Sean Edward Levert, 39
Cleveland, Ohio
March 30, 2008
Agencies: Cuyahoga County Corrections Center CCCC Ohio
Cause of death: Choking
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
Overview 
R&B singer Sean Levert entered the Cuyahoga County Jail on March 24 clutching the prescribed medication he took regularly for anxiety.
Jail staff took the bottle of Xanax away from him and failed to give him a single pill during the six days he was there, investigators said. Even when he began suffering horrifying delusions, he wasn't given his medication and never saw a doctor.
Instead, on March 30, jailers strapped Levert into a restraint chair, still fighting the monstrous visions in his head caused by withdrawal from the medication. Minutes later, the 39-year-old son of O'Jays star Eddie Levert stopped breathing. His heart then stopped and doctors couldn't save him.
Legal Action
April 2008 Family asks FBI to review death in jail
May 2008 Coroner
June 2010 Settlement $4million
Community and Family Efforts
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Additional Resources:
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- http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/settlement_reached_in_lawsuit.html added May 02, 2016 07:30
- http://6abc.com/archive/6172832/ added May 02, 2016 07:23
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Levert added May 02, 2016 07:21
- http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/rb-singer-sean-levert-dies-at-39-63000/ added May 02, 2016 07:21
- http://www.cbsnews.com/news/singer-sean-levert-dies-at-39/ added May 02, 2016 07:21
- http://www.legacy.com/ns/sean-levert-obituary/106694647 added May 02, 2016 07:18
- http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/11/post_15.html added May 02, 2016 07:05