The mother of George Floyd's daughter, Roxie Washington, has sued rapper Kanye West for $250 million after he claimed the 46-year-old died of drug abuse instead of being killed by a police officer.
Last Saturday, on the "Drink Champs" podcast, West claimed that Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose. However, experts have proven that the immediate cause of Floyd's death was cardiac arrest due to the inability to breathe freely.
The attorneys representing Roxie Washington state: "The cause of Mr. Floyd's death has been well established through the evidence presented to the courts during the criminal and civil trials. However, you have maliciously made statements that are inaccurate and baseless, causing damage to Mr. Floyd's property and his family."
In May 2020, Floyd's death sparked international protests and sparked a global conversation about police brutality in the US after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin placed his knee on an unarmed George Floyd's neck for a total of nine minutes and 29 seconds during an arrest. .
In April 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of three counts of murder and is now serving two prison terms of more than 22 years. Three other officers involved in the incident received lighter sentences.
