The lawyers of a man shot by Kenosha killer Kyle Rittenhouse say that the 20-year-old is avoiding being served court documents for a wrongful death lawsuit.
Rittenhouse killed two people and injured one during the Jacob Blake protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Aug. 25, 2020. Blake was shot multiple times in the back and left paralyzed by police responding to a domestic dispute two days prior.
Gaige Grosskreutz was shot during the protests by Rittenhouse and has filed a lawsuit against him as well as former Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth and former Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis. The city of Kenosha and Kenosha County are both also named in the lawsuit, according to The Associated Press.
Even though the Grosskreutz’s attorneys haven’t been able to track down Rittenhouse to serve him the legal documents, he has publicly acknowledged the lawsuit online.
Rittenhouse claimed the lawsuit was meant to legally “drown” people in legal debt on Twitter on Feb. 21.
“This lawsuit is an attempt to drown anyone who legally and justifiably defends there (sic) lives from attackers in a mountain of legal debt,” wrote Rittenhouse. “We can not let them win. If they can come after me they will come after you.”
The lawsuit was originally filed in 2021, but on Feb. 22, Grosskreutz’s attorneys filed a request to extend the deadline given by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman to serve Rittenhouse. His attorneys claim that they are unable to locate the killer and requested a 60-day extension.
Grosskreutz’s legal team “is currently unaware of Mr. Rittenhouse’s current whereabouts and is concerned that Mr. Rittenhouse is attempting to evade…
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