{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_knz2vgf3m6bcpqmzgofa","title":"BYU graduate sues Candace Owens, says she tied him to Kirk killing","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/byu-graduate-sues-candace-owens-says-she-tied-him-to-kirk-killing-knz2vgf3m6","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_knz2vgf3m6bcpqmzgofa","seq":797745,"kind":"article","title":"BYU graduate sues Candace Owens, says she tied him to Kirk killing","url":"https://www.deseret.com/utah/2026/09/29/robert-hild-vs-candace-owens-lawsuit","summary":"Podcaster Candace Owens is facing another defamation lawsuit, this time from a Utah resident who graduated from Brigham Young University. Robert “Robby” Hild Jr. witnessed Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, 2025. Hild alleges that Owens linked him to the killing before millions of followers, and continued doing so despite messages, photographs and video that he says disproved her claims. “Hild asked Owens to retract the damaging falsehoods…","published":"2026-09-30T00:37:04Z","seen":"2026-09-30T00:59:43Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-deseret-com-2e77dd","name":"deseret.com","domain":"deseret.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1056889","name":"Deseret News","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-deseret-com-2e77dd","topics":["utah"],"authors":["Frizz Flake"],"entities":[{"id":"Q43302090","name":"Candace Owens","type":"person"},{"id":"Q16970","name":"church building","type":"person"}],"image":"https://www.deseret.com/resizer/v2/JVFS6CHJUBG3JII4CJXO3MCK5I.jpg?auth=d7bd79e54ce9c52db00bf61ea825430ee0607923ca93ed42c50429191c56d7c0&height=600&smart=true&width=980","story":"st_knz2vgf3m6bcpqmzgofa","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7200000286102295,"political":0.029999999329447746}]}