Stanley Wilson Jr.’s Family Claims Law Enforcement Beat Ex-NFLer Before Death

Stanley Wilson Jr.‘s household claims the ex-NFL participant did not merely collapse and die whereas in police custody final month … they imagine he was truly overwhelmed by regulation enforcement officers earlier than he handed away.

The legal professional representing Wilson Jr.’s household, John Carpenter, mentioned at a information convention on Tuesday photographs of Wilson Jr.’s physique present the Detroit Lions cornerback was a sufferer of extreme drive earlier than he died all of a sudden at a Los Angeles County psychological hospital on Feb. 1.

Carpenter mentioned photos of abrasions on Wilson Jr.’s head seem to indicate he was kicked or stomped. Images of markings on his wrist, in the meantime, appear to disclose he was cuffed on the time of the assault, Carpenter mentioned.

Wilson Jr.’s mother, Dr. D. Pulane Lucas, mentioned county officers had instructed her the previous soccer participant had collapsed and fallen out of a chair whereas going by means of the consumption course of at Metropolitan State Hospital earlier than he died. But, Carpenter mentioned the photographs present a “stark contrast to what we’ve been hearing.”

Carpenter filed three claims in opposition to L.A. County on Tuesday morning over all of it — one on behalf of Wilson Jr.’s mom, one on behalf of his father, and one on behalf of his property — asking for damages in extra of $45 million.

“The County has grossly misrepresented the cause and circumstances of Stanley Wilson Jr.’s death,” the legal professional mentioned within the court docket filings.

Carpenter added through the information convention that he has but to obtain Wilson Jr.’s post-mortem outcomes.

As we reported, Wilson Jr. had been in custody following his vandalism arrest again in August … however after he was declared incompetent to face trial — he was transferred from county jail to the Metropolitan State Hospital, the place officers say he died.

Law enforcement sources instructed us on the time foul play was not suspected.