{"id":3047,"date":"2025-02-12T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T23:19:25","slug":"massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-in-wrongful-death-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/3047-massey-attorneys-announce-10-million-settlement-in-wrongful-death-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Massey Attorneys Announce $10 Million Settlement in Wrongful Death Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(FORMER DEPUTY AND MURDER SUSPECT SEAN GRAYSON)<\/p>\n<p>By BETH HUNDSDORFER<br \/>\nCapitol News Illinois<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com\">bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey\u2019s 37th birthday. Instead, it was the day her family\u2019s lawyers announced a $10 million settlement in their wrongful death lawsuit against Sangamon County and Sangamon County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The Sangamon County Board approved the settlement on Tuesday, seven months after a deputy shot the unarmed woman in her home near Springfield.<\/p>\n<p>(ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP AT RALLY IN HONOR OF SONYA MASSEY)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BEN-CRUMP-AT-SONYA-MASSEY-RALLY-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Massey family and their attorneys, Benjamin Crump and Antonio Romanucci, released a statement following the announcement: \u201cThe settlement reached by civil attorneys for the senseless death of Sonya Massey brings some measure of accountability and closure to those who loved her. But nothing can remove the persistent pain, frustration and grief caused by her senseless death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the early morning hours of July 6, Massey called 911 to report a prowler outside her home, setting in motion events that left Massey dying on her kitchen floor and former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson facing charges of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>In the days before, Massey was the subject of calls to police, including one from her mother about a mental breakdown; she told police Massey was acting like a \u201cparanoid schizophrenic.\u201d Dispatchers who sent Grayson to the home didn\u2019t relay that information and previous contacts with police and mental health professionals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/sonya-massey-mother-called-911-multiple-times-in-days-before-her-death-to-report-mental-health-crises\/\">Sonya Massey, mother called 911 multiple times in days before her death to report mental health crises<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grayson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/graysons-behavior-in-logan-county-led-superior-to-ask-how-are-you-still-employed-with-us\/\">employment record<\/a> came under scrutiny after the shooting, including that he had worked for six departments in four years and had two convictions for driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>A Capitol News Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/in-sangamon-county-grayson-wasnt-the-only-deputy-hired-with-a-dui-on-his-record\/\">investigation<\/a> also found the county hired other deputies with previous convictions for driving under the influence, including one who was involved in a single-car crash with a loaded gun and an alcohol level three times the legal limit while off duty from his job at another police department. He continues to work for the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson was fired after he was charged. He remains in Macon County Jail, awaiting an Illinois Supreme Court decision on his pretrial release. The trial court ordered him to remain in custody, but an appellate court later directed a reassessment of his threat to the public as a private citizen, rather than a police officer. Prosecutors appealed to the Illinois Supreme Court, which agreed to review the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Campbell, the former Sangamon County sheriff, announced he would retire after repeated requests for his resignation, including from Gov. JB Pritzker. Sangamon County then appointed the first woman to hold the sheriff\u2019s office \u2013 Paula Crouch.<\/p>\n<p>In the days following Massey\u2019s death, Crump urged <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/attorneys-for-sonya-masseys-family-call-for-legislative-change\/\">Illinois legislators<\/a> to take action, prompting bills sponsored by Sen. Doris Turner, D-Springfield, and Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago. The bills call for more robust background checks and greater sharing of law enforcement applicants\u2019 work and personal history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSonya\u2019s family believes that this type of background check would have raised numerous concerns about the officer who would later take her life, and in creating a more thorough hiring process in Illinois that tragedies like Sonya\u2019s can be prevented,\u201d according to Wednesday\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>The state also continues to test protocols and run pilot programs to implement the Community Emergency Services and Supports Act, or CESSA. The law requires mental health professionals, rather than police, to respond to 911 calls seeking help with mental and behavioral health concerns. The law was supposed to go into effect on July 1, 2022, but the deadline has been extended three times, as the Illinois Department of Human Services, State Police and multiple other agencies work through the logistics. It is currently set to go into effect July 1, 2025 \u2013 just days before the first anniversary of Massey\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/masseys-death-underscores-state-delay-in-launching-mental-health-response-program\/\">Massey\u2019s death underscores state delay in launching mental health response program<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of deadly force during that encounter is as stunning as it is deeply, deeply sad,\u201d the family\u2019s statement said. \u201cIt is the hope of Sonya\u2019s family that her death can bring change, and that the community will continue to say her name so no one ever needlessly losses their life again when all they are asking for is help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\">Capitol News Illinois<\/a>\u00a0is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(FORMER DEPUTY AND MURDER SUSPECT SEAN GRAYSON) By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com Wednesday would have been Sonya Massey\u2019s 37th birthday. 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