Family Of Marine Killed In Kabul Revives Alec Baldwin Defamation Suit

September 2, 2022

*Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum of Jackson, Wyoming, was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, at \Camp Pendleton, California. (Marine Corps)*

The family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan has revived a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over comments the actor made online.

The sisters and widow of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum allege Baldwin subjected them to online threats and harassment after he posted and commented on a photo shared online by one of McCollum’s sisters, Roice McCollum, who had been in Washington during the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

Baldwin had donated $5,000 to the family after learning of the death of Rylee McCollum in a bombing at the airport in Kabul in August 2021, just weeks before his daughter was born. Baldwin had contacted Roice McCollum via Instagram, according to the lawsuit...

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