Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, filed a defamation lawsuit earlier this week against podcaster Kyle M. Seraphin.
According to the complaint, Seraphin, a former FBI agent turned political commentator and podcaster, falsely alleged that the U.S.-born Wilkins was a foreign agent “assigned to manipulate and compromise the Director of the FBI.”
Wilkins, a country music singer, has been in a relationship with Patel since January 2023.
Seraphin, a self-proclaimed whistleblower, is accused of falsely claiming on his show that Wilkins is a “former Mossad agent” for the Israeli “equivalent” of the National Security Agency, and a “honeypot.”
“He [Seraphin] is accusing Ms. Wilkins of being a spy for a foreign government, conducting espionage to undermine our national security and/or to manipulate federal law enforcement at
the highest level and even committing treason. These accusations are all categorically false, and Defendant knows it,” the complaint reads.
It continues, stating that Seraphin “knowingly, or with reckless disregard for the truth, fabricated this accusation at the expense of Ms. Wilkins to obtain personal profit, generating outrage to drive up his viewership.”
Wilkins is seeking $5 million in damages.
NewsNation, The Hill’s sister station, reached out to attorneys for both parties, as well as the FBI, for comment.
The news site Court Watch first posted the complaint in its newsletter Friday.
