In June 2013, Ruto was ordered by a court to pay a victim of 2007/08 post election violence Ksh 5 million for illegally taking away his land during the post election violence. In the same judgement Ruto was evicted from the grabbed land in Uasin Gishu. Adrian muteshi had accused Ruto of coinspiring to grab his 100-acre piece of land in Uasin Gishu during the post election violence of 2007/08, when he; Adrian had fled his own land for safety.According to the court filings, Adrian had been violently uprooted from his farm while he and his family members repeatedly received death threats. In February 2014 Ruto appealed the court order to pay the ksh 5 million fine. In 2017 Ruto withdrew the appeal against the judgement. In October 2020, Adrian Muteshi died over unknown reasons having spent the his last 28 years in court fighting over his piece of land that was grabbed in Eldoret due to post-election violence and threats against his life for a Ruto-let conspiracy to take over his land using death threats and violent confrontations.