Jesse Ventura Going After Slain Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle's Widow in Court

Taya Kyle. (NBC DFW)

Noted 9/11 truther Jesse Ventura has figured out a way to continue his defamation lawsuit against deceased U.S. sniper Chris Kyle: Sue Taya Kyle, the slain former SEAL�s widow.

�Lawyers for Ventura have asked a federal court to continue his lawsuit against Chris Kyle�by substituting Kyle�s wife, Taya, as the defendant,� the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.

Kyle was killed in February when he was shot to death by a former U.S. Marine suffering from PTSD.

Ventura, most famously known for dying 45 minutes into �Predator,� claimed last year Kyle's book, �American Sniper,� wrongly accused him of starting a California bar fight.

�Although Kyle is deceased, his �American Sniper� book continues to sell and it is soon to be made into a movie,� said Ventura�s motion.

The former wrestler�s lawyer added: Because Kyle�s accusation survives his death, �it would be unjust to permit the estate to continue to profit from Kyle�s wrongful conduct and to leave Governor Ventura without redress for ongoing damage to his reputation.�

Ventura�s lawsuit stems from a claim Kyle made while promoting his book.

Chris Kyle (l) and Jesse Ventura (r). (Getty Images)

The former SEAL said Ventura bad-mouthed and degraded the U.S. military in front of a group of SEALs. Kyle�s accusation, if true, is all the more egregious considering the fact that the SEALs had converged on that particular spot to commemorate the loss of a comrade who died throwing himself on a grenade.

�He was bad-mouthing the war, bad-mouthing (former President) Bush, bad-mouthing America,� Kyle told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly.

�He told us that we were killing innocent people over there, men women children, that we were murders,� Kyle continued, adding that he asked the B-list actor to tone down the truther rhetoric just a tad.

�And then he said that we deserved to lose a few guys,� O'Reilly said.

Kyle said he responded by laying out Ventura.

�That happened? You knocked him out?� O'Reilly asked.

�Well, I knocked him down.�

Taya�s attorney on Wednesday responded to the motion, filing an official response and saying that Ventura�s move comes as �a disappointment, but no surprise.�

�Continuing this action will serve no useful purpose,� wrote Kyle�s attorney, �and likely will promote public perception of Jesse Ventura as someone who has little or no regard for the feelings and welfare of surviving family members of deceased war heroes.�

The Star Tribune reports that a hearing is slated for June 17 in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

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