Rapper Flo Rida’s 6-year-old son is in intensive care after falling from a fifth-floor apartment in New Jersey last month, according to local news reports.
The March 4 incident in Jersey City came to light in a civil lawsuit against the building’s owners and management filed by the boy’s mother, Alexis Adams, DailyVoice.com reported last week.
The fall left the rapper’s son, Zohar Dillard, hospitalized with multiple pelvic fractures, left metatarsal fractures, internal bleeding, collapsed lungs and a third-degree liver laceration, the lawsuit says. according to News12 New Jersey. Dillard has a rare neurological disorder called hydrocephalus, for which she underwent brain surgery, according to the Daily Mail.
Adams says in the lawsuit that the windows “imposed a dangerous condition” and were installed using the “wrong-sized guards,” which caused his son to fall “to the concrete floor below,” according to NJ.com.
He also insists he made several requests to his landlord to have bars installed on his windows, but never received a response, according to Blavity News.
“As a single mother of a child with special needs, it sounds like a nightmare. My heart is broken into a million pieces,” Adams said in a statement to News12 in New Jersey. “I am devastated, angry and struggling to come to terms with the fact that my only son has suffered serious injuries as a result of the willful negligence of our landlord and others involved in failing to take necessary safety precautions.”
Grammy-nominated rapper “Low,” whose legal name is Tramar Lacel Dillard, addressed the incident on social media, saying, “Wonderful day, thank you to everyone who sent their concerns and prayers for my son.” according to TMZ. “He is receiving the best medical care and miraculously survived a tragic fall. I ask for your continued prayers as he recovers, but I would appreciate it remaining a private matter.”
Flo Rida did not immediately respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
Adams is seeking “damages, together with interest, attorneys’ fees, attorney’s fees, payment of all medical expenses and any other relief the court deems proper,” according to NJ.com.
