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A Tennessee police officer who had multiple affairs with co-workers is alleging the department played a role in her promiscuity in a new lawsuit.
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Meghan Hall, 26, blamed her troubled marriage for her multiple affairs, some with co-workers, and claimed she felt exploited by working with all males at the La Vergne Police Department, a 51-page federal complaint revealed.
She was fired in January after allegedly having sexual relations with five other police officers.
“Where Ms. Hall sought role models at her new job, she instead found predators,” the lawsuit read, via the New York Post. “In place of offering professional development, her supervisors and the chief of police groomed her for sexual exploitation.
Meghan Hall
“They colluded in using their authority to systematically disarm her resistance and entrap her in degrading and abusive sexual relationships, even sharing tips on the best ways to manipulate and exploit her.”
The suit also stated that Hall has a history of mental illness.
She first became sexually involved with Sgt. Lewis Powell after she was hired in 2020, the suit stated.
“Sgt. Powell learned that Ms. Hall was going through the process of buying a home with her husband and that this process was extremely taxing on their relationship,” the lawsuit read. “Sgt. Powell positioned himself as a reliable source of companionship and advice regarding Ms. Hall’s career and her marriage.
“Sgt. Powell persisted in requests for sex despite Ms. Hall’s resistance. Eventually, Ms. Hall gave in to Sgt. Powell’s requests for sexual favors.”
The suit said that when Hall broke off the affair, Powell threatened to kill himself.
That led to affairs with four other members of the department, the suit claimed. Three of those allegedly involved also have been fired.
Hall is seeking an unspecified amount for lost wages, medical expenses, emotional distress and “reputational harm.”
