A wrongful death notice was filed by Charlie Kirk’s family after the conservative was fatally shot when attending an event at the Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. This notice is usually precursor to a wrongful death lawsuit being filed.
The notice alleged there were several security lapses. Now, podcaster Candace Owens , made a shocking revelation about Erika Kirk , Charlie’s wife and the current CEO of his organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA). Now, Owens has made fresh claims about Erika Kirk amid the wrongful death notice that was sent. Taking to X, she shared her thoughts on the matter. The wrongful death notice names the university and its then-president, Astrid Tuminez; the campus police department and its chief, Jeffrey Long; and the state of Utah.
The notice was sent on September 9 to UVU and the State of Utah about intent to seek damages in Kirk’s death.
“Since there is nothing that TPUSA won’t try to grift off of, I feel it’s important to state something that is true: The wrongful death lawsuit was pushed by Charlie Kirk’s parents,” she wrote.
Owens tried to convey that it was Charlie Kirk’s family that had convinced Erika to get behind the wrongful death notice and TPUSA did not have any part to play in it. “Turning Point USA is apparently trying to get ahead of an independent review that is coming out. Loren Washburn wrote in the notice that was sent.
They are blaming UVU for “failures” that were actually specifically requested by their security team,” she wrote in a separate post . “The risk of a rooftop shooter should have been especially top-of-mind given the attempted assassination of President Trump, Charlie Kirk’s close friend and political ally, by a rooftop shooter the previous year,” Kirk family attorney D.
