'My Pillow, my money'

New York City NY

21 November, 2021

9:48 PM

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The next legal battle for double killer Kyle Rittenhouse may be with his former attorneys, says the New York Post. Two lawyers who briefly worked on Rittenhouse's case — and helped raise $2 million to help get him released from jail as he awaited criminal charges — want their cash back, but the now acquitted teen's family is fighting the move. The 18-year-old was cleared of all charges stemming from the shooting of three people — two fatally — during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer. Rittenhouse, of Antioch, Illinois, convinced the jury he acted in self-defense. Rittenhouse was released from jail while he was waiting for his trial in November after a $2 million bond was posted by his former attorney John Pierce, with a cashier's check from his law firm Pierce Bainbridge. Former child actor Ricky Schroder and My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell were credited with donations that enabled Rittenhouse's release.