Immediately after the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, who faced charges for killing two people and injuring another during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, misinformation spread quickly on social media. Now, some online claim Rittenhouse is enjoying a sunny vacation away from the courtroom where he spent three weeks.
"Rittenhouse just boarded a flight for a two-week all-expenses-paid vacation at Mar-a-Lago," reads text in a screenshot posted on Facebook Nov. 22, three days after the not-guilty verdict was announced.
The post, which accumulated more than 1,700 shares in four days, is not the only one online. Other versions of the claim, posted as early as the day after the verdict, have also accrued thousands of shares.
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Rittenhouse visited Florida the weekend after his trial ended, and he met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach. But Rittenhouse's lawyer told USA TODAY he didn't go on a "two-week, all-expenses-paid vacation."
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment.
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