An American flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in September at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Read more Jesse Bedayn / AP

by Hannah Schoenbaum , Associated Press Published Dec. 11, 2025, 2:54 p.m. ET

PROVO, Utah — The 22-year-old Utah man charged with killing Charlie Kirk made his first in-person court appearance Thursday as his attorneys push to further limit media access in the high-profile criminal case.

A Utah judge is weighing the public’s right to know details in the prosecution of Tyler Robinson against his attorneys’ concerns that the swarm of media attention could interfere with his right to a fair trial.

Robinson’s legal team and the Utah County Sheriff’s Office have asked Judge Tony Graf to ban cameras in

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