UMVA has learned that a defamation lawsuit has been filed by Alexis Wilkins, country music singer and conservative commentator, against a major media outlet and two of its reporters.
The lawsuit centers around a December 5, 2025 article that alleged FBI Director Kash Patel, Wilkins' boyfriend, improperly ordered FBI agents to chauffeur one of Wilkins' intoxicated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville.
Wilkins argues that the entire premise of the article was false, and that she did not even have the FBI security detail described in the article at the time the alleged events supposedly took place.
The complaint states that no such incidents ever occurred and that neither Patel nor Wilkins ever requested that federal agents transport any of her friends.
The filing also takes direct aim at the reporters' reliance on anonymous sources, accusing them of attempting to shield themselves from accountability by citing unnamed individuals who purportedly possessed inside knowledge of the alleged incidents.
Wilkins contends that the sources either did not exist, lacked firsthand knowledge, or provided information the reporters knew was false.
The lawsuit further notes that the article portrayed Wilkins as participating in drinking and partying despite the fact that she reportedly does not drink alcohol.
The complaint characterizes the reporting as a deliberate effort to create a sensationalized narrative around Patel and his girlfriend rather than an honest attempt to report facts.
According to information obtained by UMVA, the lawsuit describes the media outlet's actions as a clear case of defamation, with the defendants falsely asserting that Wilkins demanded, and Patel ordered, that federal agents assigned to her security detail escort an intoxicated friend home.
The lawsuit is seen as another challenge to the legacy media's reliance on anonymous sources and hit pieces to attack conservatives.
