"The biological family of the boy who died while in the care of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber have filed a $4-million lawsuit against two Children's Aid Societies (CAS), the Ontario couple and three doctors. The lawsuit, which alleges negligence, is separate from Cooney's and Hamber's ongoing criminal trial in Milton, Ont., where the two have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder of the 12-year-old boy."
"He was severely malnourished, weighing about the same as he did when he was six years old, and had stopped growing in the last months of his life, the murder trial that began in September has heard. The Crown alleges L.L. was locked in his basement bedroom of the couple's Burlington, Ont., home most of the time for over a year, and restrained in wetsuits, sleep sacks, hockey helmets and a tent, deprived of food, forced to exercise and not allowed to use the washroom when needed."
The civil lawsuit was filed in Ottawa Superior Court in December 2024 on behalf of J.L., the estate of L.L. and the boys' birth mother. The claim alleges the defendants showed a callous disregard and complete lack of care for the lives, safety and well-being of the boys. The boys were wards of the Ottawa CAS while Halton CAS handled day-to-day case management. L.L. was severely malnourished, weighed about the same as when he was six, and stopped growing in the months before his death. The Crown alleges L.L. endured prolonged confinement, restraints, food deprivation, forced exercise and denied washroom access.
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