In a text message on Friday, Elizabeth Tufts, a city spokesperson, confirmed the settlement. Tufts said the city’s insurer, Rhode Island Interlocal Trust, paid $200,000 of the sum, and the city itself paid $100,000. The lawsuit filed by Peter Broomfield came after Water Division chief Terry DiPetrillo pleaded no contest to a charge of simple assault — a misdemeanor — for slapping Broomfield, a billing dispatcher/city operations aide, in August 2023. “We are not commenting on the settlement at this time,” Tufts wrote. Advertisement Broomfield is no longer employed by the city, according to Tufts. Records show the lawsuit was...
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