A family is suing Rogers County after inmate Lorri Tedder died from a brain injury after being in jail in 2019. 

 At the time, The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and Rogers County investigators said the injury was self-inflicted but Tedder's family filed the lawsuit on Wednesday against the Rogers County Commissioners, the sheriff, and the jail staff, blaming them for Tedder's death.

"It is not textbook by any stretch of the imagination," said attorney Chris Hammons. Hammons is representing Tedder and her family. He filed s 93-page lawsuit on Wednesday over Tedder's death. In the lawsuit, the family is asking for $75,000 if this case goes to trial. 

"This wasn't a lady that committed a crime Lorri Tedder did not commit a crime she did have a mental health crisis and she essentially received a death sentence for that mental health crisis," Hammons explained. 

Tedder had been arrested by Catoosa Police running around the Hard Rock Casino, screaming and wearing nothing but a bra and jeans. Investigators say Tedder died from a self-inflicted brain injury when Tedder hit her head. Sheriff Scott Walton previously said his jail staff was textbook with how they handled Tedder.

Hammons disagrees and says jail staff used too much force. "She is put into what's called 'the prone position' you've seen with George Floyd, William Jeanette in Tennessee, and Tony Timpa in Dallas," Hammons added. 

Hammons says he doesn't want to force the case to go to trial but instead hopes to work with the county.

"I would like to see them maybe use Lorri's situation as a training tool and get a positive out of it. But I tell you I have never had anybody take me up on those offers," Hammons admitted. 

News on 6 called Sheriff Scott Walton and he said he's not able to comment at this time. No one from the Rogers County Commissioners responded.