Now, justice has been served. His widow has been awarded a judgment of $4 million for the fatal ordeal.
Levert was jailed at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland March 24, 2008, for failing to pay nearly $90,000 in child support. He died in jail six days later, which the coroner said was in part due to the violent withdrawal.
The settlement was reached late Wednesday between Cuyahoga County and a jail medical services contractor.
“No amount of money will bring my husband back,” Angela Lowe, Levert’s widow, told WKYC-TV. “I believe the county and staff were fair to my family. Now I must move on and take care of my sons.”
The station noted that Lowe plans to speak with state lawmakers about passing “Sean’s Law,” which would “create a uniform standard for administering prescription drugs to inmates in jails across Ohio.”
In 1995 Sean released his only solo album, Other Side. –gerald radford
