Kyle Rittenhouse has fired controversial civil lawyer John Pierce

[brooklynite]

Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

The controversial lawyer who has been promoting Kyle Rittenhouse's case in the media and soliciting money for his defense has parted ways with the young homicide defendant, according to court records and Twitter.

Freekyleusa.com tweeted that it has a new lawyer and new trust set up to handle donations for Rittenhouse's benefit.

Link to tweet

John Pierce, who had been Rittenhouse's lawyer, did not reply to a direct message on Twitter earlier, but did tweet late Thursday:

Pierce, a Los Angles litigator, was the first name announced by Lin Wood, a high-profile Atlanta attorney who was later caught up in challenging the presidential election, as leading Rittenhouse's defense.

Read more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2021/02/05/kyle-rittenhouse-parts-ways-controversial-civil-lawyer/4397054001/

[Best_man23]

1. Maybe Kyle is realizing that shit's getting real

And that he needs to get real lawyers, not some TV reality, Saul Goodman wannabee.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Not to worry.

S'all good, man.

[greenjar_01]

18. Haaaaa!

[Initech]

22. Maybe Lionel Hutz is available?

[EarthFirst]

23. RIP Phil Hartman n/t

[Canoe52]

2. Maybe he's going to go with crazy Rudy?

[Evolve Dammit]

3. I wish the lad was cooling his heels in juvenile detention awaiting trial. Might smarten him up?

[Mr.Bill]

15. He's an adult now.

He's going to the grown-up prison.

[Evolve Dammit]

27. Good. But currently free and hangin' with the Bois. If he was a person-of-color he's never see sky.

[Jay25]

4. Wonder if funds are unaccounted for.

[NCjack]

5. I hope he is in SE Mexico.

[truthisfreedom]

6. attorney's

Idiot.

[handmade34]

8. grammar

is not the right's strong point

[dchill]

11. Getting it wrong is one of they're freedom's.

Moran's.

[Sneederbunk]

9. Will be difficult to spend the grift if you are doing time.

[onetexan]

10. Have the authorities found the punk's whereabouts yet?

[keopeli]

12. That's what I would like to know - and if his bail was revoked - and if he's in custody now

[murielm99]

13. Where the F is he?

Do we need Dog the Bounty Hunter?

[lonely bird]

14. Freekyleusa?

Really?

Free the murdering, mediocre white punk.

How long does the world have to put up with mediocre white men?

[justgamma]

17. I was wondering who Freeky Leusa was. Derp.

[Progressive Jones]

26. LOL !! Me, too ! nt

[efhmc]

25. I actually thought that said Freeky Loser at first.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Did little Kyle here just realize that he's actually in a boatload of shit, legally?

And that playing cute little games with the Trumpist right isn't going to keep him out of prison?

[George II]

19. Does this mean he's surfaced somewhere and is no longer in hiding?

[Nitram]

20. It's just a move to make sure the lawyer doesn't get his hands on the money.

[jmowreader]

21. I suspect this happened...

...because the lawyer explained to Kyle how bad this looked.

Let's see...violating parole by not keeping the prosecution informed as to his whereabouts, the beer party with white supremacists, the continual begging - not to mention that the reason Kyle knows lawyers in the first place is that he went somewhere he had no business being and killed two people with a firearm he obtained in an illegal straw purchase. All this is going to make Kyle's self-defense alibi very hard to sell to a jury, and the lawyer told him that.

[relayerbob]

24. He's going to need a new lawyer

To cover his ass for the $2 million in bail money he's forfeited. Right after he gets locked up, that is.