Lance Twiggs, a 22-year-old trans lover and former roommate of accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson, was granted limited immunity for statements he provided to prosecutors during an April interview.
Twiggs could become a key witness during a multi-day preliminary hearing scheduled for next month in Robinson’s murder case.
According to court filings, Twiggs met with prosecutors on April 20 and participated in a recorded interview about Robinson.
Portions of that interview could be presented to Utah Judge Tony Graf during the July hearing, the New York Post reported.
Prosecutors said messages exchanged between Twiggs and Robinson could also be introduced as evidence during the upcoming proceedings, according to court filings submitted Tuesday.
The filings state that Twiggs is expected to receive limited use immunity for his recorded statement, meaning the interview itself generally cannot be used against him in future criminal proceedings.
According to prosecutors, Twiggs reiterated during his April 20 interview statements he previously made to investigators following Kirk’s September killing.
Prosecutors said Twiggs told authorities that Robinson admitted to carrying out the shooting, said he concealed the firearm afterward, disposed of clothing connected to the incident and instructed Twiggs not to speak with law enforcement.
Robinson has been charged in the case, and the allegations outlined by prosecutors have not yet been tested in court, The Post noted.
Prosecutors disclosed the information while opposing a request by Robinson’s defense team to compel Twiggs to testify at the preliminary hearing.
According to court filings, prosecutors argued that Twiggs’ appearance was unnecessary because investigators already possess his recorded statements as well as screenshots of text messages exchanged between Twiggs and Robinson, as Fox News noted first.
Last week, Robinson was back in court as his defense team suffered another setback.
Judge Graf denied Robinson’s motion to stay the case until his defense appeals the judge’s earlier ruling to deny their motion to bar cameras from the courtroom.
Graf ruled that pretrial publicity does not automatically create an unfair trial, as U.S. Supreme Court precedent has established.
But he also said Robinson’s lawyers have not demonstrated a specific threat of harm or a “realistic likelihood of prejudice.”
“Electronic coverage and pre-trial publicity are things that you consider, but that doesn’t mean that Robinson’s preliminary hearing should be delayed any further,” Graf noted in his ruling.
“Defendant cannot show that a stay is necessary to prevent additional prejudice from media coverage of his preliminary hearing, when this Court has already found that he failed to show that a public preliminary hearing would prejudice him at all,” Deputy Utah County Attorney Christopher Ballard argued in a court filing.
“Nor can Defendant show that he is likely to prevail on appeal (assuming one is granted), or that a stay is not adverse to the public interest in the prompt disposition of criminal trials,” Ballard said.
“Moreover, there is no need for this Court to stay the proceedings pending disposition of the petition for interlocutory appeal. If the Utah Supreme Court concludes that such a stay is warranted, that court can stay the proceedings,” Ballard added.
Robinson was arrested in September 2025 in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University.
Ballard said much of the evidence prosecutors plan to present has already been made public and the Robinson defense has not shown a “realistic likelihood of prejudice” if the hearing were open to the public.
The preliminary hearing, which is an early stage of many criminal cases, has not yet taken place, and Robinson has not yet entered a plea.
Robinson’s attorneys have since filed an appeal with the Utah Supreme Court and then asked Graf to push back the hearing while they await a response.
