Inmate Jail Shower Slip Spurs $905K Suit Against Multnomah County

PORTLAND, OR – A man who slipped and fell in the shower at the Multnomah County Detention Center is suing the county because of the injuries. The inmate, 36-year-old Christopher Depue, is asking for $905,000.

Depue was arrested on Nov. 22, 2016 on a warrant out of Clackamas County that was issued because he had failed to show up to face charges of theft and trespassing.

His lawsuit, filed last month and first reported by the Oregonian, says that deputies took him to the shower and told him "to wash himself because he had dog feces on his pants."

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Depue says that there was no mat in the shower and he wasn't given a mat.

As a result, he says, he slipped and fell and tore his rectum.

Depue says that he "suffered physical injuries including pain, bruising, tearing, burning sensations, as well as fear and embarrassment."

The county has not yet filed a response to the suit.

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