Woman Locked Up In Psych Ward For Obama Boast Loses Lawsuit

HARLEM, NY — A woman who sued Harlem Hospital after she was committed to a psychiatric ward for nine days for making unusual statements that turned out to be factually correct found a jury unsympathetic to her claims, according to reports.

Jurors ruled in favor of Harlem Hospital in a civil suit brought by Long Island resident Kamilah Brock, who claimed she was traumatized by her stint in the hospital's psychiatric ward where she received anti-psychosis medication, the New York Daily News reported.

Five jurors sided with the hospital compared to just three who sided with Brock, according to the report.

Doctors at Harlem Hospital diagnosed Brock with symptoms of mania and held her for nine days in September 2014 after she made "grandiose" statements such as saying President Barack Obama followed her on Twitter and that she became a banker without achieving a college degree, the Daily News reported.

But here's the catch: Both of those statements were the truth.

Instead of focusing on the veracity of the statements, jurors focused on the context in which they were made. Brock made the claims while trying to retrieve her impounded car at a Harlem station house, implying the president's Twitter endorsement made her a big shot, the Daily News reported.

"We view this verdict as a total vindication for the defendant officer and doctors who sought to help Ms. Brock through her troubling episode. The jury rejected any notion that the actions of these officials was anything but appropriate under the circumstances," a city Law Department spokesman told the Daily News.

Read the full Daily News article here.

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