 He initially considered dropping the suit, but said several retired Navy SEALs (including the owner of McP's) demanded that he pursue it, which he did after Kyle failed to agree to a settlement in which he would state that the incident had not happened.In a motion filed by Kyle's attorney in August 2012 to dismiss two of the suit's three counts, declarations by five former SEALs and the mothers of two others supported Kyle's account.But in a motion filed by Ventura, Bill DeWitt, a close friend of Ventura and former SEAL who was present with him at the bar, suggested that Ventura interacted with a few SEALs but was involved in no confrontation with Kyle and that Kyle's claims were false.