Former South Carolina Governor’s Brother Denies Liability for Pool Drowning

December 20, 2011

The brother of former Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife deny they are liable for the death of a 6-year-old boy found dead in a pool during a party they hosted.

The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that John and Julia Sanford said in legal papers that they were never told the boy could not swim. The couple also denied that they were not properly supervising the children at the party in August.

The family of Camilo Andres Restrepo-Lopez filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Sanfords.

The coroner ruled Lopez’s death an accident and no charges were filed.

 

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  • December 22, 2011 at 4:21 pm
    M and M says:
    Anejo is right - this was the second child to drown in this pool. The first child died under the former Governor's watch, and now another one under his brother's watch.... S... read more
  • December 20, 2011 at 4:27 pm
    Anejo says:
    Per news articles of the incident, this is the second child to drown in that pool.
  • December 20, 2011 at 4:18 pm
    GETREAL says:
    Why send your child to a pool party when he doesn't know how to swim? What if it had been a hang gliding party? And the list goes on...
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