A 9-year-old boy drowned in a pool two years ago. His father sued the city of Mountain View for $10 million in September, saying that he was wrongfully charged, arrested, and jailed for child endangerment after his son’s death.
The claim was turned down by the City Council in a closed session meeting on Oct. 22 by a vote of 6-0 to 1.
In 2022, Pedro Rivera De Leon was charged with felony child endangerment after his son Ayden Rivera Gonzalez drowned in the pool at his apartment pool.
The claim says that all of Rivera’s charges were dropped by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County in August of last year.
The lawsuit is against city officials and police officers. It claims unfair prosecution, false arrest and imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, abuse of process, battery, and malicious prosecution.
It also talks about other kinds of harm, like pain and suffering, losing a reputation, losing money, feeling scared and anxious, and losing friends.
Rivera has already made a claim against the city before. A wrongful death claim was made by both Rivera and the boy’s mother in September 2022.
They asked for $7.6 million in damages for emotional distress and other things. At the time, the city said no to both claims.
