The place’s Kyle Rittenhouse? Prosecutors request adjustments to bail and new arrest warrant

It is “extremely unusual for a defendant charged with first degree murder in Kenosha County to be bailed and released pending trial,” the prosecutor said in the motion filed. “Our community rarely sees accused murderers moving freely.” Prosecutors added that since his bond was paid for through a “dodgy internet fundraiser”, Rittenhouse “has no financial stake in the bond” and has no incentive to cooperate as “he is already facing the most serious criminal charges and life is faced in prison “.

While prosecutors have no idea where Rittenhouse is, his defense team admitted that not only do they know where he is, but they also have no intention of revealing the address. According to The Washington PostRittenhouse attorney Mark Richards confirmed Wednesday that his client “was in constant contact with his lawyers” and that they knew where he was. Richards claimed that Rittenhouse was in a “safe house” because of death threats against him and his family.

He even alleged that when Rittenhouse was released from prison in November, a police officer and other lawyers told him not to give the safe house address – in essence, he admitted that he deliberately put the wrong address on court records. Richard’s motion also alleged that an attorney who works with Richards, Corey Chirafisi, emailed Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger on November 30th if he could seal the safe house address, but Binger declined. The prosecutors have denied these claims.

“It is noteworthy that the state has only now decided to file a bond increase motion in this case, despite corresponding with Attorney Chirafisi over two months ago about Kyle’s change of residence,” wrote Richards.

The address of the safe house has now been given to the judge in a separate application in which Richards requested the seal.

The Wednesday application comes less than a month later Rittenhouse deposit conditions were changed on January 22nd. Daily Kos reported that prosecutors suggested changing Rittenhouse’s bail after he was seen drinking with his mother and members of the Proud Boys in a bar. While Rittenhouse is too young to legally drink, underage drinking is permitted in Wisconsin in the presence of a guardian.

Due to his appearance in the bar, Rittenhouse was not only prohibited from drinking alcohol, but he was also prohibited from associating with known hate groups. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Proud Boys are a designated hate group. The January incident was the last time the teenager was seen in public.

The real question, however, is whether Rittenhouse has been so afraid of death threats since his release in November. Why did he team up with known hate group members last month and throw white supremacist signs?