FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Washington County ivermectin case has been dismissed by a judge, court records show.
The order was signed on Sept. 29.
What was this case about?
Last year, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit against WCDC, Tim Helder, Sheriff of Washington County, and Dr. Robert Karas and Karas Correctional Health.
The lawsuit charges the defendants for administering Ivermectin to incarcerated individuals without prior informed consent as to the drug's nature, contents, or potential side effects.
The plaintiffs allege that they were never told they were receiving ivermectin and that the defendants used overt deception by telling them that the drug cocktail merely contained “vitamins,” “antibiotics,” and/or “steroids."
“The incarcerated individuals had no idea they were part of a medical experiment,” said Gary Sullivan, Legal Director of the ACLU of Arkansas. “Sheriff Helder and Dr. Karas routinely mischaracterized the fundamental nature of plaintiffs’ claims in their request for dismissal by refusing to mention the most significant allegations in the complaint.”
Court records say the parties will settle the issue "out of court."
Parts of this article were contributed by the Associated Press.
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