The City Attorney’s Office is seeking dismissal of all claims against the city in a lawsuit filed by a billionaire chip-equipment supplier and his wife stemming from the 2023 death of their mentally disabled 18-year-old daughter, who was allegedly allowed to discharge herself — without their knowledge — from the second of two Orange County rehabilitation facilities.
Ali Salehpour and Suzanne Salehpour also are suing Rising Roads Recovery Services LLC and Saddleback Recovery, among other entities and individuals. The county medical examiner ruled that the couple’s 18-year-old daughter, Amelia Salehpour, died of an accidental overdose, but her parents contend she was a homicide victim.
The Salehpours allege their daughter was negligently allowed to check herself out of Saddleback, a subcontractor of Rising Roads, and that due to Los Angeles Police Department negligence, she was later found dead in the garage of a Van Nuys home, where her parents believed she was being groomed for sex work…