'Jump-Kick Man' Identified as Career Criminal With an Open Domestic Violence Charge

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EXCLUSIVE: 'Jump-kick man' who was filmed kicking Kyle Rittenhouse in the head before the teen shot at him is revealed as a career criminal with an open domestic violence charge for 'throwing his girlfriend to the ground and attacking her'

A career criminal and convicted felon with an open domestic violence charge has claimed to be the unidentified male at whom Kyle Rittenhouse shot twice at close range but missed, on the night of August 25, 2020.

Rittenhouse has been charged with First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety of the man known in trial only as 'jump-kick man,' for the flying kick he took at the teenager's head as Rittenhouse was attacked minutes after he shot Joseph Rosenbaum dead.

Now Maurice Freeland, 39, has admitted that he was the one who kicked Rittenhouse in the head and narrowly avoided being shot as a result, after the then 17-year-old stumbled to the ground as he attempted to flee.

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Now it has emerged that the same is true of 'jump-kick man' who was on bond that night for an alleged assault on his girlfriend that included kicking her in the ribcage having thrown her to the floor.

Freeland made his claim to being the 'unidentified complainant,' in the second of the five counts over which the jury is currently deliberating, to local news website Wisconsin Right Now.

WISN 1130 talk radio host Dan O'Donnell broke the story that prosecutors had identified the man Tuesday, but did not name him.

It is not known when the state learned Freeland's identity, but it has been confirmed that he had wanted immunity before he would testify, and that Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger would not grant it.

Now DailyMail.com can reveal that the man he painted a hero was out on bond having been charged with Battery Domestic Abuse, Criminal Damage to Property Domestic Abuse and Disorderly Conduct Domestic Abuse for an incident that took place on March 23, 2020.

Court records obtained by DailyMail.com detail the night in question – a night during which Freeland and his partner Monalisa N McDuffie had both been drinking.

Police responded to a call about 'family trouble,' at approximately 12.19am.

McDuffie told officers that she taken Freeland's car keys early that evening 'believing neither [she nor he] were in a state that was safe to drive in.' Freeland 'became angry,' and, after a friend had driven them home, he became violent.

According to the criminal complaint, 'Maurice began to yell…and punched the drywall in multiple spots. The two began to 'tussle' and while this was occurring, Monalisa reported Maurice punched her three times in her chest, causing her pain.'

McDuffie told police that Freeland 'threw her to the ground and kicked her in her lower right ribcage…then began punching the television.'

She fled out of the back door, dropping her phone as she ran. She told police that as she did so Freeland 'yelled something to the effect of, 'you better run bitch, I'll kill you.'

Officers found 'fist-sized' holes in the drywall, blood on Freeland's knuckles and dried blood around the collar of McDuffie's shirt which 'appeared to be stretched out.'

It is just one of several open cases against Freeland whose record in Kenosha County spans 25 charges across more than 20 years in Kenosha County and includes acts of criminal violence, destruction of property, possession of controlled substances, traffic offenses, family court violations and escape from custody.

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