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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Io Dodds

Alec Baldwin sued for ‘defaming’ sister of slain US Marine by branding her an ‘insurrectionist’

Mike Blake/Reuters

The family of a US Marine killed during the American retreat from Afghanistan has sued Alec Baldwin for defaming the soldier’s sister by calling her an "insurrectionist".

Roice McCollum, 22, whose brother Rylee was killed by a suicide bomb in Kabul on 26 August last year, filed a lawsuit in Wyoming on Monday along with other members of his family demanding $25m (£18.3m) in damages from the Hollywood star.

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