11-22-2021
Rittenhouse attorney tells client to stay off TV:
'My advice would be to change his name and start over'
An attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse publicly cautioned his client to "change his name" instead of having an ongoing presence on television or in politics.
During an interview on Fox News, defense attorney Mark Richards was asked about several Republican members of Congress -- including Reps. Matt Gaetz (FL) and Madison Cawthorn (NC) -- who have offered internships to Rittenhouse.
"I think there's a lot of people who want to use Kyle," Richards told Fox News host Martha MacCallum.
"I think the way the Rittenhouse name has trended on Twitter -- and that's what we live in is a Twitter society -- people want to use his name, get it out there so they can get some publicity.
I think it's cheap."
"What's your advice to him about how he should live his life from now on?" MacCallum asked.
"Because he's got a lot of decisions to make about whether or not he goes off to college and kind of keeps his head down and gets on with his life or whether or not he does become a symbol for certain things that people would like him to be a symbol for."
"My advice would be to change his name and start his life over. There's a lot of people who I don't think have his best interest at heart."
"Once you give up your name and your likeness and you join those causes, I think a lot of people will use you for their own purposes. You won't be able to control it."
The attorney went on to reveal that he had counseled Rittenhouse to change his name.
"We've had that talk with Kyle and it's going to be a fine line where he decides to go," he said. "Ultimately, I hope he makes the right choices."
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