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King, wife file
$83 million clainl
By Rick Orlov
and Dawn Webber
Daily News Staff Writers
Rodney Glen King and his
wife filed a claim for $83 million
against the city of Los Angeles
Tuesday for injuries King suffered
in the videotaped beating
by police in Lake View Terrace
on March 3.
A police sergeant and three officers
pleaded not guilty in Los
Angeles Superior Court Tuesday
to assault and other felony
charges in the case. The defendants
will return to court Thursday
for scheduling of their trial,
possibly in late April.
The $83 million claim against
the city was filed by King's attorney
on behalf of King and his
wife, Crystal. If the city does not
respond to the claim in 45 days,
King can then file a lawsuit.
In his claim for King, attorney
Steven Lerman asked for
$81,050,000, with $56 million of
that for medical, pain, suffering
and future damages and an additional
$25 million for future
damages.
Crystal King asked for $2 million
for emotional and psycho-'
logical trauma and a loss of companionship
bee a use of her
husband's physical inability to
"interact with her and to establish
sexual relations," the claim
said.
Mike Qualls, a spokesman for
the City Attorney's Office, said
the claim will be reviewed by the
department's claim evaluatiorj
board and a decision will be
made on whether to try to settle
the case. If it is rejected - either
by the city or the Kings - the
case then· can go to trial. .•
Lerman said injuries suffered
by King included skull.fracturesr
permanent brain damage, several.
broken bones, and kidney, back
and eye damage. . , ·
Sgt. Stacey C. Koon, 40; and
officers Laurence M. Powell, 28;
Timothy E. Wind, 30; and Theodore
J. Briseno, 38, pleaded not.
guilty Tuesday after their attorneys
lost motions to dismiss the
indictment. ' ·
William Kopeny, an attorney
for Briseno, argued Tuesday that
the indictment should be dismissed
because it did not suffi;..
ciently detail the crimes the officers
are accused of committing: .·
· But Deputy District Attorney
·Terry White said outside tlie
courtroom that the videotape of
the incident shot by amateur
photographer George Holliday-·
was more than enough evidence
to indict the officers. ~
Koon, Powell, Wind and Bri~
seno were indicted by a Los An::
geles County grand jury on·
charges of assault with a deadly
weapon and unnecessarily beat:;
ing a person under color of au::
thority in the. March 3 arrest. of
King in Lake View Terrace:
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Date: DAILY NEWS
Edition: WED . 1 MAR 27 , 19 91
Front Section, Back Page
TihKING, WIFE FILE $83
MILLION CLAIM
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CIVIL RIGHTS
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