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Candace Owens publicly claimed that Charlie Kirk warned people he would be killed the day before his assassination — saying he told security and others “they are going to kill me” — and then faced a d...
Candace Owens has publicly advanced a series of allegations implicating Turning Point USA’s leadership and Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, in a betrayal or cover‑up around Charlie Kirk’s September 1...
Candace Owens and several news outlets report she presented flight-tracking data alleging two Egyptian Air Force C-130s (registrations cited as SU‑BTT/SU‑BND or SUBTT/SUBND) overlapped with Erika Kirk...
Kent (Kent Randall / Kent R.) Frantzve is identified in available reporting as the father of Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) and a longtime Arizona resident with a business background that includes founding...
Available reporting does not show Rob Reiner ever saying he “wished Trump’s assassin had not missed.” Instead, multiple outlets describe Reiner responding publicly to the September assassination of Ch...
Available reporting shows no verified court filings or credible reporting that Erika and Charlie Kirk litigated custody or visitation; viral claims that Erika filed for divorce before Charlie Kirk’s S...
Available reporting identifies Erika Kirk’s parents as Lori Frantzve (her mother) and Kent Frantzve (her father); coverage consistently says Lori raised Erika in Scottsdale after a post‑birth divorce ...
The phrase has been used to describe two different sets of events: a recent wave of social-media allegations in September 2025 claiming that Erika Kirk’s charitable project was tied to child trafficki...
Erika (née Frantzve) Kirk’s parents are identified in multiple profiles as Kent (or Carl/Kent) Frantzve — her father — and Loretta Ann “Lori” Frantzve — her mother; reporting says Lori raised Erika af...
Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) is the daughter of Lori Frantzve and Kent Frantzve; reporting says she was raised primarily by her mother after her parents’ divorce and that her father has business ties to ...
The available materials present that Colonel Otto Busher III was implicated in trafficking and operating a brothel linked to underage victims, but none of the provided documents is a demonstrably auth...
The claim that Charlie Kirk’s parents have a specified, public relationship with Erika Kirk is ; recent profiles and interviews about Erika focus on her marriage, role at Turning Point USA, parenting ...
A set of 2015 photos of Erika Kirk with a man identified online as JT (Tyler) Massey have circulated as alleged “engagement” images, but reporting shows the core evidence is photographic, social-media...
Reporting and fact‑checks published in October 2025 find no verifiable public record that Erika Frantzve (also known as Erika Kirk) was married to a man named Derek Chelsvig; multiple outlets state he...
The claim that Charlie Kirk “died because his lapel microphone exploded” is false. Multiple contemporary news reports and fact-check examinations from September 2025 document that Kirk was shot and ki...
Available reporting and public profiles show Erika Kirk (née Frantzve) met Charlie Kirk in 2018, married him in 2021 and — according to major outlets — has no reliably documented prior marriage; sever...
Candace Owens publicly asserted that two Egyptian military aircraft repeatedly shadowed Turning Point USA figures — most prominently Erika Kirk — and that those same planes were present near Provo, Ut...
Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, has been the subject of court action and public scrutiny since her husband was fatally shot on Sept. 10, 2025: a Utah judge issued a pretrial protective order barrin...
Published reporting and genealogical profiles describe Erika Kirk (born Erika Lane Frantzve) as having a mixed European and Middle Eastern background: sources say her father is of Swedish descent and ...
Erika Kirk’s maiden name is Frantzve; multiple profiles and news outlets identify her as Erika Lane Frantzve (now Erika Kirk) and report she was born in 1988 and raised in Arizona in a Catholic househ...