Woman Forcibly Strip Searched After 2017 Arrest (Full Video)

Ottawa, IL - A former Marine has sued the LaSalle County Sheriff's office, saying deputies "humiliated, degraded and dehumanized" her when they dragged her into a cell and forcibly stripped her naked after she was arrested on suspicion of DUI two years ago. In a lawsuit filed in federal court, Zandrea Askew's attorneys said she was sitting in her parked car when two LaSalle County sheriff's deputies questioned her, and ordered her to undergo field sobriety tests, even though she had not committed any traffic violations, or been involved in an accident. Askew's lawsuit accuses LaSalle County Sheriff Thomas Templeton and several deputies of false arrest, unlawful detention, excessive force, malicious prosecution, and violation of due process.

The lawsuit claims Askew, 28, passed all of the field sobriety tests, and showed no signs of being drunk, or under the influence of drugs, but was still arrested for DUI.