Korchinski-Paquet fell from her balcony to her death after police were called to her High Park residence on May 27, 2020.
The dead woman, her mother and her brother had all called 911 because of a family dispute.
There was confusion — and conflicting stories — around the Toronto woman’s death right from the beginning and for several reasons, not least of which was that it happened only days after the killing of George Floyd, and in the midst of outraged demonstrations against the police.
The Special Investigations Unit was called in, but the police watchdog ultimately found there were no grounds to charge any of the officers involved.
Now a civil lawsuit has been launched by the family against the head of the SIU and the attending police officers, as well as the province’s attorney general, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Community Housing.
The $10 million lawsuit alleges Korchinski-Paquet’s relatives were given misleading information at the time of her death and as a result suffered severe emotional distress.
