Tracie Hunter said she was injured while being taken out of a courtroom Monday after a judge imposed her six-month sentence.

Hunter, a former juvenile court judge, is currently housed in the medical unit at the Hamilton County Justice Center, according to sheriff's office spokesman David Daugherty. An investigation into her allegations is underway, he said.

On Monday, Hunter appeared in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court after a years-long battle over her felony conviction stemming from the handling of confidential documents.

After the sentence was imposed, Hunter stood up, and a female, African-American deputy approached her. Hunter then appeared to allow her body to go limp in the deputy's arms.

The deputy, holding Hunter under her arms from behind, then dragged Hunter out of the courtroom.

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Hunter was admitted into the jail at 10:05 a.m. Monday, records show. On Tuesday, Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil checked on Hunter's well-being and received a hand-written grievance from her, officials said.

In the document, Hunter wrote that what happened in court “aggravated a serious pre-existing medical condition to my neck, back and legs." Hunter said she has been "in great pain, ever since.”

Hunter has metal rods in her back, “significant arthritis” in her lower back, and a spinal condition – at least some of which stemmed from a car accident when she was a student at Miami University in the 1980s, according to court documents.

She said she was wearing a back brace Monday.

Bishop Bobby Hilton, a Hunter supporter and insider who is the senior pastor at Word of Deliverance Ministries in Forest Park, visited Hunter on Monday evening.

In an interview Tuesday, Hilton said Hunter was complaining about a sore back and neck.

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Hilton said Hunter three times requested medical aid that hadn’t come as of 10 p.m., when he left the jail.

Hilton, who was in the courtroom Monday morning, described what happened this way:

“She was trying to get up from the chair, and when the young woman jumped the rail, there was a commotion. Nothing happened intentionally," Hilton said. "She fell, and the (deputy) just dragged her out instead of letting her stand.”

Hilton said he is planning to visit Hunter again Tuesday night and is going to encourage her to file an application for clemency with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

“We need to get her out of there,” said Hilton. “She is not doing well.”

Officials said Neil would not be available for interviews. But on Tuesday Neil talked to 700 WLW host Bill Cunningham and said his deputies “did a very good job in handling the matter.”

“There was nothing that I saw in the video that appeared to be an action that caused harm or injury,” Neil said. “The deputy was taking her time. It was a slow, deliberate carrying of Judge Hunter out of the courtroom.”