Erika Kirk urges court to provide 'meaningful' media access in trial of husband's alleged assassin

In a Monday tribunal filing, slain blimpish person Charlie Kirk's widow demanded "meaningful" media entree successful the proceedings of his suspected assassin.

"As this Court is aware, this substance has received important nationalist attention," says the filing by Erika Kirk successful the District Court of Utah's Fourth Judicial District. "This nationalist attraction cannot beryllium ignored. And though it is captious that this Court equilibrium the defendant’s close to a just proceedings with the public’s First Amendment close of entree to judicial proceedings, immoderate request, by either party, to fundamentally adjacent these tribunal proceedings from the nationalist oculus should beryllium denied."

Tyler Robinson, 22, is suspected of assassinating Kirk connected Sept. 10 portion Kirk was speaking astatine a Turning Point USA lawsuit astatine Utah Valley University. Some of the pre-trial proceedings person centered astir media entree to the trial, which has been limited.

Erika Kirk appears connected "Hannity" successful New York City connected Dec. 8 to sermon her precocious husband's caller publication and stock insights into it. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

"The nationalist assassination of Mr. Kirk has profoundly affected many. Without meaningful entree to these proceedings, the nationalist volition beryllium incapable to straight observe and measure the grounds presented, leaving a captious spread successful knowing the circumstances surrounding his death," the filing says.

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It besides notes that without transparency, conspiracy theories and misinformation are bound to spread, which Kirk's attorneys reason volition erode the public's assurance successful the judicial system.

"Such an result serves neither the interests of justness nor those of Ms. Kirk," according to the filing.

Tyler Robinson, accused of the execution of Charlie Kirk, appears during a proceeding successful Fourth District Court successful Provo, Utah, Thursday, December, 11, 2025. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via Pool)

Several conspiracy theories person emerged successful the aftermath of the assassination, taking an affectional toll connected the widowed parent of two.

"When you spell aft my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, erstwhile you spell aft the radical that I love, and you're making hundreds and thousands of dollars each azygous occurrence going aft the radical that I emotion due to the fact that someway they're successful connected this, no," she said connected Fox News' "Outnumbered" connected Dec. 10.

Shortly thereafter, she and podcast big Candace Owens sat down for a backstage treatment aft Owens spent weeks positing alternate theories astir the assassination.

Charlie Kirk speaks astatine Utah Valley University connected Sept. 10, 2025 successful Orem, Utah, anterior to his assassination. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

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"There is nary capable substitute for unfastened proceedings," the filing says. "Accordingly, Ms. Kirk respectfully urges the Court to contradict immoderate unnecessary requests to bounds nationalist oregon media entree and to guarantee that courtroom proceedings stay unfastened to the fullest grade accordant with the defendant’s close to a just trial."