Ex-law officer, Castile girlfriend settle lawsuit over tweet
Tom McBroom[City of Elysian]
A former Minnesota law officer and the girlfriend of Philando Castile have settled a defamation lawsuit over a tweet he sent in 2017 suggesting she would spend her settlement money on crack cocaine.
Court records confirm Diamond Reynolds has settled her lawsuit against former Rice County sheriff’s deputy Tom McBroom. Reynolds livestreamed the aftermath of Castile’s fatal shooting by a police officer in 2016.
Deputy whose tweets about Diamond Reynolds sparked anger has been demoted
She received an $800,000 settlement in November 2017 in the shooting. McBroom tweeted that Reynolds’ settlement would be "gone in 6 months on crack cocaine." She contended the tweet was defamatory, false and racially motivated. Reynolds is Black while McBroom is white.
The terms of the settlement were not released.