2026: $100 million lawsuit over the May 2025 prison attack
Rolling Out reports he sued the warden, the state corrections department and about 50 officers.
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Rolling Out reported on October 19, 2026 that Lanez filed a civil suit in April 2026 against the warden of California Correctional Institution, the California Department of Corrections and about 50 correctional officers, seeking roughly $100 million over the May 12, 2025 stabbing. He argues he and the attacker should not have been housed together and that staff were absent.
Warden Thomas Valdez has filed documents denying liability. As of the report, there was no ruling on whether the claims can go ahead. The article does not name the court.
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