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International Business Times UK
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Chelsie Napiza

Fired Workers Awarded Six-Figure Payouts After Losing Corporate Jobs Over Charlie Kirk's Death Posts

Charlie Kirk at the 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Public workers who were sacked over what they wrote online about Charlie Kirk's assassination are now collecting six-figure settlements, with one payout reaching £657,000 ($835,000) as their First Amendment claims hold up in court.

Nine months after the conservative activist was shot dead at a Utah university, a run of First Amendment retaliation cases has been resolved in favour of people who lost their livelihoods over social media posts.

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