LEVERT’S WIDOW WINS $4 MILLION OVER JAIL DEATH
The widow of R&B singer SEAN LEVERT has won a $4 million (GBP2.7 million) settlement in a lawsuit over the entertainer’s 2008 death in an Ohio jai l.
Angela Lowe filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cleveland prison off icials, accusing them of neglecting Levert’s medical needs, citing Levert was denied his prescribed anti-anxiety medication while behind bars for failing to pay $90,000 (GBP60,000) in child support.
Lowe reached an agreement with Cuyahoga County and a jail medical servi ces contractor in Cleveland federal court on Wednesday (16Jun10). The ter ms of the deal include no official admission of liability.
A coroner ruled Levert, the son of The O’Jays star Eddie Levert, had di ed of natural causes, citing lung disease, heart disease, high blood suga r and withdrawal from anti-anxiety drug Xanax as the reasons for his deat h.
Levert was 39 when he died.
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