Dallas County commissioners unanimously approved a $25,000 settlement to end a lawsuit in which a man accused a sheriff’s deputy of violating his privacy by livestreaming a March 2021 traffic stop.
Earlier this year, Torry Osby, a Tarrant County resident, sued Dallas County and Deputy Francisco Castillo. In the lawsuit, Osby said Castillo livestreamed — without his consent — an encounter on March 2, 2021, when he was pulled over for speeding.
Osby was let go with a warning, but he later learned that his information was streamed to more than 100 people after someone who watched Castillo’s TikTok and saw Osby’s driver’s license information contacted him, the lawsuit alleged.
Osby’s lawyers had said their client did not consent to the livestreaming of the stop. They also said Castillo initiated the traffic stop for likes and views on the social-media platform.
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department previously said Castillo was suspended without pay for two days as a result of an investigation into the encounter.