Alexis Wilkins seems at her boyfriend, Kash Patel, as he speaks after being sworn in as the brand new Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi within the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House on Feb. 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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Alexis Wilkins, the longtime girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, is suing an ex-agent and self-described whistleblower for defamation, alleging he known as her a former Israeli spy whose relationship with Patel is a “honeypot” operation.
The defendant, Kyle Seraphin, “has maliciously lied” about Wilkins by “falsely asserting that she—an American-born country singer—is an agent of a foreign government, assigned to manipulate and compromise the Director of the FBI,” Wilkins’ lawyer wrote in the lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court docket in Austin, Texas.
Wilkins accuses Seraphin, a conservative podcaster who calls himself a “recovering FBI agent,” of “using this fabricated story as self-enriching clickbait.”
Wilkins is searching for not less than $5 million in damages. The swimsuit was first reported by Reason and highlighted Friday morning by Court Watch.
Her authorized grievance houses in on Seraphin’s feedback on “The Kyle Seraphin Show” on Aug. 22.
Patel “has had his own little ‘honeypot’ issue that’s been going on of late, so we’re just going to acknowledge it real publicly,” Seraphin mentioned on the episode on the middle of the lawsuit.
“He’s got a girlfriend that is half his age, who is apparently is both a country music singer, a political commentator on Rumble, a friend of John Rich through [FBI deputy Director Dan] Bongino, who also now owns a big chunk of Rumble, and she’s also a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA.”
“But I’m sure that’s totally because, like, she’s really looking for like a cross-eyed, you know, kind of thickish built, super cool bro who’s almost 50 years old who’s Indian in America,” Seraphin mentioned sarcastically.
“Like it has nothing to do with the fact that uh we’re really close to the Trump administration,” he mentioned. “Anyway, I’m sure that’s totally just like love. That’s what real love looks like.”
Seraphin didn’t establish Wilkins by title, however her swimsuit says his assertion is “obviously about her specifically.”
Wilkins, 26, mentioned her long-term relationship with Patel, 45, started in January 2023 and has been public information. Patel was confirmed as FBI director in February.
Seraphin, discussing the lawsuit at size on his show on Friday morning, famous that comparable claims about Wilkins have beforehand surfaced in social media posts which have generated considerably extra consideration than his feedback did.
By calling her a honeypot, Seraphin is suggesting that Wilkins is “an agent of a foreign government who began a relationship with another for purposes of manipulating and compromising them,” the lawsuit says.
“He 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,” her lawyer wrote.
“Ms. Wilkins is not even Jewish, much less Israeli, and has never set foot in Israel … The notion that her relationship with Dir. Patel is part of some plot against her country is vile and ridiculous.”
Seraphin, on his present, mentioned he by no means made these claims.
The swimsuit argues that since Seraphin “trades on his experience” as a former FBI counterterrorism agent, he can not declare that he feedback have been mere hyperbole.
It additionally notes that Seraphin met with each Patel and Wilkins “at a conservative political event roughly two years ago,” earlier than he was confirmed as FBI director.
Seraphin mentioned on his present Friday morning that he had no recollection of getting met them.
NBC News reported in January that Patel had reached out to Seraphin and two different conservative former particular brokers previous to being nominated to steer the FBI.
Patel “keeps tabs on me and the guys that he’s helped out, and also we share information about FBI stuff,” Seraphin informed NBC on the time.