SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (WANE) — Just over a year after a South Whitley traffic stop went viral, the young woman pulled from the car is filing a lawsuit against the Town of South Whitley and the arresting officers.
In the lawsuit filed with the U.S District Court Friday by 18-year-old Vivian Augustus, the young woman pulled from the car, claims the officer falsely arrested her and she was subjected to a wrongful strip search at the jail in January of 2024.
Named in the lawsuit is the Town of South Whitley, former officer Brian Schimmel, the arresting officer, and the Whitley County Sheriff Jason Spencer and unknown confinement officers…