India, May 27 -- Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos, who is leading the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, is now facing a fresh $25 million federal lawsuit. An Arizona inmate named Steven Kenneth Fox filed the case in the US District Court for the District of Arizona, alleging serious mistreatment inside the Pima County Jail.

According to court documents, Fox claimed that a jail officer publicly accused him of stealing other inmates' login information, phone calls, and visitors. In his handwritten filing, Fox said the accusation "put me in a position where I have to fight for my life in the morning, giving me a serious threat to safety."

Fox alleged he was later physically attacked because of it and was left "in pain f...