Judge Enters $4 Million Judgment in Fattorini Death Case

A Los Angeles judge entered a $4 million civil judgment against former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman and three other defendants in the wrongful-death case involving Kimberly Fattorini, whose parents sued after she died in 2017. The judgment, entered October 5, follows a 2025 jury verdict finding the four individuals liable. The award names Merriman, J.P. Castro, Monica Maass and nightclub promoter Elias Wehbe. The reported court documents do not specify how the $4 million is divided among them, and the judgment does not establish whether the family will collect the full amount. Merriman has denied responsibility for Fattorini’s death and was not criminally charged in connection with it. The judge ruled in favor of nightclub-related defendants, including The Highlight Room, Tao Group and The Warwick. Those businesses were not ordered to pay damages. The ruling therefore assigns civil liability to the four individuals named in the judgment, rather than to the nightclub defendants. Fattorini’s parents, DeAnn and Ferdinand Fattorini, filed their lawsuit in 2019. Their complaint alleged that Merriman drugged their daughter and raised possible sexual assault. Those are allegations...