Hearing in Charlie Kirk Slaying Will Remain Open to Public, Judge Rules

Tyler Robinson, accused of the murder of Charlie Kirk, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, on Dec. 11, 2025. Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool

A key hearing in the case of Tyler James Robinson, the alleged gunman in the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, will be open to the public and media, a judge declared in a June 1 ruling.

Judge Tony Graf Jr. also ruled that prosecutors could be held in contempt for out-of-court statements to the media, depending on the outcome of a hearing he set for June 12 in Utah’s Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah.