LeBron James is worth $500 million, and if all goes well, will become a billionaire, Celebrity Net Worth reports, by 2035.
Kyle Rittenhouse hopes to get some of that money when he sues James for defamation. Yesterday, Rittenhouse confirmed that he will indeed sue the Los Angeles Lakers star, who falsely accused Rittenhouse of faking tears during his famous trial.
The promise riffs off his interview with Fox talker Tucker Carlson, during which Rittenhouse said he would sue the celebrity leftists who called him a “murderer” and “white supremacist.”
Among the people who smeared him were President Biden, who called Rittenhouse a white supremacist in an overwrought campaign advertisement. Biden too, Rittenhouse warned, will be “held accountable.”
LeBron to Get Letter
The lies about Rittenhouse began after he shot and killed two criminals in self defense, and wounded a third, during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August 2020.
Rittenhouse went there on August 25 to help clean up the city and defend businesses during the madness and mayhem of Kenosha’s riots on August 25, 2020. He also provided first aid to those wounded by the communist mob.
Four criminals forced Rittenhouse, who carried an AR-15, to defend himself that night: boy rapist Joseph Rosenbaum, convicted strangler Anthony Huber, longtime criminal Gaige Grosskreutz, and a professional convict later identified as “Jump Kick Man.”
Rittenhouse killed Rosenbaum and Huber and wounded Grosskreutz. He fired at Jump Kick Man and missed. Prosecutors charged Rittenhouse with two counts of murder and other crimes. A jury found that Rittenhouse shot the men in self defense.
Speaking to independent journalist Drew Hernandez on his Frontlines program, Rittenhouse explained that his Media Accountability Project has a two-part mission. “The first part is holding the media accountable for what they did, and making sure nobody else has to experience what I went through,” he said.
The second part is providing a hub for independent journalists such as Hernandez to post reports that can be seen side-by-side with those from the leftist Mainstream Media.
But Hernandez also asked whether Rittenhouse had a “hit list” of the celebrities he will sue.
“Whoopi Goldberg, after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers, she called me a murderer,” Rittenhouse said:
Cenk [Uygur] continued to tall me a murderer with the Young Turks. Tiffany Cross called me ‘a little, murderous, white supremacist’ after I was acquitted.
Cross uttered that lie on her MSNBC talk show, The Cross Connection.
“These People are going to be held accountable, and we’re gonna sue them,” Rittenhouse warned.
Rittenhouse also said he would sue the major leftist news organizations that smeared him:
We’re looking at everybody who defamed me, everybody who’s called me a white supremacist, everybody who called me a murderer, people who defamed me, and made it hard for me to live a normal life. We’re gonna hold them accountable.
That includes Biden, who smeared Rittenhouse with a campaign ad. “We’re definitely gonna be holding him accountable, too.”
As for LeBron James, he smeared Rittenhouse during the trial. James claimed that Rittenhouse was acting for the jury when he broke down during testimony about killing child-rapist Rosenbaum in self defense.
“What tears?????” James tweeted. “I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court.”
“He’ll be getting a letter, too,” the 19-year-old said. “Anybody who defamed me, or lied about me, we’re just gonna send them a letter and then deal with them in a courtroom.”
Celebrity Net Worth reports that James earns $100 million annually between his NBA salary and endorsements, and has a $1 billion lifetime contract with Nike.
As The New American reported early this week, Rittenhouse’s legal war won’t be easily won. The courts might declare him as a limited-purpose public figure, which means he would have to prove malice and reckless disregard of the truth to prevail. That standard is difficult to meet.
As well, a court might also declare that comments such as “murderer” and “white supremacist” are protected speech in the context of the debate over the trial and Rittenhouse’s acquittal.
H/T: Washington Examiner
