The family of Botham Jean has asked their legal team to send congressional candidate Jasmine Crockett a cease-and-desist letter for misrepresenting herself as one of the family's attorneys.
Botham Jean's mother Allison Jean, left, and his father Bertram Jean listen their family attorneys address the press after the conviction charge of murder was delivered after deliberations for the trial of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in Dallas on Oct. 1, 2019., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Crockett, who represents Dallas as a state representative, is in a runoff battle with Jane Hamilton to be the Democratic successor to retiring U.S. Rep.. In an open letter shared with Texas news outlets, Jean's family said they previously asked Crockett to stop using Botham Jean's name in any capacity related to her political career, but those wishes had been disregarded. The letter said they have now asked their legal team to send Crockett a cease-and-desist letter.
The letter, released by The Vault Consulting Group, was signed by"the family of Botham Jean." Allison Jean, Botham Jean's mother, toldCrockett said in a statement to The Texas Tribune it was a mistake. Crockett is a civil rights lawyer who has represented the family of Jordan Edwards, a 15-year-old Black boy who was fatally shot by a white Balch Springs police officer in a car full of unarmed teenagers driving away from a party. She also represented Jacqueline Craig, a Fort Worth woman who was wrestled to the ground by a police officer after calling police for help.
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