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Stef Lach

Florida metal festival loses headliner and other acts after announcing Kyle Rittenhouse as a special guest

Yle Rittenhouse closes his eyes and cries as he is found not guilty on all counts at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse was found not guilty of all charges in the shooting of three demonstrators, killing two of them, during a night of unrest that erupted in Kenosha after a police officer shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back while being arrested in August 2020. Rittenhouse, from Antioch, Illinois, claimed self-defense who at the time of the shooting was armed with an assault rifle. .

A metal festival in Florida, USA, has lost its headliner and multiple other acts after announcing Kyle Rittenhouse as a special guest.

Shell Shock II is scheduled to take place in Orlando on October 19. But headliner Evergreen Terrace have pulled out after organisers announced 21-year-old Rittenhouse's involvement as a VIP guest.

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