Wendy Rittenhouse is the mother of Kyle Rittenhouse, who caught media attention after her son got involved in the Kenosha, Wisconsin shootings that claimed two lives.
After the incident, the entire Rittenhouse family came under public scrutiny, and Wendy kept receiving death threats from an angry mob. However, her son was later found not guilty of the charges leveled against him and has since been discharged and acquitted.
Summary of Wendy Rittenhouse’s Biography
- Full Name: Wendy Rittenhouse
- Gender: Female
- Ethnicity: White
- Nationality: American
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Wendy Rittenhouse’s Children: Faith, Kyle, and McKenzie Rittenhouse
Wendy Rittenhouse’s Age and Ethnicity
Wendy Rittenhouse is no mainstream celebrity, making it impossible to get info about her family background. However, it has been concluded that she comes from White ethnicity as the protesters in Kenosha accused her son, Kyle, of being a White supremacist.
Absolutely nothing has been said about her age and date of birth.
How Wendy Rittenhouse’s Son, Kyle Rittenhouse, Got Involved in the Protest
Kyle Rittenhouse was in Kenosha to assist the medics and help in protecting businesses while the demonstration protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake was ongoing. He was suddenly chased by a crop of armed protesters at the Black Lives Matter protest for Black and had no choice but to shoot at them in self-defense.
His shootings killed two – Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum and left Gaige Grosskreutz injured. He stood trial in Wisconsin for six criminal charges, which include first-degree reckless homicide plus first-degree intentional homicide.
Wendy Rittenhouse’s son pleaded not guilty to all the charges, claiming he did it in self-defense. Judge Bruce Schroeder, who was in charge of his case, had to strike out one of the charges, and on November 19th, 2021, the Wisconsin jury declared Kyle not guilty and acquitted him.
Wendy Rittenhouse’s Role In Kyle’s Trial
There were many claims that Wendy Rittenhouse drove her son, Kyle Rittenhouse, to the Kenosha, Wisconsin, protest armed with a rifle in August 2020 when he shot at the protesting crowd.
These claims were found to be false through Kyle Rittenhouse’s November 10th testimony at the Kenosha County Circuit Court, where the teenager narrated how he drove himself to Kenosha on August 24th, 2020 (a day before the shooting).
Kyle said he was heading to work at the RecPlex close to Pleasant Prairie and had to pass the night at his friend’s place in Kenosha. It was from his friend Dominick Black’s residence that he went to the shooting site. When Wendy Rittenhouse was quizzed by The Chicago Tribune, the nursing assistant vowed she didn’t even know what Kyle was up to on the night of the shooting.
However, upon his return home, Kyle’s mum allegedly gave the youngster two options – leave town or turn himself in. Wendy later drove her son to the police station around 1:00 am, where they proceeded to get an attorney. The news of the shooting wasted no time catching fire, and according to Wendy Rittenhouse, she received a lot of death threats.
Many were calling Kyle a White supremacist murderer and that the Rittenhouse family needed to start counting their days. Talking to ABC, Wendy maintained that Kyle shot at the protesters in self-defense, claiming that her son is no monster and would have died if he wasn’t in possession of the gun as he was being chased by an angry mob.
Wendy was all out to defend her son and even got angry with President Joe Bidden when he attempted to use Kyle to get votes.
When Wendy appeared on the set of Fox News with Sean Hannity on November 11th, where Sean played video footage of her son’s teary testimony, the mother of three recounted how she was heartbroken after watching her son shed tears. According to Wendy, she just wanted to go meet him and reassure him that all would be fine in the end.
Wendy Rittenhouse gave an emotional response when Hannity recalled how Kyle, who worked as a lifeguard, said he only went to the protest to assist the medics and help in protecting stores. Sean said, do you think Kyle will agree to do it all over again; in answer, Wendy, who claimed to know her son very well, said he wouldn’t hesitate to do it again because that’s his kind of person. Kyle has been helping people since he was small, the assistant nurse said.
What Does Kyle Rittenhouse’s Mom Do for a Living?
As the protests were raging on, it came to the fore that Wendy is a health worker earning a living as a certified nursing assistant.
Is Wendy Rittenhouse Married?
As earlier mentioned, not much about Wendy’s personal life is in the public arena. We only got to know that she is a single mother of three children – her oldest child is a girl called faith, followed by Kyle, and her youngest goes by the name McKenzie.
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