A Wisconsin judge has amended the release terms for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with the murder of two men amid protests in Kenosha, last year.
An attorney for Rittenhouse did not object to the change in mortgage terms after it was proposed in January. Rittenhouse, now 18, is free after posting $ 2 million bail.
Under the new conditions, Rittenhouse is prohibited from drinking alcohol and is prohibited from associating with any group or person known to threaten others on the basis of things like race or religion. He can have no weapons.
The 18-year-old is accused of fatally shooting two people in Kenosha on August 25 during protests and unrest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. His lawyers argued that he acted in self-defense. His case is supported by some on the right.
Prosecutors tried to change his mortgage terms after claiming Rittenhouse was at a bar in Mount Pleasant on Jan. 5.
While there, Rittenhouse drank three beers and serenaded by five men with a song used as a national anthem for the far-right group The Proud Boys, prosecutors said in the motion. He was also seen on the video flashing the “OK” sign, which prosecutors said was co-opted by white supremacist groups.
Rittenhouse’s lawyer said in court documents that he is not and has never been a member of a white supremacist group. The lawyer said Rittenhouse did not object to the new mortgage terms.
While in other parts of the country you have to be 21 years old to legally drink alcohol, people in Wisconsin can drink younger than that if they are with a parent.
