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Fox News says it didn’t pay for Rittenhouse film, interview

Rittenhouse to give interview on Fox News

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Kyle Rittenhouse peers at the screen as attorneys for both sides argue about a video
Kyle Rittenhouse peers at the screen as attorneys for both sides argue about a video during Rittenhouse’s trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP Photo

Fox News officials said on Saturday they didn’t pay Kyle Rittenhouse for any special access during his trial or after his acquittal.

Hours after he was found not guilty in shootings during a Wisconsin protest on racial injustice last summer, Fox announced that Rittenhouse would give his first interview to Fox host Tucker Carlson and was participating in a documentary being made by Carlson’s team.

Rittenhouse’s lawyer, Mark Richards, said that a Fox documentary crew was embedded with Rittenhouse’s team against his wishes.

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Richards told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn’t think the filming was appropriate and that he had tossed the crew out of meetings several times.

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