Attorneys allege Kyle Rittenhouse evading being served for civil lawsuit by man he shot
attorneys for a man shot and injured by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 are asking a federal judge to give them more time to serve Rittenhouse with a civil lawsuit, alleging that he is purposefully trying to evade them.
attorneys for Gaige Grosskreutz filed the request on Wednesday, the deadline that U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman had given them to serve the lawsuit on Rittenhouse and the other defendants. Grosskreutz added Rittenhouse as a defendant last week in the lawsuit that also targets the city of Kenosha and local officials.
Justin Blake, uncle of Jacob Blake, reacts to the not guilty verdict jurors rendered in Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial Friday. Jacob Blake’s shooting by a Kenosha police officer sparked the protests and unrest in Kenosha that brought Rittenhouse to the area in August 2020.
The lawsuit, originally filed in October 2021, accuses Rittenhouse and other defendants, including a host of local Law enforcement agencies, of causing the injuries that Grosskreutz suffered that night. It is seeking an unspecified amount of damages.
The lawsuit is similar to one filed by the father of Anthony Huber, one of two men Rittenhouse shot and killed that night.
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Rittenhouse was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering for killing Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and wounding Grosskreutz with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle in the summer of 2020 during a tumultuous night of protests over the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer.
Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in November 2021 after testifying he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse’s actions became a flashpoint in the debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice in the U.S. He was 17 at the time of the shootings and is now 20.
An attorney for Grosskreutz said in a legal filing Wednesday that all of the other defendants, except for Rittenhouse, have accepted and waived service of the lawsuit. Rittenhouse’s attorney in the Huber lawsuit said he was not authorized to accept service and a person believed to be Rittenhouse’s mother who answered the door at a home in Florida said “Rittenhouse had been gone for a while,” according to the filing.
Whereabouts unknown
Grosskreutz “is currently unaware of Mr. Rittenhouse’s current whereabouts and is concerned that Mr. Rittenhouse is attempting to evade service,” according to the filing seeking a 60-day extension to serve him.
Rittenhouse last week changed attorneys for the Huber lawsuit, going back to one of his defense attorneys from the trial, Mark Richards. Richards said Thursday that he does not represent Rittenhouse in the Grosskreutz lawsuit.
Richards also said he does not know where Rittenhouse is.
“I don’t know how to find Kyle,” Richards said. “I do not currently know where Kyle is.”
Adelman, in the Huber lawsuit, earlier this month denied a motion by Rittenhouse and other defendants seeking to dismiss the case. The judge said in that case that Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”
attorneys and private investigators for Huber’s father spent more than 100 hours trying to locate Rittenhouse, tracking down addresses in seven states before they found the home of his mother and sister in Florida. The lawsuit was served on Rittenhouse’s sister, who said that he wasn’t home. Adelman said that was sufficient to qualify as being served in the Huber case.
Rittenhouse’s attorneys had argued that the Huber case against him should be dismissed because Rittenhouse wasn’t properly served with the lawsuit. Adelman dismissed that, saying that Rittenhouse “is almost certainly evading service.”
“Rittenhouse has been deliberately cagey about his whereabouts,” Adelman wrote earlier this month. “Although he denies living in Florida, he does not identify the place that he deems to be his residence.”
The 2020 events
In 2020, Rittenhouse went to Kenosha from his home in nearby Antioch, Illinois, after businesses were ransacked and burned in the nights that followed Blake’s shooting. He joined other armed civilians on the streets, carrying a weapon authorities said was illegally purchased for him because he was underage.
Rittenhouse first killed Rosenbaum, 36, in the parking lot of an auto dealership and as Rittenhouse ran from the scene he stumbled and fell. Huber, 26, struck Rittenhouse with his skateboard and tried to disarm him. Rittenhouse fell to the ground and shot and killed Huber and wounded demonstrator Grosskreutz, who was 27 at the time.
Rittenhouse has maintained a high public profile, particularly on social media, where he is an outspoken advocate for gun rights. He has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter and has spoken at conservative gatherings.
He tweeted a fundraising plea this week in reference to the Grosskreutz lawsuit, saying: “This lawsuit is an attempt to drown anyone who legally and justifiably defends there lives from attackers in a mountain of legal debt. We can not let them win. If they can come after me they will come after you.”
Grosskreutz, who testified at the trial, last year sought to change his legal name because of what he now says was continued harassment related to the case.
Photos: Key moments in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
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Kyle Rittenhouse, right, enters the courtroom for jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse looks back at the gallery in the courtroom as the room is let go for an afternoon break at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse looks back at the gallery in the courtroom as the room is let go for an afternoon break at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.
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Media waits for those involved with the Rittenhouse trial at the steps of the the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse listens as Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger gives opening statements to the jury at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger points to Kyle Rittenhouse as he gives opening statements to the jury during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney, gives opening statements to the jury at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.
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Witness Dominick Black, left, is questioned by Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney, Mark Richards, during the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Black purchased the rifle Rittenhouse used on Aug. 25, 2020.
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Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger questions Koerri Washington during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 3 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, Wendy, center left, and his sister, McKenzie, right, embrace as the judge lets the court out for a lunch break during the trial Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Kenosha County Courthouse.
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Richard “Richie” McGinniss, chief video director for The Daily Caller, testifies in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse looks back as the late Anthony Huber’s great aunt, Susan Hughes, enters the courtroom during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
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Kenosha Police Detective Ben Antaramian prepares to show an assault-style rifle belonging to defendant Kyle Rittenhouse to State Crime Lab firearms examiner Heather Williams and to the jury during trial at Kenosha Circuit Court, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, in Kenosha.
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Kyle Rittenhouse looks back before his trial starts at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021.
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Mark Richards, lead attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse, left, with help from Kenosha Police Department Detective Ben Antaramian, right, demonstrates how the late Joseph Rosenbaum could have gotten shot in the hand by Kyle Rittenhouse as Douglas Kelley, a forensic pathologist with the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office, center, testifies in the Rittenhouse trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse breaks down on the stand as he testifies about his encounter with the late Joseph Rosenbaum during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Judge Bruce Schroeder, right, reprimands Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger, left, in his conduct in line of questioning while cross-examining Kyle Rittenhouse during the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s lead attorney, right, argues about Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger’s line of questioning while cross-examining Kyle Rittenhouse during the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse listens as Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger attempts to introduce evidence which was previously blocked by Judge Schroeder during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger, left, defense attorney Mark Richards and Kyle Rittenhouse look at drone video evidence on a monitor in front of the jury during Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Wendy Rittenhouse, Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, gets emotional as her son is cross-examined by Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger during the trail at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021.
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Judge Bruce Schroeder addresses an objection made by Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger regarding the scope of testimony from the defense’s expert use-of-force witness John Black during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse, right, and his attorney Corey Chirafisi listen during the trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021.
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Judge Bruce Schroeder talks with Assistant District attorney James Kraus about pixel interpolation during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021.
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Judge Bruce Schroeder, front, comes down from the bench and sits closer to a 4k television screen to watch a video as Kyle Rittenhouse, right, and his attorney Natalie Wisco stand behind him during proceedings at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse listens as the attorneys and the judge talk about jury instructions at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger holds Kyle Rittenhouse’s gun as he gives the state’s closing argument in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Assistant District attorney Thomas Binger begins giving the state’s closing argument in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s lead attorney, right, raises an objection during Rittenhouse’s trail at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Assistant District attorneys James Kraus, right, and Thomas Binger, second from right, talk before Kraus takes the podium to give his rebuttal during Kyle Rittenhouse’s trail at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse’s lead attorney, gives his closing argument during Rittenhouse’s trail at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
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Kyle Rittenhouse pulls numbers of jurors out of a tumbler during his trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. The jurors selected through this process will not participate in deliberations. (AP Photo/Kenosha News, Sean Krajacic)
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