Attorneys for Brian Harpole, the former head of security for Charlie Kirk, who is now suing Candace Owens and her former podcast guest Mitch Snow over their statements about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, on Thursday claimed that Snow is “actively avoiding service” from process servers, and asked a federal magistrate judge to authorize the U.S. Marshals Service to intervene.
Filed as a request for miscellaneous relief, Harpole’s attorneys claim that Snow refused to accept service on multiple occasions, including an incident when the process server allegedly encountered “a hostile environment” at his home.
“Defendant Snow is actively avoiding service or intentionally preventing the process server from serving him,” the filing claims. “For example, on May 6, 2026, the process server placed a phone call to a number ending in 4498 and spoke with an individual who identified himself as Defendant Snow.”
According to the filing, “Snow refused to cooperate and hung up immediately after he confirmed his identity. A few minutes later, the process server attempted to serve Snow at his address, but was unsuccessful, citing ‘a hostile environment’ at Snow’s residence.”
The filing also claims that Harpole’s attorneys conducted a criminal background check on Snow, allegedly revealing his rap sheet includes two guilty verdicts for misdemeanor malicious mischief, an accusation he violated a court order, and felony harassment charge, all accrued within the last decade.
Harpole’s attorneys ask the federal magistrate, “Given that Defendant Snow appears to be intentionally avoiding service of process and is creating ‘a hostile environment’ which is actively preventing a private process server from reaching him, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Court enter an order authorizing service of process by the U.S. Marshals.”
The Local Rules for the Middle District of Tennessee specify that the Marshals may be authorized to serve defendants in civil cases via registered mail, with a U.S. Postal Service receipt providing evidence of process.
During his interview on Owens’ podcast, Snow claimed he witnessed Harpole, Erika Kirk, more than a dozen members of U.S. Military brass, and a potential member of U.S. Secret Service, at or near Fort Huachuca in Arizona, on the day before Kirk was assassinated at the Utah Valley University campus.
Harpole claims that Owens and Snow intentionally spread a fabricated story to encourage the public to believe he was complicit in a conspiracy to murder Kirk, despite Owens allegedly having evidence Harpole could not have been in Arizona during the period Snow described.
Responding to the lawsuit on her podcast, Owens has suggested she could use the discovery process of the litigation to depose Erika Kirk and pursue never-before-seen footage of Kirk’s death.
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Tom Pappert is a 2025 recipient of the Dao Prize and the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star. He also reports for the Star News Network. Follow Tom on X. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Candace Owens” by Gage Skidmore. CC BY-SA 2.0.
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