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30. Family of Deceased Indigenous woman Suing Toronto police for 14 million

The family of an Indigenous woman that died in Toronto under suspicious circumstances is suing Toronto police for $14 million alleging the force was negligent in the events leading up to her death in April 2013 and during the subsequent police investigation that labeled it a suicide.

Cheyenne Fox’s family alleges Toronto police didn’t properly respond to two 911 calls prior to Fox’s death April 25, 2013 when she fell to her death from a 24th floor balcony of a Toronto condo according to a statement of claim filed in Peterborough court Friday and obtained by APTN National News.

None of the allegations have been proven in court and all defendents, including Toronto police, are expected to be served Monday.

The family also name, for the first time, the man last with Fox in the narrative obtained from the claim.

Fox died at about 11 p.m. that night, but the first 911 call came in at approximately 6 p.m. from someone who witnessed Fox jump from a moving taxicab on Highway 401.

It’s alleged she lept from the “still moving” cab because the driver was sexually assaulting her.

Two people stopped and picked her up on the side of the highway.

The document states they drove Fox to her destination at 80 Harrison Blvd. to meet an alleged “custumer” as she was working as a sex worker, potentially forced into it by a human trafficking ring.

The second 911 call came about two hours later at 8 p.m.

It was by the man she allegedly was going to meet – Bahram Sheibani, also named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Sheibani resided at unit 2419 of the Don Mills condo building and he allegedly called police upon Fox’s arrival who he claimed was intoxicated, trespassing and refusing to leave his place.

http://aptn.ca/news/2014/09/13/family-deceased-indigenous-woman-identify-alleged-killer-court-documents-suing-toronto-police-14-million/