Charlie Kirk's head of security, Brian Harpole, has filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative activist Candace Owens, claiming she made false accusations about his involvement in Kirk's assassination.
Kirk was fatally shot on September 10 while addressing an audience at Utah Valley University, and Tyler Robinson has been formally charged with murder.
Harpole asserts that Owens fabricated a narrative suggesting he met with 'Army intelligence officers and Erika Kirk, Charlie's now widow, at Fort Huachuca' to orchestrate the assassination.
He is pursuing legal action against Owens, her media companies, and her podcast guest Mitchell Snow for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and civil conspiracy to defame.
Harpole alleges that Owens and conspiracy theorists began spreading false content that Kirk was betrayed by people close to him, and that the government orchestrated a cover-up of the assassination.
Owens has hit back at Harpole, stating that the lawsuit lacks foundation and that her critique of his security abilities is subjective.
