-- Jerry Lawler continues to go into more details regarding the sudden death of his son, Brian Christopher Lawler, on July 29 including why he doubts the official report that the death was due to suicide via hanging.
-- Speaking to WMC Action News in Memphis, Lawler and his attorney laid out a "disturbing trail of puzzling occurences" that ultimately led to the death of Christopher. According to Lawler, he doesn't believe his son hung himself and points to communication from witnesses and other inmates that paint a more questionable picture of the events leading up to the death.
-- While the county Sheriff has stated that Christopher was kept in solitary confinement after an early July arrest for DUI due to his "notoriety", Lawler says that he was with other inmates since he kept in contact with his son while he was jailed, speaking to him daily. Lawler adds that Christopher was only moved into a segregated cell after a fight with another inmate while playing cards. The fight reportedly left Brian with a head injury that required medical assistance that he didn't get at the jail and a few hours later, Lawler's fiancee received a call saying that Christopher had suddenly hung himself while in his cell.
-- Lawler is questioning the events as stated by law enforcement officials because he said he spoke to Christopher the day he died and he "talked perfectly normal, perfectly rational." Furthermore, the Sheriff's office indicated that Christopher used his shoelaces to hang himself, yet Lawler claims that injuries on him were not consistent with that sort of a hanging. Lawler also has said that 20 cameras inside the jail were not working, leaving no video evidence of the activities. Ultimately, Lawler's attorney states that he and his family want to know the truth about what happened to Brian Christopher and they won't quit until they figure that out.
-- The full article can be found here.
