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Family reaches $8.5M settlement over man's death while being restrained at psychiatric hospital

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FILE - Caroline Ouko, mother of Irvo Otieno, holds a portrait of her son at the Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., March 16, 2023. The family of Otieno, 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, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP, File)
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Irvo Otieno

Overview

  • Man died while being handcuffed and pinned to the floor by deputies and hospital employees for around 11 minutes.
  • Man's death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
  • Initially 10 defendants were indicted on second-degree murder charges, but charges against two hospital employees were dropped.
  • Settlement states defendants deny liability but agreed to pay $8.5 million to man's family.
  • Settlement reached between family, state, county and sheriff involved in man's death.