Kash Patel’s girlfriend sues MS NOW, accusing it of pushing ‘recklessly false allegations’

U.S. newsFBI director’s girlfriend sues MS NOW, accuses cable network of ‘false portrayal’Alexis Wilkins’ lawsuit accuses MS NOW of using “sham” sources to “push knowingly or recklessly false allegations.”Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Alexis Wilkins looks at her boyfriend, Kash Patel, is sworn in as the Director of the FBI in 2025.Samuel Corum / Sipa via AP fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 1, 2026, 3:12 PM EDTBy Gary GrumbachFBI Director Kash Patel’s girlfriend has filed a lawsuit against MS NOW, accusing the news organization of using “sham” anonymous sources to “push knowingly or recklessly false allegations” that she abused bureau resources.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Alexis Wilkins’ suit, filed in federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday, names MS NOW as a defendant alongside Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonnig, two of the cable news channel’s reporters.The 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,” Kurt Beasley, Jason C. Greaves and Jared R. Roberts, Wilkins’ attorneys, wrote in part.“This false portrayal is highly offensive to Ms. Wilkins, and would be to any reasonable person in her situation. Ms. Wilkins’ professional identity is of a responsible, sober young woman who does not partake in the excess drinking culture and party scene that is typical for musicians,” Wilkins’ lawyers added.FBI Director Kash Patel during a news conference at the at the Department of Justice building on April 21.Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesIn the article published on MS NOW’s website, Dilanian and Leonnig reported that, on more than one occasion, Patel ordered that the security detail protecting Wi...