PROVO, Utah â The former lover of Charlie Kirks accused assassin told Utah prosecutors that the suspected killer “wishes he hadn’t done it,” according to a video played in court Thursday.
“I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before, and he said it was, started crying a little bit and said he wishes he hadn’t done it,” Lance Twiggs told investigators in a video interview.
The night before, according to text messages prosecutors displayed later, Robinson allegedly took credit for Kirk’s shooting in a conversation with Twiggs.
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The video was played on the fourth day of Tyler Robinsons preliminary hearing â a procedural step to determine whether the case can go to trial.
Prosecutors had attempted to play it Wednesday, but the defense asked the judge to order redactions.
After some back and forth over what could and couldnt be included, it was shown in court Thursday morning, and Robinson appeared to watch it closely.
Twiggs, who is cooperating with investigators and hasnt been charged with a crime, was also Robinson’s lover and roommate, according to prosecutors. He said that he identified as “Luna” to some associates, including Robinson.
Twiggs was briefly placed under FBI protection and has since left the state.
After the shooting, Twiggs allegedly received a text message from Robinson telling him to look under his keyboard. There, according to prosecutors, he found a note that he said he took a picture of.
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Prosecutors showed it in court, but the judge said it could not be photographed. It was a full page, written by hand.
“I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and Im going to take it,” it read at one point.
After seeing the note, Twiggs then allegedly texted Robinson asking if he was joking.
“I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet,” Robinson replied â allegedly. “Shouldnt be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.”
“You werent the one who did it right????” Twiggs replied.
“I am,” Robinson allegedly wrote back. “Im sorry.”
Twiggs also alleged in the video that Robinson began engraving bullets roughly a month before the shooting.
“I don’t remember exactly when, but he had said he was planning to go hunting with his family,” Twiggs told prosecutor Ryan McBride in the recorded interview. “And he asked me…if we had a Dremel tool, because he said he wanted to create messages on bullets.”
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