Braeden Sorbo objects to the lawsuits on free-speech grounds

Braeden SorboActor, author and political commentator

Braeden Sorbo replies to news of Wilkins's defamation lawsuits by saying free speech is dead.

“Free speech is dead.”

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Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Braeden Sorbo's free-speech response to the Wilkins lawsuitsOriginal @BraedenSorbo reply, November 11, 2025, 2:24 AM EST; parent post 1988018618144301471.
Alexis Wilkins speaks into a microphone between Kyle Seraphin and Elijah Schaffer.
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Is Alexis Wilkins a foreign 'honeypot' agent, as Kyle Seraphin and other commentators suggested?

Since early 2025, online commentators have suggested that Alexis Wilkins, the country singer engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, is an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" sent to compromise him. Podcaster Kyle Seraphin said on August 22, 2025 that Patel's girlfriend is "a former Mossad agent" (he did not name her; a court found the remarks referred to her), Sam Parker raised the idea through questions in a February 2025 X thread, and Elijah Schaffer posted her photo under a thread about female Mossad operatives. Wilkins says she has never been an intelligence agent and has never been to Israel, and she sued all three for defamation. A Florida court let the Schaffer suit proceed, the parties then reported a tentative agreement and jointly dismissed it with prejudice, and on September 9, 2026 Schaffer posted a retraction saying she "is not, and has never been, a foreign intelligence operative"; a Utah court dismissed the Parker suit for lack of jurisdiction; the Seraphin suit is pending after the court denied his motion to dismiss. As of October 5, 2026, we found no evidence offered by anyone that Wilkins has worked for any intelligence service, and no court has ruled at trial on the claim.

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Braeden Sorbo's free-speech response to the Wilkins lawsuits (opens in a new tab)Original @BraedenSorbo reply, November 11, 2025, 2:24 AM EST; parent post 1988018618144301471.

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Sorbo's single-sentence reply responds directly to a post identifying the Wilkins defamation lawsuits.

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Sorbo replies to Michell's post describing the lawsuits against Schaffer and Parker over the Mossad-agent allegation.

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His reply consists of a single sentence objecting on free-speech grounds.

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Why this label?

Sorbo opposes the lawsuits as a threat to speech. That sentence does not establish whether he believes Wilkins is a foreign agent.

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