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LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Shocking findings of sexual misconduct rocked the LaVergne Police Department earlier this year and led to a federal lawsuit. Now those named in the litigation are responding to the allegations.
Former officer Maegan Hall sued the city, the police chief and two of her supervisors. They've now responded, and one of the officers, Lewis Powell, has filed a counter-lawsuit, saying Hall isn't telling the truth. Hall's civil rights lawsuit was filed in February, and the defendants have now all submitted responses with the federal court — responses that deny most all of the allegations made by Hall.
Hall alleged that her supervisors groomed her for sexual exploitation.
Powell said he was not Hall's supervisor and what happened was fully consensual. He added that it was Hall who "began persistently flirting with him and pressuring him to engage in sexual relations with her."
And that: "Hall appeared to have some sort of fetish for Powell based on race."
Powel argues Hall's claims against him are false.
She and her attorney have yet to respond to those allegations but provided NewsChannel 5 with an exclusive interview on her perspective of the original filings.
"My supervisors worked together to take advantage of my vulnerabilities and mental heath, and they used it for their gain and their sexual pleasure," said Hall in an exclusive interview with NewsChannel 5 in February.
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