CLEVELAND — MetroHealth has hired well-known Cleveland defense attorney Ian Friedman to help the hospital navigate the criminal investigation into the death of a woman inside her hospital room on May 5, 2025.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Tasha Grant’s death a homicide and said the 39-year-old double leg amputee died as a result of “physical restraint in the setting of congestive heart failure.”

Body camera video showed MetroHealth police officers and a Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s deputy restrained Grant against her bed and handcuffed Grant about 15 minutes before she was found unresponsive. 'I can't breathe': Body-cam video released of amputee who died in county custody

Police officers wrote in reports that Grant was frustrated about her pain and medication and th

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