The CEO of a company at the center of a conspiracy theory regarding Charlie Kirk’s death has spoken out, calling the online chatter “baseless.”

Derek Maxfield, CEO of marketing company Komigo, denied that a plane that his company owns was used to help the suspect escape the Orem, Utah, area after Kirk was shot and killed at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University.

“As often happens, unfortunately, in the wake of such terrifying and public events, a variety of baseless theories and suspicions around Mr. Kirk’s murder immediately took hold on social media, including one that has unfairly impacted our family,” Maxfield wrote via social media on Thursday, September 11.

The theory emerged when online sleuths noticed that the plane in question took off from Provo Airport, which is a

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