Father of Slain Nursing Student Sues Bond, Monitoring Companies - Articles

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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jun 24, 2025

Robert Lance Johansen, the father of Lauren Johansen, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court against Brooke's Bail Bonding, Freedom Monitoring Services, On Time Bail Bonding and several people in their individual capacity. Johansen was a nursing student in Mississippi who was killed by her boyfriend Bricen Rivers after he was bonded out of a Nashville jail and left the state. The Tennessean reports that the suit alleges several mistakes by the bonding and monitoring companies which lead to Johansen's death. Chief Deputy Clerk Julius Sloss of the Davidson County Criminal Court acknowledged in July 2024 that errors occurred during Rivers' release. A six-judge panel in October 2024 ruled that two bonding companies did not break local court rules when they let Rivers go.