Kash Patel is sworn into office as the ninth Director of the FBI by Attorney General Pamela Bondi in Washington, D.C., on February 21, 2025 with his girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins. (White House photo)

FBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend, country music singer and conservative commentator Alexis Wilkins, has launched yet another legal battle against members of the corporate media.

According to court filings, Wilkins has filed a defamation lawsuit against MS Now, formerly MSNBC, along with reporters Carol Leonnig and Ken Dilanian over a December 5, 2025 article, “Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources,” that alleged Patel improperly ordered FBI agents to chauffeur one of Wilkins’ intoxicated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville.

The lawsuit accuses the defendants of knowingly publishing false information sourced from anonymous individuals and fabricating a narrative designed to damage both Wilkins and Patel.

According to the complaint, the story claimed that Patel ordered members of Wilkins’ FBI security detail to provide transportation for her friend after social outings in Nashville.

Wilkins argues that the entire premise of the article was false.

The complaint states that no such incidents ever occurred and that Wilkins did not even have the FBI security detail described in the article at the time the alleged events supposedly took place. The lawsuit further alleges that neither Patel nor Wilkins ever requested that federal agents transport any of her friends.

The filing also takes direct aim at the reporters’ reliance on anonymous sources.

According to the complaint, the defendants attempted to shield themselves from accountability by citing unnamed individuals who purportedly possessed inside knowledge of the alleged incidents. Wilkins contends that the sources either did not exist, lacked firsthand knowledge, or provided information the reporters knew was false.

The lawsuit further notes that the article portrayed Wilkins as participating in drinking and partying despite the fact that she reportedly does not drink alcohol. The complaint characterizes the reporting as a deliberate effort to create a sensationalized narrative around Patel and his girlfriend rather than an honest attempt to report facts.

From the Official Complaint: “This defamation lawsuit is about MS Now (formerly, MSNBC) using sham “anonymous” sources to push knowingly or recklessly false allegations that Alexis Wilkins, through her relationship with FBI Director Kash Patel, abused FBI resources. Defendants are, of course, free to comment on the leadership of the FBI and its allocation of resources, whether positively or negatively.

“They are not, however, entitled to lie about it. Defendants falsely asserted that Ms. Wilkins demanded, and Director Patel ordered, that federal agents assigned to her security detail—which did not even exist at the time—escort an intoxicated friend home after a “night of partying.” They falsely portrayed Ms. Wilkins as being intoxicated even knowing that she does not drink. Defendants presumed they could get away with this fiction by citing to “anonymous sources,” disingenuously claiming “nonpublic” and “inside” knowledge. This was hogwash and they knew it.”

This lawsuit is another shot across the bow at the legacy media’s reliance on anonymous sources and hit pieces to attack conservatives.

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