In 2016, Virgil filed a lawsuit in federal court docket below 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in opposition to the Metropolis of Newport and previous and current Newport Police Division staff. He alleged violations of his constitutional proper to a good trial, malicious prosecution, fabrication of false proof, supervisory legal responsibility and negligent supervision, failure to intervene, conspiracy to deprive him of his constitutional rights, and intentional infliction of emotional misery. He claimed damages for ache and struggling throughout incarceration, disadvantages confronted after incarceration, and harms “together with however not restricted to bodily hurt, psychological struggling, and lack of a traditional life” ensuing from Newport’s misconduct.
