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Attorneys Andrew Beal and Anita Bala of Atlanta law firm Buckley Beal. (Photos courtesy Buckley Beal)
A young transgender woman seeking medical help from a Norcross psychiatric center was instead denied medication and assaulted, strip-searched and faced two days of discrimination and harassment, according to a federal lawsuit.
Samantha Jolley, now 20, alleged the mistreatment started as soon as she arrived at Lakeview Behavioral Health Hospital. She sought medical help for her depression and suicidal thoughts. Instead, she faced sex discrimination, negligence, invasion of privacy, assault, battery and emotional distress, according to the lawsuit filed Feb. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia