A brand new lawsuit from the household of Noah Presgrove — the teenager whose 2023 demise has been surrounded by thriller — claims he was not killed by a automobile, however was “supplied copious quantities of alcohol” over a number of days, earlier than being “beat to demise” at a celebration.
The household of Oklahoma teen Noah Pregrove has filed an explosive new lawsuit, accusing his associates and others of being liable for his demise — a demise which has been surrounded by severe thriller and hypothesis since 2023.
A wrongful demise go well with was filed Monday in opposition to seven defendants, a lot of unnamed people and an area comfort retailer. Since there have been no arrests made within the case and the lawsuit fails to supply any proof of its claims, TooFab shouldn’t be figuring out the defendants — apart from the one who spoke with PEOPLE on the document in regards to the submitting.
Presgrove was discovered bare, sporting nothing however mismatched footwear, on the facet of the freeway by a passing truck within the early morning hours of September 4, 2023; he spent the earlier night time consuming at a home get together. His demise was initially deemed “suspicious” by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
The medical expert’s report later revealed Pregrove died from “a number of blunt power accidents” — although the way of demise was listed as “undetermined.” This implies there wasn’t sufficient proof to help whether or not he died from murder, suicide, accident or another means.
“(Presgrove’s) demise was not attributable to being hit by a motorized vehicle.” the go well with, by way of Kphclaims — earlier than later alleging the teenager “was beat to demise by a number of of the defendants.”
The submitting calls the get together as an entire a “civil conspiracy” by these named within the go well with “to furnish alcoholic drinks to underaged and intoxicated people, comparable to (Presgrove), over the course of a number of days.” The defendants are accused of continuous to produce Presgrove with alcohol “even after he was already intoxicated,” earlier than permitting him to drive an ATV and moving into an accident on the automobile. Later, he was allegedly seen “verbally preventing” with two defendants, earlier than he disappeared.
Noting Presgrove’s blood-alcohol stage was “almost double the quantity of blood-alcohol content material that might be current in a typical, intoxicated individual,” the lawsuit places blame on his associates for giving him alcohol, driving him on an ATV and, within the case of the comfort retailer, allegedly promoting alcohol to a minor for the get together.
“All Defendants engaged in a civil conspiracy to host a celebration for underaged consuming, and failed to forestall hurt to a member of focused class by failing to forestall Decedent’s demise,” reads the go well with, which boldly claims, “Both deliberately or by accident, the Defendants killed Decedent.”
“Though the demise might have been unintended, internet hosting the get together and beating of Decedent was deliberately, malicious, and in reckless disregard of the Decedent’s rights,” it provides.

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Caleb Newton, who’s a defendant within the go well with and the daddy of one other teen named in it, instructed PEOPLE he hasn’t “been capable of finding one factor within the lawsuit that has any fact to it,” including, “I do not know the place this data is coming from.”
“It is an enormous waste of all people’s time and feelings,” he added, whereas saying, in terms of blaming anyone particular individual for bringing alcohol on the get together, “no one provided for the entire deal or something goofy like that.”
“The adults there and the children should not have allowed it to get to any place the place Noah was ever going to be liable to dying,” lawyer Austin Vance, who filed the go well with on behalf of the teenager’s household and property, instructed PEOPLE.
“I do not assume anybody expects their 19-year-old to ever go to a celebration and die,” he added. “It appears clear to me that someone laid palms on Noah and that induced his demise.”
Presgrove’s brother Daniel added: “We have exhausted each avenue, we have performed the whole lot that we will, and so that is actually the final huge Hail Mary to hunt that retribution, search that fact in order that we will put the whole lot to mattress.”
The household is looking for $75,000 in damages.

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