Father of the Year seeks portion of payout money.
Father of Philando Castile wants a portion of settlement
By Associated Press | August 2, 2017, 12:50PM ETMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The father of Philando Castile, a motorist fatally shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer last summer, wants a portion of the $3 million settlement reached in his son’s death.
Phelix Frazier Sr. is serving a life term in federal prison on drug trafficking charges. The Star Tribune reported that Frazier has asked a judge to give him $500,000, disputing claims that he was absent from his son’s life.
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“It was not just Valerie’s [mom] loss,” he wrote. “On some level I believe I will miss Philando (more) than most because of what we ‘were not’ able to do together.”
Bennett [mom's atty] wrote in an affidavit that Frazier ran a heroin trafficking ring.
“Mr. Frazier is surely upset about what happened to Philando,” Bennett wrote. “But his meager relationship with Philando, hopes of running a successful modular home company, and desire to hire attorneys to help in additional appeals of his sentence do not entitle him to any portion of this judgment — let alone $500,000 — especially in light of what he was convicted of.”
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