The man named "Biggles" lived long enough to get married to his girlfriend and have a fulfilling life, despite being blind in both eyes due to his injuries. He died while undergoing surgery. In the book, Chris Kyle takes him to a bar, where they allegedly overhear Jesse Ventura. Biggles asks Kyle to introduce him to Ventura, who refuses. After a while, Ventura is talking loudly against the war and President George W. Bush. Kyle asks him nicely to stop it. After Ventura keeps on, Kyle punches him out. Kyle never named Ventura, only provides a description, and later versions of the audiobook have omitted that section. In later interviews, Kyle admitted it was Ventura. Ventura maintains he never would have said that, and that it didn't happen. Ventura then sued Kyle, and, to much controversy, Kyle's estate after he died for defamation. He won, but in a second hearing, a massive fine for profiting from Ventura's name was dropped, but a fine of five hundred thousand dollars for damages was approved, which resulted in a settlement for an undisclosed amount.