Ex-officer fired after sex scandal sues Tennessee department alleging ‘sexual grooming’

A former Tennessee police officer who was fired amid revelations of informal intercourse amongst sworn, usually on-duty personnel, alleged in a federal lawsuit that she was subjected to “sexual grooming” at work.

Maegan Corridor, who admitted to investigators that she participated in sexual liaisons with 4 officers — two of whom had been her superiors — filed the go well with Monday in U.S. District Courtroom in Nashville.

It names town of La Vergne, former Police Chief Burrel “Chip” Davis and former Sgts. Lewis Powell and Henry “Ty” McGowan. The go well with alleges the defendants disadvantaged Corridor of due course of and violated federal regulation in opposition to sharing intimate pictures on-line and throughout state strains.

La Vergne Mayor Jason Cole launched an inside probe in December after he discovered Corridor had had “intimate relationships” with different members of the division, in response to an out of doors investigation commissioned by town. She informed superiors in regards to the encounters on the time, in response to the exterior investigation performed by a regulation agency.

The sexual exercise was alleged to have included a sizzling tub occasion on a houseboat attended by a minimum of three different officers and the sharing of nude pictures of Corridor and different officers, in response to the investigation, the findings of which had been included within the go well with. 

A number of the different encounters came about on metropolis property, that investigation discovered.

Corridor, Powell, McGowan and two different officers had been fired in late December, and three others had been suspended. 

Davis was fired in early February after an exterior investigation concluded he knew what was taking place however didn’t self-discipline the officers, town stated in a press release on the time.

The go well with alleged Davis tried to have intercourse with Corridor and mentioned plans to have intercourse along with her with one in every of her superiors in textual content messages.

“Throughout her employment, Ms. Corridor was groomed to interact in sexually exploitative actions by males within the division together with Sgt. Powell, Sgt. McGowan, and Chief Davis,” the go well with alleged.

The go well with argued Corridor was arrange and finally harmed, each by the intimate interactions and by her subsequent firing, as a result of her work setting was sexually charged.

“From the start of her employment, Ms. Corridor skilled a office setting permeated with sexual innuendo and sexually express conduct,” the submitting stated.

The doc lists a lot of different alleged incidents that contributed to what it described as a “sexually coercive setting,” which it stated affected Corridor’s psychological well being.

The go well with alleged that male colleagues mentioned the attractiveness of girls and traded tales about their intimate experiences, that an officer informed Corridor’s superior he wished to have intercourse along with her and that two officers exchanged pictures of their genitals in her presence.

A superior, not named as a defendant, stated he wished to see all of Corridor’s tattoos, together with ones coated by clothes, and requested to satisfy her off-duty, the go well with alleged.

Efforts to achieve Davis, Powell and McGowan had been unsuccessful.

Lawyer Wesley Clark, who filed the go well with on Corridor’s behalf, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

A consultant of the police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, didn’t instantly reply Tuesday to a request for remark. The union stated earlier in February that no extra statements can be forthcoming.

The go well with doesn’t specify title damages sought however stated it finally seeks misplaced wages and medical bills, in addition to compensation for the sharing of her nude pictures and for emotional misery, psychological struggling and “lack of enjoyment of life.”

After the chief was fired in February, Cole, the mayor, lamented the scandal.

“There aren’t phrases to explain the frustration and frustration felt on my own and different metropolis leaders,” he stated on the time, in response to NBC affiliate WSMV of Nashville. “Officers are held to the next normal; much more so is their chief.”