Two Florida sheriff's deputies have been disciplined after an investigation found they shared news of actor and comedian Bob Saget's death with family or friends before law enforcement had notified Saget's family, according to an investigative report.
According to the investigative report, in the hours after Saget was found unresponsive and law enforcement was conducting its investigation, Orange County deputy Emiliano Silva, who was among the first to respond to the hotel, apparently sent a text message to his brother about Saget's death, who in turn shared the news in a since-deleted tweet.
The deputy did not know his brother shared the news on Twitter until he was shown a screenshot forty minutes later, the report said. He was upset and asked his brother to delete the tweet. However, by that time, other media outlets began to inquire about Saget's reported death, the report said.A second deputy, identified as Steven Reed, was not on duty or part of the investigation at the hotel, but was informed of Saget's death by another Orange County deputy.