The Washington Post reports. Officers put Frost into a cell with three men “against her wishes,” the suit states, and one man attacked her after she fell asleep.According to Frost, she woke up to the man punching her while officers watched.
They intervened but held Frost for 12 hours before allowing her to go to a hospital. “She was in excruciating pain from her injuries the entire time she waited,” her lawyers said in court documents.
They added that she’s had to undergo two surgeries, had her jaw wired shut, and now wears dentures.In a statement to local TV station KXTV Brody McBride, Frost’s attorney, said, “Hopefully the sheriff’s department takes this incident serious and makes the changes necessary to ensure people in their care are.