Baldwin made contact with the McCollum family after the death of Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum – On August 26, 2021, the man was among the 13 soldiers helping Afghan refugees and was the victim of a suicide bomb attack. According to the lawsuit filed in the Wyoming District Court on Monday, the actor donated 5,000 dollars to the wife of the deceased. hole. via an online fundraiser. When Baldwin learned in early January that the soldier’s sister, Roice McCollum, was a supporter of former President Donald Trump, generosity turned to hostility.
Alec Baldwin in trouble. “I meant irony”
Rylee McCollum’s widow and two sisters claim that Alec Baldwin exposed them to a flood of hatred and insults on social media when he wrote on Instagram that one of the sisters was a “rioter”. On January 6, 2021, Roice McCollum took part in a demonstration of support for Donald Trump in Washington, but – as she assures in the lawsuit – protested peacefully and legally, not taking part in the storming of the Capitol.
A few weeks ago, McCollum published a commemorative photo, taken on January 6 last year, in which he poses in front of the Washington Monument and wears a distinctive baseball cap with the inscription “Make America Great Again”. According to the lawsuit, Baldwin commented on her post with the words: “Are you the same woman to whom I sent money [po śmierci] your sister’s husband [w Afganistanie]? “McCollum replied that she was the sister of the soldier himself, which allegedly provoked the actor to explode in private news.
When I sent you money for your deceased brother, out of genuine respect for his service to our country, I didn’t know you were a big deal on January 6
it is said that was the way Baldwin turned to the woman. In the lawsuit, you can read that McCollum explained to the interviewee that she went to Washington for a peaceful protest and “wished him a good day”. The latter, however, was to continue the narrative of “brawlers” and write that he was jointly responsible for “the unlawful destruction of government property, the death of a law enforcement officer and the attack on the lawful results of the presidential election.”
“I passed your photo on,” wrote Baldwin, which can be seen in the screenshots contained in the lawsuit. At the end he added, “Good luck.” The McCollum family argue that the move drew “hundreds of hateful messages.” One of them was: “Someone rape you and die. Your brother got what he deserved.” Baldwin addressed the wave of negative comments in a subsequent message to Roice McCollum:
Hateful words have been uttered towards you that are wrong. I meant irony. The irony of my sincere desire to honor your brother [w połączeniu z] the fact that you are a bum.
“The storm of hate and bile on social media that ensued was completely predictable for Baldwin,” the sisters and widow of Ryle McCollum said in the lawsuit. Women accuse the actor of “defamation by presumption, gross negligence and deliberately inflicting emotional anxiety.” “Any fairly cautious person under similar or the same circumstances would anticipate the mental anguish and suffering and its physical manifestations that would cause this behavior,” we read.
Source: Gazeta
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