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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alec Baldwin sued for defamation by family of slain Marine

2021 Invision

The widow and two sisters of a U.S. Marine killed in Afghanistan are suing Alec Baldwin alleging the actor exposed them to a flood of social media hatred by claiming on Instagram that one sister was an “insurrectionist” for attending former President Donald Trump s Washington, D.C., rally on Jan. 6 last year.

The sister, Roice McCollum, protested peacefully and legally; was not among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol that day and, after being interviewed by the FBI “was never detained, arrested, accused of or charged with any crime,” according to the lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Cheyenne.

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