Robert Barnes said it would be hard (paraphrased) because Kyle became a public figure by being on trial.
He had a whole spiel but I don't remember it all, like I think anything the prosecutor said could be repeated as fact even if it was in the opening statement etc.
There's an argument there. People can absolutely become public figures if a show trial goes completely fucking circus. And Kyle Rittenhouse was arguably very close to that. If random people in the street know you're name, you might be hitting that point. When the "president elect" is tweeting that you're a white supremacist, you are starting to get close to that public figure issue.
Hard pressed.
Robert Barnes said it would be hard (paraphrased) because Kyle became a public figure by being on trial.
He had a whole spiel but I don't remember it all, like I think anything the prosecutor said could be repeated as fact even if it was in the opening statement etc.
There's an argument there. People can absolutely become public figures if a show trial goes completely fucking circus. And Kyle Rittenhouse was arguably very close to that. If random people in the street know you're name, you might be hitting that point. When the "president elect" is tweeting that you're a white supremacist, you are starting to get close to that public figure issue.