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VENTURA v. KYLE

Civ. No. 12-472 (RHK/AJB).

Governor Jesse Ventura, a/k/a James G. Janos, Plaintiff, v. Chris Kyle, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

December 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bradley Olsen , Court J. Anderson , John N. Bisanz, Jr. , Henson & Efron, PA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Plaintiff.

John P. Borger , Mary Andreleita Walker , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD H. KYLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This lawsuit arises from a passage in Defendant Chris Kyle's autobiography describing an alleged bar fight he had with Plaintiff Jesse Ventura during a Navy SEAL's wake. In his book, Kyle writes that Ventura made offensive comments about the SEALs and their service in the Iraq War, so Kyle punched him. Ventura maintains the encounter never happened and that Kyle fabricated...

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