Oklahoma woman awarded $6.5 million in lawsuit against Harmon County sheriff

A federal jury has awarded a former Hollis woman $6.5 million after finding the Harmon County sheriff failed in his duties to prevent her from being sexually assaulted while jailed.

In September 2014, Tiffany Ann Glover filed a civil rights lawsuit in Oklahoma City federal court against Sheriff Joe Johnson and others. Glover, now 32, claimed the sheriff acted with deliberate indifference when he failed to protect her from being raped by Jayson Vest, Hollis' assistant police chief at the time of the assault, court documents show.

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An appeal is expected.

"The jury isn't allowed to send a message but I think they did," said John Gladd, one of Glover's Tulsa attorneys. "This sheriff knew he had a predator in the jail and he allowed free access, gave him the keys."

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