Longtime Sarasota County resident and celebrity author Stephen King has repeatedly apologized for a false accusation he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk , who was fatally shot on a Utah college campus on Sept. 10 and also owned a waterfront hoem in Sarasota.

" The Long Walk " author claimed in a now-deleted X post that the 31-year-old political commentator previously advocated for the act of throwing stones to kill gay people. He later retracted the statement and expressed regret for taking a comment Kirk made on his podcast last year out of context.

In 2024, Kirk criticized children's YouTuber Ms. Rachel for arguing that the bible verse "love thy neighbor" in the Leviticus 18 scripture should apply to gay people. On the podcast, Kirk said: "by the way, Ms. Rachel, you

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