A South Carolina woman is suing her county and a tax assessor that allegedly slapped her after she questioned her property tax bill last year.
In November 2025, Christie Culbreath visited the office of Benjamin “Gerry” Coleman, a tax assessor for Edgefield County with some pointed questions about what she thought was an excessive tax bill. During the conversation, she started video recording Coleman on her phone after she said she was worried he may become hostile, WRDW reported.
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The video broadcast by the local outlet shows Coleman’s arm swinging in Culbreath’s direction just as he instructed her to leave his office, per WRDW.
Culbreath’s lawsuit, filed on Oct. 16, states that she was struck by Coleman multiple times and that another worker in the office had to intervene to separate them after yelling, “Mr. Gerry, stop!”…