Uncle Sam s owner Bret Frimmel claimed then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio defamed him and violated his rights during the raid in Phoenix, Arizona, seven years ago. He will receive a $5million payout.
Maricopa County has settled with Bret Frimmel, who claimed that the-then sheriff s office defamed him and violated his rights as it investigated if some of his workers used fraudulent IDs to get jobs.
Arpaio raided Frimmel’s restaurants and about 80 other businesses from 2008 through 2014 in investigations that led to the arrests of hundreds of immigrant workers under a law that made it a felony to use fake or stolen IDs to get jobs.
PHOENIX Maricopa County officials approved a settlement Wednesday with a restaurant owner in metro Phoenix who claimed in a lawsuit that then-Sheriff Joe .