Prosecutors are pushing to re-arrest Kyle Rittenhouse. Here’s how the case has unfolded since he paid bail

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Wisconsin prosecutors asked for a warrant for Rittenhouse’s arrest on Wednesday, stating that he violated his bail agreement by not disclosing his address after his release. Rittenhouse’s legal team has thwarted the need to keep his location secret over claims of death threats against him.

There is a lot of attention for Rittenhouse’s case, especially as a cause celebre in right-wing circles. His supporters welcomed news Nov. 20 that he was leaving prison after an apparent fundraiser reached the required $ 2 million.

Now where he awaits trial is up for debate.

Rittenhouse is facing charges in Kenosha, Wisconsin, regarding the deaths from shootings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and the injuries of Gaige Grosskreutz. Rittenhouse’s lawyers have maintained that he was acting in self-defense.
Rittenhouse left the scene shortly after the August 25 shootings and returned to Antioch, Illinois, where he was arrested the next day.
On October 30, he was extradited from Illinois to Wisconsin. The following week, his bail was set at $ 2 million because the court considered him a “flight risk,” said Loren Keating, Kenosha County commissioner.
Rittenhouse was released on Nov.20 after the $ 2 million bail was posted by Lin Wood, chairman and CEO of #FightBack, according to the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department.
The story I had to share after Kyle Rittenhouse posted his $ 2 million bail
Wood said in a tweet that Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, Inc., and others helped raise the money needed for Rittenhouse.

“God bless ALL who donated to help raise #FightBack required $ 2 million cash bail. Special thanks to actor Ricky Schroder @ rickyshroder1 and Mike Lindell @realMikeLindell for getting us over the top. Kyle is SAFE. Thanks to ALL who helped this guy, “read the tweet.

On December 3, Rittenhouse attended a preliminary hearing remotely via video conference with Mark Richards, his attorney. Richards accused prosecutors at the hearing of presenting “a one-sided, stilted view” of events that night. The court ruled that Rittenhouse would be tried.

On a Jan. 5 indictment, Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to two felonies of murder and one felony of attempted murder, among other charges. He lived virtually via Zoom.

Requests for Further Restrictions

Less than two hours after his arraignment, Rittenhouse, now 18, was seen at a local bar with his mother on an outing confirmed by surveillance video, according to prosecutors.

In a motion filed to change the terms of Rittenhouse’s bond terms, prosecutors said Rittenhouse was seen flashing ‘the’ OK ‘sign, which has been co-opted by well-known white supremacist groups as a sign of’ white power ‘. and was “immediately served a beer by the bartender.”

In Wisconsin, it is legal for anyone under 21 to own and consume alcohol if a parent is present. Rittenhouse is legally prohibited from drinking alcohol in public in his home state of Illinois.

Prosecutors are asking for Kyle Rittenhouse's arrest warrant after inquiring about the current address

Prosecutors also requested that the Rittenhouse be banned from “publicly displaying symbols and gestures associated with violent white supremacist groups and associating themselves with known members of those groups, particularly the Proud Boys.”

Lawyer Richards stated in an application that Rittenhouse had never been a member of the said groups and had no objection to the new terms regarding alcohol, white supremacist hand signals, and group association.

Wednesday’s latest developments have led prosecutors to petition for an arrest warrant for Rittenhouse, as stated in a court motion that he “violated the terms of his bond by not writing to his address within 48 hours of the move. to update the court ”. It also aims to increase the bonds by $ 200,000.

Attorney John Pierce, who was on the Rittenhouse defense team until mid-January, signed an affidavit filed Wednesday saying that due to numerous death threats, “ arrangements had been made for the Rittenhouse family to stay in a ‘Safe House’ on a unknown location ‘. bail was posted.

Rittenhouse is due to appear in court again on March 10, and the jury selection will begin on March 29.

CNN’s Omar Jimenez, Joe Sutton, Brad Parks, Artemis Moshtaghian, Kay Jones and Ray Sanchez contributed to this report.

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