Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL who penned American Sniper, in which he goes into detail about a bar brawl with Jesse "The Body" Ventura, has been dead since February; however, that's not stopping Ventura from continuing on with a defamation suit against Kyle.
According to reports, Ventura is planning to sue Kyle's widow, Tara Kyle. Ventura's representation believes Ventura is within his rights to pursue legal action because his reputation is at stake. Kyle's lawyers, however, are cautioning the former Minnesota governor against worsening his image.
They categorized Kyle's account as "a complete fabrication and is a vicious, deliberate, and calculated assault on his character, honor, and reputation that is intended to turn the SEAL and military community, and Americans in general, against him."
John Borger, Tara's attorney issued the following statement: "Continuing this action will serve no useful purpose, and likely will promote public perception of Jesse Ventura as someone who has little or no regard for the feelings and welfare of surviving family members of deceased war heroes."
Kyle is considered to be the most prolific sniper in American military history, notching 160 confirmed kills and claiming to have terminated up to 225 targets. Kyle was killed in February of 2013, along with a friend named Chad Littlefield at a gun range.
A Marine named Eddie Ray Routh, who had been taken to the gun range by Kyle and Littlefield in an effort to help with his post-traumatic stress disorder, shot and killed them.
Ventura, best known as a longtime professional wrestler, and then as the Governor of Minnesota, has a history with the Navy SEALs, having been accused of lying about being a SEAL. Ventura was actually a member of the UDT, or Underwater Demolition Team.
UDTs are not considered SEALS but are referred to that way out of courtesy.
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