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A 16- year-old woman has taken legal action against a Wisconsin constable, claiming she was threatened with arrest if she did not erase social media posts stating she had actually contracted the coronavirus after a Florida spring break trip.
Amyiah Cohoon, a sophomore in the Westfield School District, has implicated Marquette County Sheriff Joseph Konrath of breaching her Very first Amendment rights in a claim brought in Green Bay Federal Court Thursday. Her moms and dads are also complainants.
The suit says Amyiah suffered a severe breathing disease with symptoms matching those of COVID-19 during the journey to Disney World in Orlando with her high school’s band class in early March.
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She and her parents were told March 26 that she tested negative for the disease. Her attorney said, however, that medical facility medical professionals told the girl’s family that she likely had the infection, but missed the window for testing positive.
Court exhibition shows Amyiah Cohoon, a sophomore in the Westfield School District, who is suing a Wisconsin sheriff, declaring she was threatened with arrest if she did not erase social media posts stating she had actually contracted the coronavirus.
” I am finally home after being hospitalized for a day and a half.
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No one was threatened with arrest, and an “aggressive defense” is planned, stated Samuel Hall, lawyer for the sheriff and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Department.
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The suit, filed on behalf of Amyiah and her moms and dads, Richand and Angela, by the Wisconsin Institute for Liberty and Law, looks for small damages and a statement that the social media posts were protected totally free speech.
