Tyler Robinson’s alleged confession note was briefly shown to the public in court Thursday despite a judge’s order barring any alleged confession from being broadcast before trial.
The mistake unfolded during a dramatic weeklong preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, 23, who faces the death penalty if convicted of fatally shooting conservative commentator Charlie Kirk before thousands of people at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025.
Prosecutors allege Robinson left a handwritten confession note beneath a computer keyboard for his roommate and former romantic partner, Lance Twiggs.
Earlier in the week, Judge Tony Graf ruled that any material prosecutors characterize as a confession could not be shown to the public before jury selection. Despite that order, two images of the note briefly appeared on the court’s livestream Thursday.
One image showed the partially burned note, while the other was an earlier photograph of the undamaged letter that investigators said was taken from Twiggs’ phone.
The images remained visible only briefly before Graf noticed the error and ordered them removed from the public feed.
According to court filings and the photographed letter, the note referred to Twiggs by the name “Luna,” which Twiggs told investigators was used only by some people in his life.
“If you are reading this per my text, then I am so sorry. I left the house this morning on a mission, and set an auto text,” the note read.
“I am likely dead, or facing a lengthy prison sentence. I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I took it. I don’t know if I will/have succeeded, but I had hoped to make it home to you.
“I wish we could have lived in a world where this did not feel necessary. I wish I could have stayed for you and lived our lives together.”
Twiggs confirmed during an April police interview that he found the note after Robinson directed him to look beneath the keyboard.
Thursday’s hearing also featured testimony from Twiggs’ recorded police interview, in which he claimed Robinson later admitted killing Kirk and expressed regret.
Twiggs told investigators Robinson texted him after the shooting and instructed him to check under the keyboard. The message immediately alarmed him, he said.
When Robinson returned home the following day, Twiggs said he paced around the apartment and avoided answering questions.
“I asked him in person if what he said he had done the night before was true. He said it was,” Twiggs said.
Twiggs claimed Robinson later confessed to carrying out the assassination, broke down crying, and said he wished he “had not done it” before telling him he planned to surrender to police.
The interview, recorded in April 2026, was played in court Thursday with several portions redacted following disputes between prosecutors and defense attorneys over what could be shown publicly.
Twiggs told investigators he met Robinson in 2023, and the pair later shared an apartment in St. George, Utah. He said they began a romantic relationship roughly two months after meeting.
According to Twiggs, Robinson left early on the morning of Kirk’s killing, saying he had a long workday ahead. Twiggs said he did not hear from him again until about 11 p.m., when Robinson sent the message directing him to the note hidden beneath the keyboard.
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