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BYU graduate sues Candace Owens, says she tied him to Kirk killing

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Robert Hild, a BYU graduate who witnessed Charlie Kirk's assassination, is suing podcaster Candace Owens for defamation. Hild says video shows he was in the crowd at the moment the suspect was photographed in a campus stairwell. According to the lawsuit, Owens' claims led to threats, stalking and vandalism, and she refused to take them back.