Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan sues Alec Baldwin for defamation

The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan during the Biden administration’s chaotic troop withdrawal has sued Alec Baldwin for defamation, claiming the actor falsely accused one of the serviceman’s grieving sisters of being an “insurrectionist.”

Rylee McCollum, 20, of Wyoming, was one of 13 US service members killed in the Aug. 26 bombing outside the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport, where they were processing would-be evacuees to be flown out of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.

After McCollum’s death, Baldwin found one of the Marine’s sisters, Roice, on Instagram and sent her a check for $5,000 for his widow, Jiennah Crayton, and her newborn, the Casper Star Tribune reported, citing federal court documents.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/family-of-marine-killed-in-afghanistan-sues-alec-baldwin/