A civil rights lawsuit brought against Kyle Rittenhouse by the father of Anthony Huber — one of two men who Rittenhouse shot and killed in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during protests in 2020 — will be allowed to proceed, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Rittenhouse was acquitted last year on all five charges he faced in his criminal trial, including first-degree intentional homicide.
The wrongful death suit was filed by Huber’s father, John Huber, in 2021, and alleges “the existence of a conspiracy to deprive protestors of their civil rights and due-process claims based on the government’s exposing protestors to danger at the hands of armed civilians.”
The lawsuit also accuses Rittenhouse of “conspiring with law enforcement to cause harm to protestors.”
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman on Wednesday dismissed motions filed by both government defendants and Rittenhouse, who sought to have the lawsuit dismissed on grounds of insufficient evidence and failure to state a claim, meaning Rittenhouse was not properly served with the grounds for the suit.
Adelman found that John Huber’s attorneys and private investigators spent over 100 hours attempting to locate Rittenhouse, finding addresses in seven different states before locating the Florida residence of his mother and sister. Rittenhouse’s sister was served the suit after she stated that her brother was not home.
Adelman said that Rittenhouse was “almost certainly evading service,” writing that he had been “deliberately cagey about his whereabouts.”
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Loevy & Loevy, the firm representing John Huber, said Wednesday in a statement, “Make no mistake: our fight to hold those responsible for Anthony’s death accountable continues in full force. Neither Mr. Rittenhouse nor the Kenosha police who authorized his bloody rampage will escape justice. Anthony will have his day in court.”
The family is seeking an unspecified amount of damages from local officials, law enforcement and Rittenhouse.
Amid protests following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the then-17-year-old Rittenhouse traveled from his home state of Illinois with an AR-15…
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