Tyler Robinson hearing to be shown footage from trans lover after dramatic first day that saw judge recoil and Erika Kirk leave when evidence became too much: Live updates

Prosecutors are expected to present a recorded statement from Tyler Robinson’s roommate and lover as a weeklong preliminary hearing continues Tuesday.

If prosecutors follow the order of an exhibit list they submitted earlier this year, they will present a video from the Washington County sheriff’s office from September 11 – the day Robinson turned himself in – and recorded testimony from Robinson’s roommate, Lance Twiggs.

Prosecutors allege Robinson confessed in a note left for his roommate, who was also his romantic partner, that read: ‘I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.’

Robinson also reportedly texted his roommate that he targeted Kirk because he ‘had enough of his hatred,’ prosecutors have said.

Last month, Judge Tony Graf ruled that Twiggs, who is transgender and goes by the name ‘Luna,’ does not have to testify in person at the preliminary hearing.

Twiggs has never been charged or implicated in the shooting, and has instead cooperated with authorities.

Pictured: Lance Twiggs

Donald Trump Jr and his wife, Bettina Anderson Trump, showed up to Tyler Robinson’s Utah hearing on Monday.

They reportedly had lunch with Erika Kirk during the break.

The president’s son once said Charlie Kirk was ‘like a brother’ to him, and spoke at the conservative activist’s funeral.

In December 2025, Kirk’s wife Erika and Trump Jr. shared the stage as key speakers at the Turning Point USA Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

Charlie Kirk’s accused killer Tyler Robinson was seen laughing in court as the conservative star’s widow Erika wept just feet away.

Robinson’s defense attorney Richard Novak was overheard laughing after Judge Tony Graf said that no cameras would be allowed in the courtroom on Monday.

The media request for still cameras inside of the court was not sent on time before the hearing kicked off.

After Graf’s declaration, Novak told Fox News Digital: ‘Well, you’ve got to do things on time.’

Erika Kirk, dressed in all black, faced her husband’s alleged murderer for the first time Monday morning as he appeared before a judge for a five-day preliminary hearing.

She had burst into tears before the hearing even started, according to the Daily Mail’s reporter in the courtroom.

Erika was rushed out of court after a police officer who responded to husband Charlie’s murder scene testified about the chaos that unfolded in the moments after he was fatally shot.

A Utah judge visibly winced watching previously unseen footage of Charlie Kirk’s killing as his alleged assassin Tyler Robinson had the first day of his preliminary hearing.

State District Judge Tony Graf was seen on camera in a Provo courtroom watching the footage.

As Kirk is shot in the footage, you can witness Graf affected by what he’s just seen. The entire courtroom was silent as it played.

The moment came after a somewhat chaotic day in court as Robinson was at one point seen laughing as the Kirk’s widow Erika wept just feet away.

The judge overseeing Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearings refused to consider footage put forward by prosecutors because it had been edited.

Utah District Court Judge Tony Graf rejected the compilation footage presented by the prosecution on Monday, which were intended to form a key part of the state’s evidence against Robinson, 23, the accused killer of activist Charlie Kirk.

The video was a compilation of surveillance footage allegedly showing Robinson visiting the UVU campus four times before the shooting, which prosecutors had altered by zooming in at places and drawing circles around certain items.

The judge said he was ‘concerned’ that the video had been edited, saying that an exhibit that has been altered ‘can become problematic’ after it is presented to a jury.