The family of Dwight Howard‘s baby momma is suing an apartment rental company in Calabasas, California after claiming that water leaking from a broken toilet caused her death back in late March of 2020.
According to legal documents, the NBA star’s former partner Melissa Rios — with whom he had son David — is the focus of the lawsuit filed by her family.
The legal filing claims the company ASN Calabasas is responsible for dangerous plumbing issues inside an apartment that allegedly contributed to Rios’ death. Related: Missing Family Found Dead In Car Crash, Had Been Stuck In Bottom Of Ravine For 2 Weeks Per The Blast, the suit alleges that persistent plumbing issue inside Rios’ apartment’s bathroom “caused and contributed to the death” of the woman, who reportedly slipped and fell.
Claiming the company is responsible for the leaky plumbing issues within the rental unit, the lawsuit reads: And it goes on, explicitly claiming that the broken toilet in the rental unit directly led to the tragedy: As The Blast notes, the lawsuit is surprising, because prior reports of Melissa’s death had claimed she died as a result of an epileptic seizure.
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