CLEVELAND -- The widow of R&B singer, Sean Levert, has been awarded $4 million after suing Cuyahoga County for her husband's death while in jail.
Jail security cameras captured disturbing images of Levert strapped to a chair suffering from withdrawal from the anti-anxiety drug, Xanax.
Levert's attorney argued that jail staff deliberately refused Sean Levert his medication while the singer spent 2-weeks in the jail in 2008.
The coroner says Xanax withdrawal contributed to Levert's death.
A magistrate settled the suit Wednesday before it went to trial.
"No amount of money will bring my husband back. No matter what amount of money they offered would be enough. I believe the county and staff were fair to my family. Now I must move on and take care of my sons," said Angela Lowe, Levert's widow.
Lowe says she will press state lawmakers to pass "Sean's Law". It would create a uniform standard for administering prescription drugs to inmates in jails across Ohio.
The 39-year-old Levert was jailed on March 24, 2008, for owing nearly $90,000 in child support. He died six days later.
He was a member of the 1980's R&B trio LeVert and the son of O'Jays lead vocalist, Eddie Levert.
Jail security cameras captured disturbing images of Levert strapped to a chair suffering from withdrawal from the anti-anxiety drug, Xanax.
Levert's attorney argued that jail staff deliberately refused Sean Levert his medication while the singer spent 2-weeks in the jail in 2008.
The coroner says Xanax withdrawal contributed to Levert's death.
A magistrate settled the suit Wednesday before it went to trial.
"No amount of money will bring my husband back. No matter what amount of money they offered would be enough. I believe the county and staff were fair to my family. Now I must move on and take care of my sons," said Angela Lowe, Levert's widow.
Lowe says she will press state lawmakers to pass "Sean's Law". It would create a uniform standard for administering prescription drugs to inmates in jails across Ohio.
The 39-year-old Levert was jailed on March 24, 2008, for owing nearly $90,000 in child support. He died six days later.
He was a member of the 1980's R&B trio LeVert and the son of O'Jays lead vocalist, Eddie Levert.
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