Kyle Rittenhouse – who was acquitted final 12 months on prices associated to a triple taking pictures leading to two deaths throughout racial justice protests in Wisconsin – won't attend Texas A&M College as he has claimed, faculty officers mentioned.
In an look on Friday on a conservative radio present, Rittenhouse mentioned he would attend Texas A&M College and it might be “superior”.
Talking with present host Charlie Kirk, Rittenhouse placed on a baseball hat that includes the A&M emblem, mimicking a transfer generally made by highschool athletes asserting which college they may attend.
Referring to the Texas A&M nickname, Kirk mentioned: “Wow, everyone, it’s an enormous deal. Proper right here on the Charlie Kirk present, Kyle Rittenhouse is asserting that he’s an Aggie.”
Rittenhouse mentioned: “So, I’m going to be going there and it’s going to be superior. Stunning campus, wonderful folks, wonderful meals.”
Texas A&M instructed media retailers the 18-year-old had not been admitted for the autumn or summer season.
Rittenhouse “has not been admitted as a scholar”, a spokesperson, Kelly Brown, mentioned in an electronic mail to the Guardian.
College representatives additionally instructed the Dallas Morning Information and the Battalion, the Texas A&M scholar newspaper, that Rittenhouse was not admitted.
On Monday, Rittenhouse mentioned he wouldn't be attending Texas A&M. As a substitute, he might be attending Blinn School, a group school in Brenham, Texas.
“Sadly, the tip of my highschool profession was robbed from me,” Rittenhouse wrote on Twitter. “I didn’t have the time different college students get to correctly put together for the long run.”
Blinn is an open enrollment school. Rittenhouse additionally mentioned he seemed ahead to attending “a feeder faculty for Texas A&M” and was “excited” to affix Texas A&M in 2023.
Richard Bray, a Blinn School consultant, confirmed to the Guardian by way of electronic mail that Rittenhouse had utilized however was not but enrolled for any courses.
Rittenhouse additionally tweeted that he can be transferring to Texas on the finish of June.
Rittenhouse admitted killing two folks in August 2020 after touring from his dwelling in Illinois to an illustration in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police taking pictures of Jacob Blake. He maintained he was performing in self-defense and was acquitted at trial.
After his acquittal, Rittenhouse claimed to be taking nursing courses at Arizona State College. Amid outrage from ASU college students, college officers mentioned Rittenhouse was taking a web based course meant for “non-degree-seeking college students”.
“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone via the ASU admissions course of. He's not at present enrolled in any courses at ASU,” a spokesperson instructed the Guardian.
Rittenhouse has regularly alluded to an curiosity in attending Texas A&M. In a photograph posted to Instagram 5 weeks in the past, he sat on an enormous purple chair with an A&M emblem, with the caption: “I’m desirous about staying.”
In one other photograph, Rittenhouse wore an A&M baseball hat and wrote: “Prepared or not.”
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