alec baldwin him accusing him of falsely claiming the marine sister, royce mccollum, was a january 6th rider, which he says is absolutely not true. the lawsuit stems from a post that baldwin shared on instagram earlier this month. that is after he gave $5,000 to the widow of riley to help with their newborn daughter, but after baldwin discovered that mccallum's sister was pictured at the washington monument on january the 6th, baldwin rode to her, "when i sent the money for your late brother out of real respect for his service to this country, i did not know you were a january 6th rider. royce mccollum then responded, protesting is perfectly legal in the country and i have already had my sit down with the fbi, thanks, have a nice day. baldwin then went on to repost the photo and call royce an insurrectionist, to his 2.4 million instagram followers, which prompted a wave of hateful comments.