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The family of a Tennessee mother of five who died after she had an illegal Brazilian butt lift has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her doctor and the surgery center. 

Erica Russell, 33, died on June 16, 2021, after Dr. John Sampson punctured her intestines, bladder, liver and abdominal wall during her surgery. Russell died after a fat deposit blocked her bloodstream and 'triggered fatal cardiac arrest.'

According to a press release from Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi & Cain, the law firm representing her family, Russell's procedure started at 8.31pm, and a little over two hours later, she was dead.