Monday, June 09, 2025

Feds settle lawsuit in the death of Ashli Babbitt including an about $5 million payout. Former attorney claims he is owed 40%

Good news! 

How much is the current attorney owed? The article says Judicial Watch handled the case pro bono.

"Nearly four and a half years after Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. Capitol, her husband on June 6 signed an agreement to settle his $30 million wrongful-death suit against the federal government.

The agreement includes a $4.975 million payout. Other terms were not immediately announced. ...

Twenty-five percent of the lawsuit settlement will be held in a trust account against any possible award to Babbitt’s former attorney, Terrell N. Roberts III. Roberts asked to intervene in the lawsuit earlier this year, claiming he is owed 40% of any settlement amount. ...

Despite repeated corporate media claims to the contrary, Judicial Watch handled the wrongful-death lawsuit pro bono. ...

The suit also claimed the Capitol Police department was negligent in its supervision of Byrd, who has a long disciplinary history that includes firing his pistol into a fleeing vehicle near his home in 2004 and leaving his gun on a toilet tank in the Capitol Visitor Center. ..."

Feds settle multimillion-dollar lawsuit in the death of Ashli Babbitt | Blaze Media "Settlement brings a measure of justice to Aaron Babbitt and Ashli’s mother, Micki Witthoeft."

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