Family of inmate who died by suicide in Virginia jail gets $1.75 million settlement

By MATTHEW BARAKAT
Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The family of a man who died by suicide at a Virginia jail after his antipsychotic medication was discontinued has received a $1.75 million settlement in a civil lawsuit. Documents at federal court in Alexandria show that the family of Christopher Lapp, who died in 2021, accepted the settlement offer Thursday from a psychiatrist who worked at the jail and was the target of the suit. Lapp was being held at the Alexandria jail awaiting sentencing on a federal bank robbery charge when he died, even though a judge had ordered he be sent to a federal medical prison in North Carolina to continue receiving care. A federal judge excoriated Butner officials after Lapp’s death for refusing to accept him.