{"id":2627279,"date":"2026-07-09T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-robinsons-ex-lovers-testimony-to-play-in-court-after-fight-over-its-admission\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:11:15","slug":"tyler-robinsons-ex-lovers-testimony-to-play-in-court-after-fight-over-its-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-robinsons-ex-lovers-testimony-to-play-in-court-after-fight-over-its-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Robinson&#8217;s ex-lover&#8217;s testimony to play in court after fight over its admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyler-robinsons-ex-lovers-testimony-to-play-in-court-after-fight-over-its-admission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2627279&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The testimony of Tyler Robinson\u2019s former roommate Lance Twiggs is set to be played publicly in court during Robinson\u2019s preliminary hearing regarding accusations that he murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Despite efforts to keep parts of Twiggs\u2019s taped testimony private, the judge allowed its presentation with some redactions. Robinson has not yet entered a plea, and the hearing aims to determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to a murder trial.Key evidence includes DNA samples linking Robinson to the murder weapon and surveillance footage of the attack on Kirk at Utah Valley University in September 2025. Robinson is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ark-man-confesses-to-breaching-capitol\/\" title=\"Ark. man confesses to breaching Capitol\">facing multiple charges<\/a>, possibly including the death penalty, which the court has not ruled out. The case has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >garnered meaningful attention<\/a> as it involves a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/murder-charge-for-nd-man-who-allegedly-ran-down-republican-extremist-teen\/\" title=\"Murder Charge For ND Man Who Allegedly Ran Down \u2018Republican Extremist\u2019 Teen\">politically charged killing<\/a>, with Kirk\u2019s family present during the proceedings. Robinson\u2019s motives reportedly involved his view that Kirk spread \u201ctoo much hate,\u201d and he held increasingly left-wing views himself.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The taped testimony of Tyler Robinson\u2019s former roommate and lover is set to be played in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"439\">court<\/a> on Thursday during Robinson\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4636733\/weeklong-hearing-tyler-robinson-trial-erika-kirk-in-attendance\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4636733\/weeklong-hearing-tyler-robinson-trial-erika-kirk-in-attendance\/\">preliminary hearing<\/a>, after his lawyers fought against playing it in the public courtroom earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson is accused of killing conservative activist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4089\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>, and he has so far faced several days of preliminary hearings in which prosecutors have shown some of their evidence against him as the judge weighs whether there is enough probable cause to advance to the murder trial. One of the key pieces of evidence that the prosecution fought to include was the taped testimony of Lance Twiggs, Robinson\u2019s former roommate. Despite efforts to close public access to the video testimony, Judge Tony Graf said Wednesday that the video was allowed to be presented publicly but will have some portions removed or redacted.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4641218\/alleged-jan-6-pipe-bomber-brian-cole-jr-trial-set-february\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Alleged Jan. 6 pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr.\u2019s trial set for February<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4640909\/doj-inmate-tablet-california-prison-pornography-scandal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ announces \u2018inmate tablets\u2019 despite California prison pornography scandal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4640686\/appeals-court-restore-trump-kennedy-center\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Appeals court declines to restore Trump\u2019s name on Kennedy Center<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twiggs was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4612409\/tyler-robinson-lover-immunity-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\">granted immunity for his statements<\/a> to prosecutors, which they say include Twiggs relaying that Robinson told him about how he killed Kirk. Robinson\u2019s lawyers argued the prosecution would portray the testimony as a confession and endanger Robinson\u2019s right to a fair trial. Lawyers for both media organizations and the Kirk family urged Graf to allow the testimony and all evidence being presented in the hearing to be publicly released.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo not be transparent, to not be open and let the world see what happened will create doubt and distrust in the judicial system,\u201d said Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer for the Kirk family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graf requested the prosecution make edits and redactions before presenting the testimony in the public courtroom. The audio of most of Twiggs\u2019s testimony is expected to be presented Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The preliminary hearing, which began Monday and is expected to continue through Friday, will culminate in Graf\u2019s ruling on whether prosecutors have shown probable cause for Robinson to face trial for murder charges. Robinson has yet to enter a plea in the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During Tuesday\u2019s hearing, the DNA samples, which prosecutors claim connected Robinson to the murder weapon, were at the center of questioning. FBI analyst Amanda Bakker was on the witness stand Tuesday as Robinson\u2019s lawyer attempted to cast doubt on the DNA evidence brought forward by the prosecution. Investigators recovered a towel and a rifle near where Kirk was killed. The FBI found DNA evidence linked to Twiggs and Robinson on the towel, after Twiggs had provided investigators with DNA samples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the first two days of the hearing, prosecutors played various surveillance videos of the gunman making his way through Utah Valley University\u2019s campus on the day of Kirk\u2019s assassination, along with videos of the assassination, with some of the graphic videos only being displayed to the judge and witnesses. One of the UVU police officers on the campus on Sept. 10, 2025, described the chaotic scene after Kirk was killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI thought I needed to start preserving the scene because we had a crime scene, and with some of my experience and training to that effect of, I decided now we need to contain the scene and help preserve as much evidence as we can,\u201d Chris Bagley, a former UVU police officer, said Monday on the witness stand. \u201cSo I started pushing people off the grass out of the courtyard area because I knew that\u2019s where the crime scene was.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charlie Kirk\u2019s family, including his widow Erika Kirk, has been present for the hearings in Utah, sitting in the same courtroom as Robinson, who is accused of killing the conservative activist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4636733\/weeklong-hearing-tyler-robinson-trial-erika-kirk-in-attendance\/\">WEEKLONG HEARING BEGINS IN TYLER ROBINSON TRIAL WITH ERIKA KIRK EXPECTED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the expected trial, Robinson\u00a0will face multiple charges for his alleged assassination of Kirk on the UVU campus in September 2025. The maximum punishment for the charges against\u00a0Robinson\u00a0includes the death penalty, which prosecutors have said they intend to pursue. Robinson\u2019s lawyers attempted to get the possibility of the death penalty off the table during a hearing last month, but Graf <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4626406\/judge-keeps-death-penalty-on-the-table-in-tyler-robinson-murder-case\/\">denied the motion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robinson\u2019s trial is expected to be one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-allows-cameras-in-courtroom-for-tyler-robinson-murder-trial\/\" title=\"Judge allows cameras in ...room for Tyler Robinson ...\">closely watched criminal cases<\/a> of the year, after the public killing of Kirk sent shock waves through politics last year. Authorities say Robinson claimed Kirk spread \u201ctoo much hate,\u201d and that his family said Robinson espoused increasingly left-wing views, including on transgender ideology, in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robbie\u2019s roommate\u2019s taped testimony to be played in court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2627280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189003577308.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32417,16776,44332,8676,63207],"class_list":["post-2627279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-case","tag-ex-lover","tag-legal-dispute","tag-testimony","tag-tyler-robinson"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189003577308.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2627283,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627279\/revisions\/2627283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2627280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}