Published report · Nov 1, 2026
Kyle Rittenhouse: What the Acquittal Decided - and the Separate Civil Cases
Five not-guilty verdicts ended Kyle Rittenhouse's criminal trial in November 2021. What did those verdicts decide, and how do the separate civil cases differ?
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Five counts. Five not-guilty verdicts. On November nineteenth, 2021, a Kenosha jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse after shootings that killed Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. That ended the criminal trial. Separate civil claims would put different questions before different courts, under a different burden of proof.
Criminal footage is November 2021. Civil coverage is the February 1,2023 Huber order and April 13,2023 Grosskreutz-track filings; later civil activity is not a primary-verified current-status certification or global final outcome.
From our report published Nov 2, 2026. This describes that report’s documented position, not a fresh check of today’s court docket.
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Five not-guilty verdicts ended Kyle Rittenhouse's criminal trial in November 2021. What did those verdicts decide, and how do the separate civil cases differ?
Case Closed Court Files follows the original courtroom audio, filed verdict forms and civil records. The civil portion discusses a February 1, 2023 pleading-stage order and April 13, 2023 counterclaims. Those documents do not establish a final outcome for every related civil action.
COURT RECORDS
Criminal: Kenosha County Circuit Court, 2020CF000983
Civil: E.D. Wisconsin, 2:21-cv-00969-LA and 2:21-cv-01192-LA
Completed jury verdict forms:
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2021/images/11/19/rittenhouse-jury-verdicts.pdf
Huber decision and order, Doc. 76:
https://www.wied.uscourts.gov/sites/wied/files/documents/opinions/21-CV-969%20Huber%20v.%20Beth%20et%20al.pdf
Filed counterclaims in the Grosskreutz track:
https://kenoshacountyeye.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/counterclaim.pdf
FOOTAGE
LiveNOW from FOX / historical courtroom pool recording, November 19, 2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfPTFVBR6s
Original courtroom audio is identified on screen. Excerpts are edited for documentary reporting and commentary, with separate civil proceedings explained in context. Source credits identify provenance and do not claim an express footage license.
Narration uses a licensed synthetic voice. This is documentary reporting, not legal advice. A criminal acquittal and a civil pleading-stage ruling decide different questions.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 The 2021 verdict
0:17 What the acquittal decided
0:42 Criminal and civil standards
1:30 The Huber civil case
2:03 What the civil order decided
2:25 The separate civil tracks
2:49 Case Closed Court Files
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