Botham Jean's Family Recieves Almost $100 million in Civil Wrongful Death Verdict

The jury awarded Botham Jean’s family almost $100 million in the civil trial against former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger.

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The compensatory damages amount to $38.6 million, while the punitive damages

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are around $60 million.

Jurors found that Guyger acted with malice or recklessness in the 2018 shooting death of Botham Jean. The 26-year-old inadvertently entered Jeans apartment at the South Side Flats instead of her own and fatally shot him.

Guyger is in jail for 10 years for murder right now. She failed to show up for the trial.

The family was given $98,650,000, which was more than the $54,408,000 they were asking for.

Botham Jean’s Family Recieves Almost $100 Million in Civil Wrongful Death Verdict  was originally published on thebeatdfw.com