Erika Kirk’s camp has forcefully rejected claims that she showed no signs of grief in the hours after her husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated – after allegations surfaced that she splurged at Alo Yoga shortly after the tragedy.
The grieving widow, who became a single mom of two following Charlie’s killing, is said to have splashed $1,000 on sportswear the morning after her husband was shot.
The claim, made by TikToker markosbits, saw the content creator tell his 900,000 followers that ‘someone who works at Alo’ emailed him a receipt from Erika’s account that was timestamped at 11.10am on September 11 – less than 24 hours after Charlie’s assassination.
‘That is not how shock works,’ the social media user said. ‘That is not how grief works for a normal person.’
As the post racked up immediate views, the claim was shut down by a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) staffer who wasted no time setting the record straight on what actually happened after Charlie was killed.
Taking to X, TPUSA staffer Elizabeth McCoy dispelled the allegation, explaining that Erika and her team immediately hopped on a plane to Utah after getting the unimaginable call – and brought no items with them on the flight.
‘We rushed from the office and into the airplane. We arrived in Utah with nothing but the clothes we were wearing. We were in those clothes all day at the hospital and slept in them that night,’ McCoy wrote on X.
Erika Kirk, the widow of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was recently accused of not grieving her husband because she spent $1,000 at Alo Yoga the morning after he was assassinated. Erika is pictured getting emotional at the State of the Union address
The accusation against Erica was levied by TikToker markosbits, who has nearly 900,000 followers and said an Alo Yoga employee sent him a photo of the receipt
Markosbits showed the photo of the receipt, which was timestamped to September 11 at 11.10am. Charlie was fatally shot the day before around 12.23pm
The couple with their two young children before Kirk’s assassination in September 2025
‘The next morning, our friend Stacy handed me her card, and I went out and picked up some items and toiletries for various team members and Erika. Alo was down the street,’ she continued.
McCoy added that in the TikToker’s video, the photo of the receipt had a timestamp of its own dated to March 10, which was about a week before the TikTok allegation was published.
‘That’s not a coincidence,’ the staffer wrote. ‘It’s a clear sign this was a planned, manufactured attack.’
‘To accuse Erika or anyone else of entertaining a “shopping spree” hours after her husband was brutally murdered is cruel and vicious,’ she concluded.
McCoy’s quick response to the video was reflective of a recent shift that Erika and her team have made when it comes to conspiracies and accusations surrounding Charlie’s assassination and his widow’s subsequent reaction.
For most of the six and a half months since Charlie’s death, Erika has remained silent about the rumors that have swirled online and been propagated by high-profile conservative conspiracists, including Candace Owens.
Owens has been releasing a podcast-style docuseries bashing Erika, whom she labeled ‘Bride of Charlie.’ The series so far boasts eight episodes, with each one receiving millions of views.
Owens’s anti-Erika clips began in late February, but represent the culmination of months of accusations levied against the widow, including implications that the widow conspired with other TPUSA leaders and even foreign governments to have Charlie killed.
Conservative conspiracist Candace Owens has spent months propagating online rumors about Erika, who sent Owens a cease-and-desist letter in January
Before Erika and TPUSA began sending cease-and-desists and combating online rumors, they practiced a strategy of silence to avoid fueling conspiracies. Erika is pictured with Charlie
Kirk and Owens maintained a close friendship for years during the early stages of Turning Point USA
In December, Fox News asked Erika about Candace Owens’s claims, to which she simply replied, ‘Just stop.’
The strategy of refusing to fuel conspiracies by acknowledging them backfired in some ways, as the widow’s silence was morphed into evidence against her by people questioning why she had not explicitly denied any accusations.
It appears that Erika and TPUSA have been shifting away from their previous strategy of silence, as in January, they began sending cease-and-desist letters to conspiracy theorists.
That month, Zach De Gregorio, a video podcaster who goes by Wolves and Finance online, as well as Owens, received the cease-and-desists.
Owens discussed the letter in a video and said: ‘It’s gay to send a legal letter. It’s very gay. You shouldn’t do it, especially when you can just pick up the phone and call someone.’
And on March 18, Collin Scott Campbell of Project Constitution was also sent a cease-and-desist, accusing him of defamation for making similar claims to Owens.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Alo Yoga and TPUSA for comment.
