The U.S. government will pay $4.1 million to avoid a lawsuit against federal agents who forgot about a UC San Diego student left in a holding cell for days without food or water.
Daniel Chong, at a press conference on May 1, 2012, where he made a statement regarding his arrest by the DEA in San Diego.(Photo by K.C. Alfred/U-T San Diego/AP)
The U.S. government will pay $4.1 million to avoid a lawsuit against federal agents who forgot about a UC San Diego student left in a holding cell for days without food or water.
Daniel Chong spent five days in a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) holding cell in April 2012.
Taken into custody on a DEA raid, Chong was left in a windowless room without food and water. He was forced to drink his own urine hoping it would help him stay alive.
Chong’s attorney, who along with his client threatened a lawsuit against the DEA, announced the $4.1 million settlement Tuesday.