Prison warden combating $100 Million lawsuit over stabbing of rapper Tory Lanez

California Correctional Institution Warden Thomas Valdez has denied accountability for the jail assault on the centre of Tory Lanez’s lawsuit searching for roughly $100 million in damages.

According to courtroom paperwork obtained by TMZ, Valdez disputed allegations that his actions induced the rapper’s accidents or violated his rights. His submitting as an alternative attributed accountability to Lanez and correctional officers. Valdez acknowledged that fellow inmate Santino Casio attacked Lanez with an improvised weapon whereas they have been housed on the similar facility.

Lanez argues that they need to not have been positioned in the identical unit due to Casio’s alleged historical past of violence. The rapper filed the lawsuit towards the California Department of Corrections, Valdez and 50 correctional officers, alleging that officers failed to offer enough supervision and safety. Lanez was taken to hospital after the assault, having reportedly sustained 14 wounds and two collapsed lungs.

His lawsuit alleges that officers have been absent when they need to have been supervising the realm and that jail authorities confirmed deliberate indifference to violence throughout the facility. Valdez rejects these allegations and maintains that he’s not legally answerable for the accidents Lanez suffered.