Overview

• The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, challenges Ohio State’s May decision to disenroll 19-year-old influencer Guy Christensen.
• The ACLU says Christensen’s posts were made off campus, did not incite or threaten unlawful violence, and did not reference the university or its community.
• The lawsuit alleges violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments for acting without a hearing and asks the court to declare the speech protected and order expungement of disciplinary records.
• Ohio State declined to comment on the pending case, with a spokesperson affirming the university’s commitment to protecting freedom of speech and expression.
• Christensen’s videos responded to the May 21 killings of two Israeli embassy staffers and later urged support for the accused gunman after he withdrew an earlier condemnation, while the university says it received numerous safety complaints from community members.