Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot two people dead and injured a third at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, has vowed to sue Whoopi Goldberg for calling him a "murderer".
The teen, who was 17 at the time of the shootings, was acquitted of all charges after his defence lawyer successfully argued he acted in self-defence after travelling over 30km to the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin where he armed himself with an AR-15.
Appearing on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, Rittenhouse said he and his "team" were launching the 'Media Accountability Project' to "fundraise" and "hold the media accountable for the lies they said".
"We're gonna be holding them accountable, Tucker," the 19-year-old said.
"I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me 'cause I don't want to see anybody have to go through what I did."
Rittenhouse specifically named The View host Whoopi Goldberg, as well as Cenk Uygur, host of the left-wing sociopolitical news program The Young Turks.
"We're going to hold everybody who lied about me accountable, such as everybody who lied called me a white supremacist," Rittenhouse said.
"They're all going to be held accountable. And we're going to handle them in a courtroom."
He added that there were more celebrities, politicians and even athletes who were on "the list" of people he wanted to take legal action against.
Right-wing commentator Carlson was the first television host to interview Rittenhouse following his highly publicised trial, and went on to produce a documentary sympathising with the teenager's story.
Rittenhouse was labelled a white supremacist after photos emerged of him at a bar with members of the far-right neo-facist group the Proud Boys, posing while flashing a hand gesture co-opted by the 'White Power' movement.
According to the NY Daily News, Rittenhouse blamed the incident on a former lawyer who he claimed "set up" the photo opportunity.
The Proud Boys and other far-right groups have repeatedly praised Rittenhouse as a hero. Donald Trump, who was president at the time of the shootings, refused to condemn Rittenhouse, suggesting he may have been defending himself. Following the teenager's acquittal, Trump met with Rittenhouse and said he found him to be a "really nice young man".
