The transgender roommate and lover of Tyler Robinson, the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk, received limited immunity for a recorded statement given to authorities in April, prosecutors said in a court filing on Tuesday.
Prosecutors in the trial said Lance Twiggs gave a recorded statement under oath on April 20 in exchange for “use-immunity” from the U.S. and Utah County Attorney’s Office, meaning his claims could not be used against him.
Twiggs, who transitioned from male to female, and Robinson exchanged text messages on the day of the incident at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was speaking when he was shot.
Robinson, 23, had left a note for Twiggs that explained he “had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk” on Sept. 19, 2025. The alleged assassin explained after the shooting to Twiggs that he had been planning his move for over a week, discussed issues he had with retrieving his rifle, and instructed Twiggs to ask for a lawyer if questioned by police.
Robinson was scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on May 18, but the defense requested a six-month delay in order to review the over 600,000 files handed over by prosecutors in March. The first preliminary hearing is now scheduled for July 6.
During a virtual hearing on June 1, Utah District Judge Tony Graf denied the defense’s request to keep media out of the courtroom. Robinson’s attorneys are seeking to delay all proceedings in the case while they appeal the judge’s ruling on the secrecy request.
Graf set a separate hearing for June 12 to determine whether prosecutors violated a pretrial publicity order by making comments to media outlets.
During that June 12 evidentiary hearing, attorneys for Robinson requested that the death penalty be taken off the table over comments made by Utah County Attorney’s Office spokesman Christopher Ballard to news outlets, arguing his public statements violated a pretrial publicity order.
Ballard had made statements about an inconclusive ballistics report referenced in a defense filing. Robinson’s lawyers have also appealed Graf’s ruling that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during the preliminary hearing.
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Graf also heard defense arguments during the evidentiary hearing that the video deposition of a key witness should not be admissible at trial, as the witness could not be cross-examined. It is not immediately clear if Twiggs is the key witness Robinson’s attorney is discussing.
The issues regarding Ballard speaking to the press and the key witness video deposition are expected to be settled by Graf on June 22.