Mother of accused teen wants to sue Polk sheriff
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- The mother of one of the teens accused in the videotaped beating of a central Florida girl has filed a notice to sue the Polk County Sheriff for making defamatory remarks.
Seventeen-year-old Mercades Nichols and four other teen girls were arrested in April and accused of attacking 16-year-old Victoria Lindsay. The attack was recorded on video and broadcast around the world.
The girls were charged with kidnapping and misdemeanor battery.
Nichols' mother has filed a notice to sue Sheriff Grady Judd for failing to handle the arrest of the teens "with integrity and a degree of care" that would have protected them "against unfair treatment and exposure."
The sheriff's office has six months to respond to the notice.
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