“Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson and members of his family are being sued for defamation by a man who was arrested and charged after a drive-by shooting.

Fox News reported that Daniel King Jr. was arrested in April of 2020 after two homes in West Monroe, Louisiana were struck by gunfire. At the time, Willie said that he and his family were “pretty shook up” after one of the eight to 10 bullets he said were fired at the residence went through the bedroom window of a home where his son John Luke Robertson lives with his wife, Mary Kate, and their infant son.

King has since filed a lawsuit against Willie, John Luke and Mary Kate, claiming their statements to police about the incident were “calculated, false and ultimately defamatory.” He specifically accused Willie and John Robertson of making defamatory statements about him that were intended to diminish his reputation. King is seeking damages from the Robertsons, Willie Robertson’s Duck Commander business as well as the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office.

King is also alleging in his suit that police did not look into this incident properly, claiming that he was wrongly charged with aggravated assault by drive-by shooting, which is a felony. Public records state that his charge has since been changed to felony illegal use of a weapon.

Willie had told The News-Star last year that it looked as if the suspect  was “spraying bullets across my property.”

“I was outside at the time, but everybody had been out about five minutes before,” Willie said. “I had just gone to the store when it happened.”

His daughter Sadie took to Instagram afterwards to let her fans know that “We are all okay.”

“It shook us all up of course, but we are just so thankful everyone in our family is okay. Especially after one of the bullets flew through the window of my brothers home,” she wrote. “The timing of where we were at the time was crazy protection because we had all just gone inside. We have been resting on Psalm 91 and each other’s gratitude for all being okay ❤️ thank you for your prayers.”

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