was dismissed later in May because the court lacked jurisdiction over Baldwin, who lives in New York. On August 19, the family filed the lawsuit a second time in the Southern District of New York. 2:49 What’s in store for the January 6 hearings when they resume in September? Previous Video Next Video © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.