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Diamond Tankard Released on Bond After Nashville Walmart Assault

Video footage with eyewitness testimony links Tankard to the July 18 Walmart incident, yielding charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon alongside theft.

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Diamond Tankard poses in a booking photo on July 18, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Metro Nashville Police Department via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Tankard is accused of grabbing a customer from behind at a Nashville Walmart self-checkout and striking her with a sock filled with rocks.
  • Tankard is the granddaughter of gospel jazz producer Ben Tankard and appeared on Bravo’s reality series Thicker Than Water from 2013 to 2016.
  • Video footage confirms she took the victim’s $1,500 iPhone 14 and $900 Louis Vuitton handbag while eyewitnesses noted the victim sustained a cut above her left eye.
  • She was formally charged on July 19 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft of property, according to Davidson County court records.
  • Tankard posted a $25,000 bond and is scheduled to return to Davidson County Court on August 22.