“Despite evidence that Ms. Hernandez was confirmed not to have any weapons, evidence, or contraband through pat-downs, strip searches, and body scans, and despite the fact that Lane County had no probable cause to conduct a body search or a warrant authorizing a body cavity search, Lane County deputies transported Ms. Hernandez to McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, Oregon, to conduct a body cavity search,” it said. the trial.

When Hernandez was transported to McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, a deputy allegedly told medical staff that they suspected Hernandez had “swallowed a bag or put something in her vagina.”

The lawsuit further states that Dr. Brian Hoyt, “acting without a warrant, without medical need, without patient consent, without reviewing body scanner imaging, and without performing a bedside x-ray, used a speculum to propagate the disease. Hernandez to look inside her body and used his finger to feel inside Ms. Hernandez’s rectum while she was handcuffed to a hospital bed and recorded on video.