Yet another lawsuit has been filed against Hamilton County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Wilkey, who is at the center of a criminal investigation and multiple lawsuits, both in county and federal court, that detail an array of misconduct allegations.
The $11 million lawsuit, filed in Hamilton County Circuit Court on Wednesday, adds more information to one filed in mid-October on behalf of a 14-year-old girl, identified only as C.P.S., who said Wilkey groped her and other female minors during a traffic stop in April and ordered a boy to strip off his clothes while another deputy, Tyler McRae, stood by.
Despite Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond having publicly commented on the matter at the beginning of the investigation into Wilkey’s alleged misconduct, Chief Deputy Austin Garrett referred all questions to county attorney Rheubin Taylor, who declined to comment.
Daniel Wilkey / Photo provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s OfficeThe first lawsuit stated the stop took place on April 21, but new documents say it was actually the 18th, according to the latest suit.
Wilkey allegedly ordered the six juveniles to keep their phones in their laps and “not move a muscle” while he frisked each one, one at a time, Wednesday’s lawsuit states.