City makes claims about Nichols, family in new court filing
RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, addressed the media Oct. 3, 2024, after the jury found three former Memphis Police Department officers guilty on some of the federal charges they faced for their roles in the death of her son. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Attorneys for the City of Memphis alleged Friday, Nov. 15, that the mother of Tyre Nichols’ son received $400,000 from attorneys representing Nichols’ mother for relinquishing her right to administer his estate, according to a new court filing.
The filing also claims the woman, Morgan Jackson, said in a deposition that Nichols was physically abusive toward her.
A statement from the Wells’ family civil legal team disputed the source of the payments and said they were made by private citizens via GoFundMe. It also denounced the city’s move to publicize information from the depositions.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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