The family of Irvo Otieno has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state of Virginia, Henrico County and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining him.
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"The family is pleased that they were able to find a resolution outside of court in a manner that honors Irvo s life,” said civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who represents the family.
The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state and the county and sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining him. A judge approved the out-of-court wrongful death settlement Tuesday, according to an agreement filed in Henrico County Circuit Court. Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died in March after being pressed to the floor of Central State Hospital for about 11 minutes by a group of Henrico County sheriff’s deputies and hospital employees.
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