Kansas City Taxpayers on the Hook for $900K Settlement with City Employee

Kansas City taxpayers on the hook for $900K settlement with city employee

Kansas City taxpayers are on the hook for $900,000 after the city agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the former city social media manager.

Kansas City Pays $900K Settlement Over Butker Tweet Fallout

Kansas City will pay April Leonard $900,000 after she says she was wrongly blamed for a viral Harrison Butker post and faced online harassment.

Mean Tweet & Butker Fan Trolling Cost Kansas City $900K

Let's start with context the a real world glimpse at keyboard warrior consequences for local taxpayers . . . Remember that this hot mess began on May 15, 2024, when the official Kansas City X (formerly Twitter) account posted, "Just a reminder that Harrison Butker lives in the City of Lee's Summit".The post was a direct reaction to a controversial commencement address given by Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker at Benedictine College, where he critic…