A Jail Diagnosed Him With HIV — Then Denied Him Life-Saving Medication, Lawsuit Says
Attorneys said Nicholas Overfield first discovered he was HIV-positive when he was taken into custody at El Dorado County Jail in Northern California in 2017. In 2020, while he was living in the Lake Tahoe area, a doctor prescribed him Juluca, an antiretroviral drug crucial in controlling the virus and preventing life-threatening complications, according to excerpts of medical records reviewed by HuffPost.