September 14, 2016Gertha Depas and Cinthia Thevenin, Edson's mother and wife, speak to the press about their lawsuit against the City of Troy and Sergeant Randall French.
Cinthia Thevenin files a civil lawsuit1 in federal court alleging that Officer Randall French’s shooting of her husband was an unjustified use of deadly force. This lawsuit is still ongoing as of September 2020.2
Brendan J. Lyons, "Edson Thevenin's widow files suit over Troy police shooting," The Times Union, September 15, 2016.