Diamond Reynolds, who rose to international attention after livestreaming a police officer killing her boyfriend, Philando Castile, was sentenced Wednesday to a year of probation for assaulting a woman last year.
An emotional Reynolds said afterward that she hoped to move to Atlanta and pursue a number of business ventures, including fashion and a book and documentary about her life.
"She's happy that this is over and that she can move on with her life," said one of her attorneys, Karlowba Adams Powell.
A Ramsey County District Court jury convicted Reynolds, 28, in March of misdemeanor fifth-degree assault but acquitted her of felony second-degree and third-degree assault.
Reynolds livestreamed the July 6, 2016, shooting of Castile on Facebook. Castile, 32, was fatally shot during a traffic stop by then-St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who was acquitted in the case.
Reynolds and two other women were convicted of assaulting a woman in St. Paul more than seven months later, on Feb. 28, 2017, over a previous slight. Court documents said Reynolds and another woman "jumped" the victim in a parking lot and Reynolds assaulted the woman with a hammer. The victim's windshield also was damaged. A third woman pulled up in another vehicle and sprayed the victim with pepper spray. Reynolds' attorneys argued at trial that she wasn't at the scene.
Assistant Washington County Attorney Tom Wedes asked Ramsey County District Judge Elena Ostby to sentence Reynolds also to community service or 30 days in custody because she continued to deny involvement despite the "overwhelming" evidence.
Adams Powell argued for administrative probation, meaning Reynolds would report to the court instead of a probation officer. The judge denied that.
