LOS ANGELES – A rapper has reached a tentative settlement in his lawsuit against Los Angeles County in which he alleged sheriff’s deputies threatened to shoot and kill him as he sat alone in his car in Gardena in 2022.
Attorneys for Feezy Lebron filed court papers on Tuesday with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Thomas D. Long notifying him of the conditional accord while informing the judge that its final approval is up to the county Claims Board and the Board of Supervisors. No terms were divulged.
On Wednesday, the judge vacated all pending hearings in the case, but did set a status conference for Jan. 2, 2026.
According to Lebron’s lawsuit, on Dec. 31, 2022, he was in his car in a parking lot on Crenshaw Boulevard waiting to meet a friend, listening to music and live-streaming to his fans on Instagram when deputies arrived and lit up his car with a flashlight.
One deputy opened the driver’s side door, grabbed Lebron — whose real name is Darral Scott — by the arm and tried to pull him out, the lawsuit stated.
Moments later, a second deputy walked up, pulled out a canister of pepper spray and said he was going to spray the rapper, the suit stated. The same deputy pointed a gun at Lebron’s chest and threatened to shoot him even though the rapper had raised his hands, telling the plaintiff, “Move your hands from right there and you’re done,” the suit stated.
Body camera footage of the entire encounter recorded the deputy saying, “`You take off in this car, I’m gonna shoot you” and “You put this car in drive, you’re getting one right to the chest,” according to the complaint.
Lebron was later taken out of his car, handcuffed and detained for about 30 minutes while deputies searched the vehicle, then subsequently released him with a citation for a missing front license plate, the suit stated.
The allegedly aggressive deputy is a person of influence in either the Grim Reapers or another deputy internal clique and his partner was also either involved with a deputy gang or trying to obtain membership, the suit stated.
Lebron’s suit alleged civil rights violations, negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery by a peace officer. In their court papers, attorneys for the county denied Lebron’s allegations and said the county had immunity from the causes of action.
