 DeWitt's wife also said she did not witness a fight between Kyle and Ventura.While the lawsuit was ongoing in 2013, Kyle was murdered in an unrelated incident on February 2.In May, Ventura substituted Taya Kyle, the executor of Chris Kyle's estate, as the defendant, with his lawyers arguing that "it would be unjust to permit the estate to continue to profit from Kyle's wrongful conduct and to leave Governor Ventura without redress for ongoing damage to his reputation."