Ex-NFL player Doug Martin's family sue Oakland police, allege restraint asphyxia in fatal mental health crisis

The household of erstwhile NFL moving backmost Doug Martin has sued the metropolis of Oakland, its constabulary section and an ambulance company, alleging their actions contributed to the circumstances surrounding his death.

In the suit, the precocious NFL star’s parents assertion constabulary played a relation successful the 36-year-old’s decease and allege paramedics failed to respond rapidly capable to calls for aesculapian care. Martin’s parents, Leslie and Douglas, filed the suit Tuesday successful U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

The suit states the plaintiffs judge Martin died from restraint asphyxia, which they allege was "caused by Oakland constabulary officers and the FALCK NORCAL paramedics’ nonaccomplishment to supply timely aesculapian care." He was aboriginal pronounced dormant astatine a hospital.

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Doug Martin of the Oakland Raiders carries the shot against the Los Angeles Chargers during the 2nd fractional of their NFL crippled astatine Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum successful Oakland, California, connected Nov. 11, 2018. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

Leslie called paramedics successful effect to her lad having a mental-health situation connected Oct. 18. Martin past fled and hid successful a neighbor’s location 2 doors away, wherever the Oakland Police Department recovered him successful the basement, according to the suit.

According to the suit, Leslie called paramedics Oct. 18 aft her lad began experiencing a mental-health crisis. Martin past near the location and hid successful a neighbor’s house. Oakland constabulary aboriginal located him successful the basement. Furthermore, the suit says instrumentality enforcement officers physically restrained Martin and placed him "face down portion 1 oregon much officers pressed connected his back." When officers turned Martin connected his side, helium was unresponsive, astatine which constituent the suit alleges that the officers thought helium was "sleeping oregon pretending to beryllium asleep."

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The suit besides alleges instrumentality enforcement restrained Martin, placed him "face down portion 1 oregon much officers pressed connected his back," and aboriginal recovered him unresponsive aft turning him connected his side. Officers believed Martin was "sleeping oregon pretending to beryllium asleep," the suit continued. It besides alleges that astatine slightest 1 serviceman requested aesculapian assistance portion Martin was inactive unresponsive.

The Martin household alleges the effect was not contiguous enough, claiming Falck Northern California paramedics arrived astir 15 minutes aft the telephone for work was made, per the suit. "When they arrived," the suit says, they "did not promptly supply aesculapian care."

Oakland Raiders moving backmost Doug Martin is tackled by Los Angeles Chargers information Jahleel Addae during an NFL crippled astatine Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum successful Oakland, California, connected Nov. 11, 2018. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

"They conscionable privation to cognize what happened," John Burris, a lawyer representing the family, told The Athletic. "Here’s a concern wherever the parent was calling for help. He was emotionally retired of it, and she was calling for help."

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"When you telephone for assistance and the constabulary come, it’s not a decease warrant. You don’t expect the idiosyncratic to die." Burris continued. He added that an autarkic pathologist, who was not named, told Martin’s parents that restraint asphyxia whitethorn person been their son’s origin of death.

Martin’s parents are seeking damages, including for wrongful death, infirmary and aesculapian expenses, coroner’s fees, ceremonial and burial expenses, nonaccomplishment of enactment and familial relationship, among respective others.

Burris noted that Martin’s parent sent her son’s encephalon to Boston, wherever the Boston University CTE Center is based, successful an effort to larn whether helium developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a illness that tin beryllium diagnosed lone aft death. While the pathologist told Burris that a CTE uncovering "really has nary effect arsenic it relates to the origin of death," Burris said the household is seeking a clearer representation of Martin’s encephalon health.

An Oakland Police patrol car is parked successful beforehand of the Oakland Police office successful Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Oakland Police Department has a argumentation of not publically commenting connected pending litigation. Fox News Digital was referred to the Oakland metropolis attorney’s office, which besides did not connection remark connected the case. Representatives for Falck Northern California could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

Martin, an Oakland native, closed retired his NFL vocation with the then-Oakland Raiders successful 2018. Before that, helium spent six seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who selected him successful the archetypal circular of the 2012 NFL Draft.

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He received a four-game suspension successful 2016 for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. After investigating affirmative for Adderall, Martin revealed plans to participate a attraction program.

Martin finished his NFL tally with much than 5,300 rushing yards and was named to 2 Pro Bowl teams. He played assemblage shot astatine Boise State.

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