Appeals court sides with city in suit brought by Cleotha Abston victim
The Tennessee Court of Appeals sided with the City of Memphis in a lawsuit brought by Alicia Franklin whom Cleotha Abston, pictured, raped in 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has sided with the City of Memphis in a lawsuit brought by a woman whom Cleotha Abston raped in 2021.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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