Under the settlement, RISP, without acknowledging any wrongdoing, agreed to pay $65,000 in damages and attorneys’ fees and to adopt a policy that establishes due process procedures that must be followed in excluding individuals from the casino. The lawsuit alleged that the exclusion order was in retaliation for her refusing to work as an informant for the GEU.

The order provided no explanation for the basis of her exclusion and did not provide any avenue to appeal the decision. Musgrave, the Gambling Enforcement Unit (GEU) of the RISP issued an order barring the employee from the premises of the casino in Lincoln, where she worked as a cocktail waitress.

The ACLU of Rhode Island announced the favorable settlement of a five-year-old lawsuit against the RI State Police (RISP) for retaliating against a Twin River Casino employee who declined to serve as an informant in a criminal gambling investigation.Īccording to the lawsuit filed in 2017 in federal court by ACLU of RI cooperating attorney James A.