Navy SEAL who killed Osama Bin Laden celebrates wedding anniversary days after assault arrest
Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Celebrates Wedding Anniversary Days After Arrest For Assault
- Robert O’Neill, 47, was arrested Wednesday in Frisco, Texas for assault and drunkenness
- On Saturday he celebrated his fifth wedding anniversary and thanked his wife Jessica for ‘putting up with me’
- O’Neill has said he was the Navy SEAL who fatally shot Osama Bin Laden during the attack on his complex in Pakistan in 2010.
The Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama Bin Laden has thanked his wife on their wedding anniversary for “putting up with me,” days after he was arrested for assault and drunkenness.
Robert O’Neill, 47, who takes credit for firing the shots that killed the former al-Qaeda leader in a 2010 raid, was arrested Wednesday in Frisco, Texas, where he recorded a podcast in a cigar lounge.
He was put in jail in Collin County and released on $3,500 bail.
On Saturday, he posted a series of photos on Instagram in honor of his wedding anniversary.
The army veteran married Jessica in Cape Cod in August 2017, and the couple honeymooned in Bora Bora.
Happy Birthday @Jessicalynneoneill. Thanks for sticking with it! I love you,” he captioned photos of his wedding and honeymoon.
Robert O’Neill celebrated his fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday and thanked his wife Jessica for “putting up with me.” The couple is pictured honeymooning in Bora Bora
Details of the incident were not disclosed, but records show he was held in jail in Collin County and released on $3,500 bail.
The case is not O’Neill’s first run-in with the police since he became famous for his role in Operation Neptune Spear to assassinate bin Laden. In 2016, he was arrested in Montana for drunk driving, but prosecutors later dropped the charges. Pictured: his mugshot from 2016
Robert J O’Neill, 47, who takes credit for firing the shots that killed the former al-Qaeda leader during a 2010 raid, was arrested Wednesday in Frisco, where he had been recording a podcast in a cigar lounge. Pictured with wife Jessica in 2017
The case is not O’Neill’s first run-in with the police since he became famous for his role in Operation Neptune Spear to assassinate bin Laden.
In 2016, he was arrested in Montana for drunk driving, but prosecutors later dropped the charges.
He has become a podcaster and commentator on military issues.
In May, O’Neill expressed outrage at the US Navy using a drag queen for a discarded recruiting program.
O’Neill, who was a member of SEAL Team Six for eight years, said on Twitter that he “can’t believe he fought for this bulls**t.”
‘Agree. The US Navy is now using a sailor Drag Queen as a recruiter,” he wrote. ‘I’m ready. China is going to destroy us.’
Osama Bin Laden was the head of al-Qaeda and was the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks
Former SEAL squad member Robert O’Neil has become a podcaster and commentator on military issues.
The tweet O’Neill sent has been viewed more than a million times
O’Neill was referring to Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, who announced on TikTok in November that she would become the Navy’s first “digital ambassador.”
Kelley was tasked with highlighting her journey from performing on board from 2018 to becoming an “advocate” for those who were “oppressed in the service for years.”
A Navy spokesperson later said the digital ambassador program was a pilot that ended in March 2023.
The program Kelley was a part of ran from October 2022 to March 2023 and was designed to “explore the digital environment to reach a broad range of potential candidates” for military recruiting.