A 21-year-old Tennessee woman with a past appearance on a Bravo reality show is facing serious charges after allegedly attacking a shopper inside a Walmart Supercenter in Antioch, Tennessee, and stealing her belongings.
Diamond Tankard was arrested Saturday by the Metro Nashville Police Department and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and theft. She has since been released on a $25,000 bond.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, the incident occurred Friday at the Walmart location in the Nashville suburb. Surveillance footage allegedly shows Tankard approaching a woman at the self-checkout line, grabbing her by the hair from behind, and physically assaulting her.
The victim’s grandmother, who was present during the incident, told police that Tankard used a “sock filled with rocks” to strike her granddaughter in the head. The victim suffered a visible laceration above her left eye and was transported to a hospital, where she received stitches.
Authorities say that after the alleged assault, Tankard stole the woman’s iPhone—valued at $1,500—and a Louis Vuitton handbag worth $900 before fleeing the store. Store staff provided video footage to law enforcement, which reportedly showed Tankard gathering items from the ground—believed to be the stolen property—before running from the scene.
Tankard was later identified from the footage and taken into custody. She is scheduled to appear in court on August 22.
Tankard previously appeared as a child on Bravo’s reality series Thicker Than Water, which featured her family, led by gospel-jazz musician Ben Tankard.
