Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Fails to Win Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin

Family of Marine Killed in Afghanistan Fails to Win Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin speaks at the Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown in New York on Dec. 9, 2021. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
The Associated Press
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CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Alec Baldwin didn’t have to pay anything to resolve a $25 million lawsuit filed by family members of a Marine killed in Afghanistan after the actor chastised them on social media over the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, Mr. Baldwin’s attorney said.

U.S. Southern District of New York Judge Edgardo Ramos in August dismissed the lawsuit sought by the wife and sisters of Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, of Jackson, Wyoming, When the McCollum family didn’t file an amended lawsuit as Judge Ramos invited to do before a September deadline, the judge closed the case in October.