Soso Ramishvili
Soso Ramishvili, 32, was found unconscious and unresponsive in a holding cell at the courthouse at 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn on March 21, 2025, and was pronounced dead. A friend said he had moved to the United States from Georgia about two years earlier, worked sporadically for DoorDash, and had a daughter, and that his family is desperate to learn how and why he died. Police said he had suffered a medical episode and had been taken several times to a hospital and returned to custody in the days before his death. The Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defenders allege he was left in pain for three days without needed medical care despite repeated pleas from defense lawyers, and the city medical examiner's office said he died from an ulcer.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (disputed; neglect alleged). The city medical examiner's office said he died of an ulcer, while Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defenders say staff left him in pain for three days without needed medical care despite repeated pleas, and they call for an independent investigation.
Reported by: city chief medical examiner's office (medical examiner or coroner); NYPD (the agency that held him); Legal Aid Society and Brooklyn Defenders (family or their lawyers).
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