An autopsy report from the state Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his cause of death as “complications of vertobrospinal injuries due to blunt force trauma.”

When asked what’s changed between the time of the deposition and now, Robinette said she had reviewed the “totality of the investigation,” whereas her comments then were based solely on video from inside the jail.

Robinette added that she is less critical of her staff now than she was at that time.

She said detention officers acted appropriately by alerting medical personnel when they learned of Williams’ claims of a neck injury while in the holding cell. A nurse told the officers that Williams was faking his paralysis, which Robinette indicated is why an ambulance was not called.

Smolen asked Robinette whether she currently believes Williams’ injuries were legitimate, and she responded, “I don’t know.” He directed her to the answer she gave to the same question in the earlier deposition in which she seemed “confident” that he was not faking.