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Transgender Watertown woman claims assault, abuse, files lawsuit against police, sheriff . (Source: kauz) By Scott Atkinson | February 9, 2021 at 11:35 AM EST - Updated February 9 at 2:39 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - A transgender Watertown woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Jefferson County Sheriff Colleen OâNeill, Watertown police chief Charles Donoghue and others, claiming she was improperly arrested, and then harassed and sexually assaulted.
DeAnna LeTray, 54, claims in the lawsuit that the abuse took place because she is a transgender woman.
âI never want anyone to go through the abuse I experienced from people that were supposed to protect me,â she said in a statement.