The family of former NFL player Stanley Wilson Jr. filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Wilson was beaten by Los Angeles County law enforcement officers before his sudden death in a correctional facility last month.
March 16, 2023, 8:30 PM UTCThe family of Stanley Wilson Jr. said that, before his death on Feb. 1, the 40-year-old ex-NFL player was beaten by Los Angeles County law enforcement officers. The family made the claim in a lawsuit for damages filed Tuesday to the county’s Board of Supervisors.
Wilson’s family was told different accounts of the circumstances surrounding their son’s death by the county’s coroner investigator, Carpenter said. The first was that he collapsed and died in his cell at Twin Towers, he said. Later, Carpenter said a second report stated that he died in the ambulance on the way to Metropolitan State Hospital, a psychiatric facility. Then the family was told that “he fell out of his chair,” and died as medical providers asked him intake questions, Carpenter said.
“We don’t know who was with him at the time when he died,” Carpenter said, “and we don’t know what attempts were made to save his life. But a healthy 40-year-old man should not have passed like that.” “We don’t know which one is the truth and that’s why we filed the claim,” Carpenter said, “so we can get to the bottom and find out the truth of the matter of what happened to Stanley Wilson Jr.”
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