Female Officer Fired For Having Sex With Multiple Colleagues Sues Tennessee Department

Female Officer Fired For Having Sex With Multiple Colleagues Sues Tennessee Department

Female Officer Fired For Having Sex With Multiple Colleagues Sues Tennessee Department.

Female Officer Fired For Having Sex With Multiple Colleagues Sues Tennessee Department

A former police officer in Tennessee, Maegan Hall, has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that superiors in her department “sexually groomed” her for sexual liaisons with multiple male officers, according to a report by NBC News.

Hall, who admitted to investigators that she participated in sexual encounters with four officers, two of whom were her superiors, filed the lawsuit on Monday in U.S. District Court in Nashville.

The suit names the city of La Vergne, former Police Chief Burrel “Chip” Davis, and former Sgts. Lewis Powell and Henry “Ty” McGowan as defendants.

The lawsuit alleges that the defendants deprived Hall of due process and violated federal law against sharing intimate images online and across state lines.

La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole launched an internal investigation in December after he learned Hall had had “intimate relationships” with other members of the department, according to an external investigation commissioned by the city. Hall had informed her superiors about the encounters at the time, according to the investigation.

The sexual activity was alleged to have included a hot tub party on a houseboat attended by at least three other officers and the sharing of nude photos of Hall and other officers, according to the investigation, which was included in the suit.

Female Officer Fired For Having Sex With Multiple Colleagues Sues Tennessee Department

Some of the other encounters took place on city property, the investigation found. Hall, Powell, McGowan, and two other officers were fired in late December, and three others were suspended. Davis was fired in early February after an external investigation concluded he knew what was happening but failed to discipline the officers, the city said in a statement.

The suit alleges that Davis tried to have sex with Hall and discussed plans to have sex with her with one of her superiors in text messages.

“During her employment, Ms. Hall was groomed to engage in sexually exploitative activities by men in the department including Sgt. Powell, Sgt. McGowan, and Chief Davis,” the suit alleges.

The suit argues that Hall was set up and ultimately harmed, both by the intimate interactions and by her subsequent firing, because her work environment was sexually charged.

“From the beginning of her employment, Ms. Hall experienced a workplace environment permeated with sexual innuendo and sexually explicit behavior,” the filing said.

The document lists a number of other alleged incidents that contributed to what it described as a “sexually coercive environment,” which it said affected Hall’s mental health. The suit alleges that male colleagues discussed the attractiveness of women and traded stories about their intimate experiences. It also claims that an officer told Hall’s superior that he wanted to have sex with her and that two officers exchanged photos of their genitals in her presence.

A superior, not named as a defendant, said he wanted to see all of Hall’s tattoos, including ones covered by clothing, and asked to meet her off-duty, the suit alleged.

The lawsuit does not specify damages sought, but it seeks lost wages and medical expenses, as well as compensation for the sharing of her nude photos and for emotional distress, mental suffering, and “loss of enjoyment of life.”

After the chief was fired in February, Mayor Cole expressed his disappointment and frustration about the scandal. “There aren’t words to describe the disappointment and frustration felt by myself and other city leaders,” he said, according to NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville. “Officers are held to a higher standard; even more so is their chief.”


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