Jessica Long filed a lawsuit against the Shasta County Fair District and county officials after deputies used a search warrant to confiscate Cedar, her daughter’s goat.
Two years after the scandal erupted, Shasta County has agreed to pay $300,000 to the girl’s family to settle the legal dispute over the floppy-eared brown-and-white goat named Cedar.
Long took the goat away from the fair, offered to pay for the costs, and pleaded with fair officials to let her daughter keep Cedar.
Cedar, who was bought at the county fair for $902, was butchered, but it remains unclear who did it.
“But the $300,000 settlement with the County of Shasta and Shasta County Sheriff’s Office is the first step forward.”.
Long and her attorney reached out before the goat was butchered and told sheriff, fair and county officials they were disputing ownership of the goat.
Despite the partial settlement with Shasta County and the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office, the lawsuit is still ongoing. »
