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Born	Christina Victoria Grimmie ()March 12, Marlton, New Jersey, U.S.
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Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, – June 10, ) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and YouTuber.

In , she began posting covers of popular songs onto YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers. After she reached two million subscribers, she released her debut studio album, With Love ().

Christina grimmie facebook "Feelin' Good" is the seventh track off of Christina Grimmie's album With Love.

Grimmie then became a contestant on season six of The Voice, finishing in third place. Adam Levine, her coach on the show, announced in the finale that, regardless of the results, he would sign her to his label Records. Lil Wayne also offered to sign her to his label, Young Money Entertainment. She was signed with Island Records for a short time before being dropped.

Grimmie released her second EP, Side A, in That same year, she took on an acting role, making her only motion-picture appearance in The Matchbreaker.

Item 5 of 5: Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, – June 10, ) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and YouTuber. In , she began posting covers of popular songs onto YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers.

On June 10, , Grimmie was shot dead while signing autographs following a concert performance at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. Side B, a follow-up to Side A, was made available on Spotify and iTunes in , and in June , Grimmie's second and final album, All Is Vanity, was released posthumously. In , her YouTube channel reached four million subscribers, although it dropped below four million in , settling at million as of October ^[5]

Early life

Christina Victoria Grimmie was born to Tina (née Milos) and Albert Grimmie^[6][7] in the Marlton section of Evesham Township, New Jersey, on March 12, ^[8] Her mother worked as a receptionist until she was diagnosed with breast cancer; her father worked at Verizon Communications as of ^[update].^[9] She had an older brother, Marcus (who served as Christina's road manager during her performances).^[10] Grimmie was of Italian and Romanian descent^[11] and grew up in Marlton, New Jersey, where she attended Bethel Baptist Christian School,^[12] Marlton Middle School, and Cherokee High School.^[13][14][15] Her father noticed Grimmie's talent for singing when she was six years old,^[16] and she started playing the piano at age ^[17] Despite having received piano lessons, Grimmie said she played by ear.^[16]

Career

– YouTube recognition and discovery

Grimmie began posting videos to her YouTube channel in at age 15, under the username of zeldaxlove64.^[18] Grimmie stated that she began a musical YouTube channel so that people could connect with her music,^[19] and because her friend persuaded her to post her videos on the popular video-sharing website.^[20] The first video Grimmie uploaded was a cover of Hannah Montana's "Don't Wanna Be Torn".^[15] She first earned recognition for her cover of Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." in August ^[21] Grimmie's covers first gained attention and stood out due to her voice, personality, and interpretations^[22] of well-known songs.^{[citation needed]}

Grimmie was homeschooled for her junior year of high school in ^[23] That same year, she covered Nelly's "Just a Dream" with fellow YouTubers Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider in a video which received more than million views over the course of ten years.^[24] Later, it also became available on iTunes and Spotify.^[25][26] In , she placed No.

2 in the MyYouTube competition, behind Selena Gomez.^[27] As her popularity grew on YouTube, Grimmie was discovered by Gomez's mother, Mandy Teefey; Teefey and her husband Brian soon became Grimmie's managers.^[28]

Find Me

Grimmie performed in the UNICEFcharity concert,^[29][30] and also performed backup vocals for Selena Gomez & the Scene; she appeared on the first DigiTour in , which was created specifically for YouTube artists.

Gomez became her mentor. Grimmie appeared on the Billboard Social 50;^[31] she also opened for Selena Gomez & the Scene, Allstar Weekend and the Jonas Brothers during the Concert of Hope. She toured for six weeks with Selena Gomez & the Scene opening for them in the We Own the Night Tour.^[32]

She released an EP entitled Find Me, on June 14, ^[32] The album was released independently and debuted at number 35 on the Billboard chart in the US.^[33] Her debut single "Advice" was released to Radio Disney on June 11,^[34] with the music video, directed by Sean Babas, being released on July 19 on her YouTube channel.

She appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show with fellow YouTuber Tyler Ward, performing a cover to Lil Wayne's "How to Love"; the episode aired on October ^[35]

On November 20, Grimmie performed at the 39th American Music Awards of pre-show alongside Taio Cruz to a special rendition of "Higher" and also won her first award.^[36] She also performed her song "Not Fragile" at the Coca-Cola Red Carpet Show along with Selena Gomez & the Scene.

She and the band then appeared together in a commercial for Xbox's Kinect.^[37] Grimmie also appeared in a commercial for Doritos that same month.^[38] Grimmie was the special musical guest performing her hit song "Advice" on Disney Channel's So Random!, which premiered on December ^[39]

– With Love

In January , Grimmie moved to Los Angeles to pursue her singing career; she was signed in April to Creative Artists Agency.

On , she starred in the web show Power Up: with Christina Grimmie, which ran from March 29 to June 5. She also revealed that she would be working with a new band, Rising Tide, a teen group originally from her hometown area in New Jersey.^[40] A stripped version of Grimmie's original song "Find Me" was released on ITunes in June,^[41] and reached the front page later in July.^[42] Though Grimmie's channel mostly focused on covers and original music, she also started pursuing other interests.^{[43][44][45][46]} By April , Grimmie's channel had more than million views and two million subscribers.

She then opened for Gomez during the North American leg of her Stars Dance Tour,^[47] performing songs from her debut album With Love, which was released on August 6, On October 3, Grimmie's music video for "Tell My Mama" was given its exclusive premiere on Grimmie said the video is "about a guy that I start liking in school, and he's sort of a dangerous kid, and I am the type of girl that tells my mom about everything."^[48] In January , Grimmie appeared on an episode of the podcast Shane and Friends; Dawson was a friend of Grimmie's.^[49]

The Voice

Grimmie auditioned for season 6 of NBC's singing competition, The Voice, as revealed on her Facebook page.^[50] During the Blind Auditions, she performed Miley Cyrus' hit song "Wrecking Ball".

All four coaches, Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira, and Blake Shelton, "turned their chairs" for her. She opted for Levine after he told her that she had the potential to be a "huge star" due to her voice and stage presence.^[51] Selena Gomez supported Grimmie during her audition,^[52] and Justin Bieber, an artist Grimmie had frequently covered on YouTube, supported her during the finale.^[53] She finished in 3rd place, behind winner Josh Kaufman and runner-up Jake Worthington.^[54] Host Carson Daly later said he was "shocked" Grimmie did not win.^[55] All of Grimmie's performances were released on iTunes and Spotify as studio versions.^[56][57]

&#; – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Stage	Song	Original artist	Date	Order	Result
Blind audition	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	February 24,		All four chairs turned Joined Team Adam
Battles, Round 1	"I Knew You Were Trouble" (vs. Joshua Howard)[59]	Taylor Swift	March 25,		Saved by coach
Battles, Round 2	"Counting Stars" (vs. Sam Behymer)[60]	OneRepublic	March 31,		Saved by coach
Playoffs	"I Won't Give Up"[61]	Jason Mraz	April 14,		Saved by coach
Live Top 12	"Dark Horse"[62]	Katy Perry	April 21,		Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 10	"Hold On, We're Going Home"[63]	Drake feat. Majid Jordan	April 28,		Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 8 (Quarterfinals)	"How to Love"[64]	Lil Wayne	May 5,		Saved by Public Vote
Live Top 5 (Semifinals)	"Hide and Seek"[65]	Imogen Heap	May 12,		Saved by Twitter Instant Save (performed "Apologize")
	"Some Nights"[66]	Fun
Live Top 3	"Wrecking Ball"[58]	Miley Cyrus	May 19,		Continued on Finale
	"Somebody That I Used to Know" (with Adam Levine)[67]	Gotye feat. Kimbra
	"Can't Help Falling in Love"[68]	Elvis Presley
Live Finale	"All of the Stars" (with Ed Sheeran)[69]	Ed Sheeran	May 20,		Third place
	"Team" (with Bria Kelly, Tess Boyer and Jake Barker)[69]	Lorde
Quarterfinals (Season 7)	"With Love" (special guest performance)[70]	Christina Grimmie	December 2,		Special Guest Appearance

– Post-The Voice and major label debut

During The Voice, Levine expressed his desire to sign Grimmie to his record label, Records; Lil Wayne also showed interest in signing her to Young Money Entertainment.

She ultimately chose to sign with Island Records.^[71] She toured with previous contestants of The Voice, including season 5 winner Tessanne Chin, runner-up Jacquie Lee, Will Champlin, season 1 runner-up Dia Frampton, season 6 winner Josh Kaufman, runner-up Jake Worthington, and fellow season 6 contestants Kristen Merlin and Jake Barker.

The Voice Summer tour started on June 21, , in San Antonio, Texas. Grimmie was writing and recording music for her sophomore album, her third major release, and first release since being signed to a label. The lead single was expected to be released in July, with the album following later in the year.^[72] Grimmie announced via Facebook that filming for the lyric video for the single started on July 6.^[73]

On July 11, she announced that her new single would be called "Must Be Love".^[74] On July 15, she announced via a live stream that the song would be released on July ^{[citation needed]} "Must Be Love" was produced by Elof Loelv and recorded at ZAC Recording in Atlanta, Georgia.^[75]

In February , Grimmie collaborated with Dove Cameron and made a music video for "What A Girl Is", an original song from Cameron's show Liv and Maddie.^[76] The music video was released on Grimmie's channel and Disney's YouTube channel.^[77][78] It was also promoted on the official channel.^[76] On March 4, Grimmie announced that she had been dropped from Island Records and that she was working on a new album set to be released in late ^[27] The new single from the album, "Cliché", was released on March On April 27, Grimmie released her second single, "Stay with Me", a collaboration with Diamond Eyes, which climbed to No.

5 on the iTunes Electronic Charts.^[79] The song also was included on UKF Dubstep, an album showcasing the top dubstep songs of the year.^[80] She was a contestant in the iHeartRadio/Macy's Rising Star Contest. On May 27, Grimmie was revealed as the winner of the contest, securing her spot to open the iHeartRadio Music Festival in September.^[81]

On July 2, she released her third single, "Shrug".

In September, she was one of 16 international artists, including Paul McCartney, to record the charity single "Love Song to the Earth", which raises climate change awareness.^[82] Grimmie returned to The Voice for season 9, to promote Kohl's fashion.^[83]

On February 21, , Grimmie released her second EP, titled Side A, which consisted of four songs.

Grimmie said Side B was likely to follow. She had hoped to release a second full-length album by the end of the year.^[84]

– Posthumous releases

Grimmie had made a four-part video series for Side A comprising "The Ballad of Jessica Blue"; in July , Brian Teefey announced that the videos would debut via Billboard then be featured on her YouTube channel.^[85] The first video, for the song "Snow White", debuted on August ^[86] The second video, for "Anybody's You", debuted on August "Deception" debuted on August 25; "Without Him" on September 1.

Feeling good karaoke christina grimmie biography “Feelin’ Good” is a song by Christina Grimmie from her album “With Love”. The song was written by Jonny Mead, C. Todd Nielsen, and Christina Grimmie herself. When I first heard this song, its catchy beat and uplifting lyrics instantly drew me in.

Grimmie made her motion picture acting debut in The Matchbreaker, directed by Caleb Vetter.^[87] The film was released in selected theaters in October and released digitally in December.^[88]

Grimmie received her only Teen Choice Award in , winning posthumously for Choice Web Star: Music.

It was her third such nomination. The televised ceremony caused backlash among her fans, who said her name was used to promote the show, but never mentioned during the broadcast despite the inclusion of a tribute to victims of gun violence.^[89] Her fans also called out the Emmys for excluding Grimmie from their memoriam.^[90]

On February 17, , Grimmie's family released the posthumous single "Invisible".^[91] "Invisible" is part of Grimmie's EP Side B, which was released on April ^[92] Following the release of Side B, Grimmie's first posthumous album, All Is Vanity, was released on June 9.^[93][94] On May 11, , Grimmie's family released another single, "Little Girl", which Grimmie wrote and recorded to support her mother, who was battling breast cancer.^[95] On September 15, , Grimmie's family released her original song "Cry Wolf".^[96] In , Grimmie's family released her original song "Back to Life", along with 3 remixes.^[97]

In , "Rule the World" completed as a duet with vocals by Ryan Brown was released.^[98][99]

Artistry

Grimmie was a light-lyric soprano, with a range spanning three octaves and three notes.^[] In , while on The Voice, Usher called her a "baby Céline Dion".

Graham Nash said, "I'm amazed at the range and the control and the depth of her voice. At 20 years old? That's insane." Shakira deemed her high register "out of this world".^[]

Grimmie grew up listening to contemporary Christian artist Stacie Orrico: "She has a really awesome voice and I was so drawn to it. I think the reason I do have a soul voice is because I grew up listening to her and she was my huge, huge influence.

I wanted to sound just like her, I wrote songs that kinda sounded like something she would do." Grimmie cited Christina Aguilera as her main influence vocally, and listed her favorite singers as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and Lady Gaga.^[] Grimmie also said she admired Beyoncé for her vocals. Grimmie said she liked dubstep and DJ music, as well as rock 'n roll and heavy metal artists Metallica, Pantera, Iron Maiden, and Tool.^[]

Personal life and activism

Grimmie was a Christian.^[] Her family attended Fellowship Alliance Chapel in Medford, New Jersey, before they moved to Los Angeles.^[9] Grimmie had cited her mother, Tina, a three-time breast cancer survivor, as a major inspiration for her musical career.^[] Tina Grimmie died at the age of 59 on September 2, , after a "courageous and brave battle with breast cancer".^[]

Grimmie was an animal rights activist and participated in fundraising events for the Humane Society of the United States.

The Christina Grimmie Animal Medical Fund was created in her honor, and she posthumously won the "Impact Award" from the industry for her animal rights activism.^[] She also worked with PETA to promote pet adoption, after adopting a dog in ^[] In her honor, she received a leaf on PETA's Tree of Life, which honors heroes for animals.^[] Grimmie was an anime fan,^[] and had a Twitch channel where she frequently streamed.^[]

Murder and aftermath

On June 10, , Grimmie performed with the band Before You Exit at the Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida.^[] After her performance ended at &#;p.m.

local time, Grimmie held a meet-and-greet with her fans inside the venue.

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Fans were lined up as Grimmie signed autographs and took selfies with them. At &#;p.m., year-old Kevin James Loibl, who was in line with the rest of her fans, approached Grimmie when it was his turn. She opened her arms to hug him.^[] Loibl then pulled out a Glock pistol and shot her three times at point-blank range. Grimmie's brother, who was selling merchandise at a nearby table, jumped towards and tackled Loibl, and the men scuffled;^[] Loibl broke free, backed against a wall, pulled out another pistol and shot himself in the head.

He would later be pronounced dead at the scene.^[][a]

Grimmie was on the floor bleeding from the back of her head, with a weak pulse. After CPR was performed on her by an attending physician, she was taken to the Orlando Regional Medical Center in critical condition;^[][][b] by &#;p.m., she was pronounced dead.^[] An autopsy performed the following day concluded that Grimmie had been shot once in the head and twice in the chest.^[]

The Orlando Police Department said Loibl had traveled by taxi to Orlando from his home in St.

Petersburg, Florida,^[] bringing two handguns, two extra magazines full of ammunition, and a large hunting knife.^[c] Orlando Police Chief John Mina stated that "The suspect traveled to Orlando apparently to commit this crime and then had plans to travel back to where he came from."^[] According to Orlando police, the bags of the attendees would normally have been checked, but there were no metal detectors at the venue, nor were the attendees frisked.^[]

One witness complained that the security was concerned about food and beverages being brought into the theater, but did not catch Loibl's guns.^[] Witnesses described Loibl as "nervous" and "kinda creepy".^[]

Loibl had purchased the guns legally.

He did not have an arrest record in his home county of Pinellas, but did have previous run-ins with the police.^[] He did not appear to know Grimmie personally, nor did Grimmie know him.^[] He had not had any diagnosis of any mental illnesses, but had a history of violence.^[]

Police did not offer a motive,^[d] but said that Loibl had shown an "unhealthy and unrealistic infatuation" with the singer and tried to make himself more physically attractive for her through weight loss, hair transplants, teeth whitening and eye surgery.

The Orlando Sentinel described his motive as "If I can't have you, then nobody else can&#;&#; and I'm going to possess you by taking your life."^[] Although Loibl lived "like a hermit",^[] his family said that they were not aware of his plans to travel to Orlando nor that he possessed any guns.

They also stated that they had never heard of Grimmie, heard Loibl talk about her, nor watched The Voice.^[] However, his "only friend in the world" claimed to have known about Loibl's obsession, though not its extent; Loibl's co-workers stated the same.^[] They said Loibl would be "angry and defensive" when questioned about his obsession with Grimmie and before the shooting had stated he was "tired and ready to ascend".^[]

On June 16, Grimmie was buried at Berlin Cemetery in a private ceremony.^[1] The following day, thousands of friends and fans attended a public memorial held in Medford, New Jersey.^[]

Aftermath and reactions

Dozens of artists and other celebrities took to social media in response to Grimmie's death.^[]The Voice tweeted, "There are no words.

We lost a beautiful soul with an amazing voice".^[][e]

On June 23, Billboard magazine published an open letter advocating gun control, addressed to the United States Congress, demanding that universal background checks become federal law, referring to Grimmie's death and also the Pulse nightclub shooting which killed The petition carried nearly signatures of famous musicians and music industry executives.

Selena Gomez was a prominent signee of the document.^[][]

On August 21, NBC broadcast a post-Olympics preview episode of The Voice dedicated "in loving memory of our friend Christina Grimmie."^[]

During the episode broadcast on April 25, , the Christina Grimmie Foundation was officially launched and Team Adam dedicated its performance of "Hey Jude" to Grimmie.^[] Her former coach, Adam Levine, wrote that he and his wife were "absolutely devastated and heartbroken&#; This is yet another senseless act of extreme violence."^[]Blake Shelton wrote "I'm stunned and disgusted and heartbroken that we lost that sweet little girl." Longtime friend and former tour-mate Selena Gomez was performing only a few miles away from Grimmie at the Amway Center at the time of the murder.^[] The following morning she wrote, "My heart is absolutely broken.

I miss you, Christina."^[] Gomez also tearfully dedicated her performance of Hillsong's "Transfiguration" to Grimmie's memory at her Miami concert the following night on June 11,^[] and then canceled a meet-and-greet scheduled to take place that night, citing fear and grief.^[] Gomez later checked into rehab and put her tour on hold.^[]

Many others dedicated performances to Grimmie, such as Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter, Demi Lovato, Maroon 5, Twenty One Pilots, Charlie Puth, and Rachel Platten.^[][][]Dove Cameron, who had previously collaborated with Grimmie, expressed her grief over the course of a few days on Twitter.^[] Before You Exit, with whom Grimmie had performed before her murder, tweeted, "Today we lost an angel, sister, and a beloved friend."^[]

The family of the perpetrator of Grimmie's death left a handwritten note on their doorstep offering their condolences and apologies for their son's actions, with "no other comments".^[]Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, paid tribute by saying the YouTube family was "heartbroken" and "shocked" to hear of Grimmie's murder, with YouTube officially paying tribute on their website.^[][]

Many YouTubers made tribute videos for Grimmie,^[][][] and on June 17, a montage of clips featuring Grimmie titled "In Loving Memory Of Christina Grimmie" was posted on her official YouTube channel, which gained upwards of million views and 33, comments in the first four days.^[] Songs written and recorded in Grimmie's memory include Tyler Ward's "A Song for Christina",^[]Before You Exit's "Clouds",^[]MAX's "Christina's Song",^[] "Somebody's Angel" by Jacquie Lee, and "Blink of an Eye" by Tori Kelly.^[] In Season 11 of The Voice, the coaches performed "Dream On" at the start of the show, as a tribute to Grimmie.^[] In Season 12, Team Adam performed "Hey Jude" as another tribute to Grimmie; her family was in the audience.^[]

On June 11, a GoFundMe was created by Grimmie's manager to cover funeral costs and expenses for the Grimmie family, raising over $, in two days and surpassing its goal of $4, It received over 25, shares through social media;^[] however, soon after, Adam Levine offered to pay for all expenses.^[][f] A petition was also created on to honor Grimmie, a fan of the video game series The Legend of Zelda, by naming a non-playable character after her in the upcoming Legend of Zelda game set to be released the following year.

It was signed by over 70, people, including her brother Marcus, though nothing ever came of it.^[] Grimmie was scheduled to appear at E3 ; the president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, gave his condolences to Grimmie and the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting before giving his Nintendo E3 speech on announcing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.^[]

Grimmie's death led to calls for increased security at performing arts venues,^[] and also created a discussion about gun control and mental health.^[][] American heavy metal band Pantera, noting the similarities between Grimmie's murder and the deaths of former Pantera guitarist Darrell Abbott and three others in , urged concert promoters and club owners to impose stronger measures to protect artists from "gun-wielding fanatics", adding: "Sadly, that's not the case and another rising star had to pay the consequences with her life."^[]

The Plaza Live reopened four days after the shooting, paying tribute to Grimmie.^[] Management asked Orlando police to help evaluate the club's security.^[] Some singers in Las Vegas—including Cali Tucker, another season six contestant on The Voice—were given escorts after their performances.^[] In California, VidCon added metal detectors and security officers, and banned informal meet-and-greets in the wake of Grimmie's murder.^[][g] Video personalities including Joey Graceffa were assigned private security.^[] An industry attorney said the extra measures are "expensive, and fans don't like it.

But this is the new reality."^[]

In February , Grimmie's family announced their plans to create a foundation in her honor named "The Christina Grimmie Foundation".^[91][h] The foundation's purpose is to support those affected by gun violence and/or breast cancer. The foundation frequently hosts events in Grimmie's honor, to ensure that Grimmie's death is "not the end of her story".^[] Later that month, an episode of 48 Hours titled "Stalked" aired, focusing on Grimmie's murder.^[]

On the second anniversary of Grimmie's murder, the city of Orlando paid tribute, as did the police force.^[] That same month, a podcast titled Christina Grimmie: The Murder of a Rising Star was released, with separate episodes all focusing on key components of her murder.^[] After the Jacksonville Landing shooting occurred in August , BBC News compared Grimmie's murder with it, along with other shootings that had occurred in Florida.^[]

Grimmie's death was the inspiration for the song "Glimpse of Us", co-written by her close-friends Connor and Riley McDonough of Before You Exit (along with Alexis Kesselman and Castle) and released by Japanese-American singer-songwriter Joji.

Christina grimmie height Christina Victoria Grimmie (March 12, – June 10, ) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and YouTuber. In , she began posting covers of popular songs onto YouTube. After releasing her debut EP, Find Me (), her YouTube channel reached one million subscribers.

The song was originally created as a voice memo by Riley McDonough in to cope with Grimmie's death, as during recording he "[called] out to God, [asking], "If I could only catch a glimpse of you." It was released as a single on June 10, and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot ^[]

Lawsuit

In December , six months after her murder, Grimmie's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Florida circuit court against several entities, including the concert promoter, the foundation that owns the venue, and the security company working the event.^[7] In January , the promoter and the owner of the venue requested that the judge dismiss the lawsuit, claiming Florida law does not allow business owners to be held liable for attacks on their property.^[] A hearing on the motion to dismiss the lawsuit was set for May ^[] The lawsuit was dismissed but Grimmie's family was given an opportunity to re-file the suit.

The judge stated that the suit did not make enough of a distinction between the concert promoter and the venue owner.^[]

In May , the family's attorney, Brian Caplan, said that Grimmie's family would file a new complaint after a Florida judge dismissed the original lawsuit.^[]

On April 9, , just short of a year after the Grimmie family filed a new complaint in a Florida court, it was revealed that a judge rejected the defendants' AEG Live and the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Plaza Foundation motions to dismiss the case, and allowed the family's lawsuit to move forward.^[] In their lawsuit, the Grimmie family alleged that the defendants had "failed to take adequate security measures to ensure the safety of the performers and the attendees at the concert venue." Grimmie's family was also allowed to move forward on claims of "negligent infliction of emotional distress".

The judge determined more research on the claims would be needed before going forward.^[] According to court records, on December 3, , Grimmie's family voluntarily dismissed the case.^[]

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