Part 1 | The Infamous Exploits of Police Officer Maegan Hall

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In January of 2023, an internal affairs investigation revealed that Tennessee Police Officer Megan

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Hall had engaged in sexual misconduct with seven of her fellow officers at the LeMurm Police

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Department. She later filed a lawsuit against her former department and in it she claimed that

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that apartments all male ranks made her feel trapped and exploited, claiming that her superiors and

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even the chief of police groomed her. In this series, I uncover the investigation, dissect the

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actual interviews of those involved and dive into the scandalous files of the lawsuit claims

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made by Megan herself. Welcome to Exposed, scandalous files of the elite, the infamous

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exploits of police officer Megan Hall.

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All right y'all, before we get into this episode, as we do with just about every episode,

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there are some things in this particular case regarding Megan Hall that have been

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adjudicated, namely the charges against her and several other officers in that Tennessee police

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department. The lawsuit, however, has not been adjudicated as of yet, but we are going to dive deep

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into those charges Megan has made against several police officers in the LeMurm Police Department.

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Now Megan Hall was born on August 19th of 1996 in Lewisburg, Tennessee and that's a rural part

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of Tennessee y'all. Not a lot of it's not like Nashville or Memphis where it's these big cities

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with a lot of bars and things like that. It's very rural and Megan Hall actually graduated with a

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bachelor's degree in biology for middle Tennessee State University in 2018. So she was a smart young

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lady and that same year she married Jedadiah Hall. He was the son of is the son of a pastor

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and he goes by the name of Jed. Now although Hall had an interest in becoming a professional actress,

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she ended up pursuing a career in law enforcement. She joined the LeMurm Police Department in 2021

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and in August of 2022 she actually performed well and received the LeMurm Police Department's

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Community Service Award. Her husband was also involved in a form of law enforcement at that time. He

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was a park ranger for Henry Horton State Park in Tennessee and he was also a what's known as an

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interpretive recreator which is a civil war re-enactors what we call this down here in Louisiana.

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Now looking in from the outside everything appeared to be going great in Megan's life and with both

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her and her husband Jed that is until December 12 of 2022.

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On December 12, director of human resources for the City of LeVern

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is named as Andrew Patton. He received a phone call from the mayor who was Jason Cole.

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Mayor Cole reported that he received some information from a source and that source reported

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that officer Megan Hall was having an intimate relationship with other members, plural,

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of the LeVern Police Department but specifically this individual had direct knowledge of an

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intimate relationship with Sergeant Lewis Powell, officer Patrick Maglioso which included a

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three-way with his wife and officer Larry Holiday. Mayor Cole also mentioned a girl's

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girl in Wilde hot tub party at Sergeant Eric Statz House. So Mayor Jason Cole obviously was had an

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issue with this. Now when you're working for a city police department so Andrew Patton does what most

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directors of human resources do he begins investigating this and interviewing people

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to find out if these allegations are true and the first person he speaks with is officer Patrick

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Maglioso and Patton speaks with Maglioso on December 13 of 2022 in the human resource office and

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he also had chief of police Davis with him and Maglioso signed what's known as a notification of

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rights saying that he was made aware of what his rights were in that meeting. In the human resource

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director gets right into it and he asks about intimate relationships within the second shift of

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the LeVern Police Department. He told Maglioso that he was aware of some conduct that was sexual

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in nature on that second shift and it's important to mention y'all that the second shift the only

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female officer on that shift at all times was Megan Hall. There were no other female officers on

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second shift and that's not just a shift that you work every once in a while if you're on second

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shift you're kind of always on second shift in that department. Now Maglioso told Patton that he

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was aware of Hall and Sergeant Powell being sexually intimate. Maglioso said that hall had told him about

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Powell's big black dick. Maglioso said he was aware that Hall had given Sergeant Powell a blow job

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while on duty at a substation and he also said that he was aware that Hall and Holliday had kissed

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while at a shift party to watch an NFL football game at Holliday's house. Maglioso admitted to Patton

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that in the spring of 2022 he and his wife had decided on having an open marriage in that Hall had

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asked him about doing things between him, his wife and herself. Maglioso also told Patton that at one

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party Hall and Maglioso's wife started kissing and Hall's husband came in the room and he seemed

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upset about it. He continued to say that the next day on shift Maglioso asked Hall about the husband's

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reaction. He saw that the guy was mad and he wanted to know about it because Maglioso said that

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he was under the impression from Hall that her marriage was open. Well, Hall responded to Maglioso

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that he really wasn't on board and then they went on to say have you had sexual intercourse with

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Hall and Maglioso admitted to having sexual intercourse with Hall on several occasions.

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Magli also also reported that Hall asked him to borrow $50 one time because she wanted to get a hotel

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room but did not want her husband to know about it. Maglioso said that he needed the money because he

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was going to Florida on vacation the next day and basically told her you can't borrow $50 for a hotel room.

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Now, Maglioso did express concern over the mental health of Hall. He reported knowing that Hall was

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an excessive drinker and said she even shut up and toxicated at his house in December of 2022. He also

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reported that Hall drank more while at his house and that he knew she was intoxicated when she left

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and drove home. Then he gets into what was known as the girl's gone wild hot tub party.

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Maglioso admitted to knowing and being at that hot tub party but confirmed it was on Eric Stat

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Houseboat and not his house. Maglioso told Pat and it was Memorial Day and it included David Derm who

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was another officer in his family, Eric Statts in his family, Hall and himself. Maglioso stated that

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Statts himself, Derm and Hall were in the hot tub. When Hall took her top off revealing her

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breast, Maglioso said that Statts also helped Hall put her top back on. So the HR director started

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asking why Maglioso was concerned over Hall's mental health and Maglioso reported knowing that

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Hall unloaded her weapon and dry fired the gun at her head so she could hear what it sounded like.

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Maglioso admitted not reporting that to anybody. He also reported knowing that Hall voiced harmful

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thoughts and on multiple occasions said that she should not be alone. Maglioso also called Statts

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on December 8th of 2022 to report these concerns to leadership. Maglioso reported that Hall had

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sent nude photos of herself to members of the Loverne Police Department staff including himself

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and an officer named Lugo. Maglioso reported that Lugo came to ask him if he had received photos

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from Hall and Maglioso said yes I have and Lugo said he also received photos and an invitation for

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a booty call in his words. Now that interview was on 12/13 of 2022 and then Maglioso got called in

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for another interview, a second interview on 12/20 of 2022 and he was asked for additional information

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and he was fully cooperative. Maglioso showed HR director Patten text on his personal phone

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between Hall and himself and after he showed Maglioso that Patten spoke up and said look I've

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already interviewed Hall and we've been communicating during this investigation so Patten is

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looking over these texts and on the text he sees a nude photo of Hall on that text string.

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Additionally he saw some texts confirming Hall going over to Maglioso's house on December 6th of 2022.

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Hall then asked Maglioso if she and Amy can make out that is Maglioso's wife. Maglioso confirmed

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a patent that Hall told her specifically about her involvement with Sergeant Powell so these are two

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girls. Maglioso's wife and Hall and they're talking in Hall mentioned that she had been involved

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with Sergeant Powell. Maglioso said that Hall even came to work upset at one time because she and

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Powell had ended it because Powell was not wanting his wife to find out and he had concern

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of his position at the Loverne Police Department. He was actually a higher rank than Hall so he was

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her superior officer. Maglioso also told Patten that Hall had told the same thing to him his wife Amy

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while at their house one night. Maglioso was then asked additional questions regarding the House

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Bed event, the hot tub party if you will. And Maglioso shared new details including confirmation

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that Hall pulled him into a restroom where she asked him if he "wanted to fuck." Maglioso also shared

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that later in the evening he and Hall walked up to the top of the hill where she gave him a blowjob.

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So Maglioso at this point they have two interviews with him, HR director Patten and the chief

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and then Patten speaks with Powell another officer involved and that was on 12th, 13th of 2022

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the same day as the first meeting with Maglioso. And he speaks in him in the HR office and chief

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Davis is also there for that meeting and Powell signs his notifications of rights

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begins by describing the culture on the second shift as kind of a wild culture and officers on that

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shift being way too malveying in his in his description. Powell also said that Sergeant Stads can be

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too playful with those who report to him. Patten asked Powell about the second shift off duty hangouts

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and Powell said that he was aware of them specifically Powell said he knew that Hall and Maglioso

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hung out. Powell also said that he knew that Holliday had a football party and that Hall and

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Maglioso attended that party. Powell said that he had heard that Hall and Maglioso who were both

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married had open marriages. So Patten asked him also about that girl's gone wild hot tub party and

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Powell he denies knowing anything about it of event hearing the guys wanted a day out.

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Patten then asked Powell about hooking up with Hall and Powell denied any sexual relationship. Pat

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asked him about sexual acts while on duty at the substation and again Powell denied it.

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Powell then admitted to being at the substation he admitted to Hall being there at the same time but

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denied any sexual acts happening.

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Patten then asked Powell who else he might have heard could be involved with Hall and Powell

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reported that McGowan, another officer, told him that officer Cynica Shields in Hall

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hooked up. Powell also reported that he heard McGowan and Hall had hooked up but did not recall

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who told him that. Powell reported that Holliday told him they hung out at someone's house one time.

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Powell told Patten everybody knows she has multiple partners. And so Patten then asked

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about Hall sending out naked photos and he flat denies knowing anything about that.

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Now due to the nature of the allegation and the leadership that Powell had on that shift,

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a decision was made at that time to suspend Powell with pay pending the outcome of the investigation

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into the sexual acts. Because in this situation these sexual acts were determined to have taken place

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on city property rather than when you're not on shift and you're just hanging out at somebody's

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house and these things happen like the hot tub party. So Powell leaves H.R. office and he returns home

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until notified by human resources that he could come back to work. And the interviews continue and

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on December 16th of 2022 after numerous other interviews including Hall it was determined that Powell

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would return to full deity and was removed from administrative leave. Powell was told the investigation

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was still ongoing but he can come back to work. And on December 22nd they call him in for a second

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interview and Patten again asked Powell if he and Hall had had sexual relations while on duty

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in a city building and Powell again denies that. Patten asked Powell if he had spoken to Hall and he

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denies that. Patten told Powell that he was aware that they both were at plaintiff fitness in

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Murphriesboro Tennessee on December 14th of 2022 so that's a problem. That is the day after his

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first interview. H.R. director Patten knew for a fact that he was with Powell the next day at that

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plaintiff fitness so he knew he was lying. However Powell again denies it. Patten told Powell that the

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city had a corporate relationship with plaintiff fitness and I know he was there.

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Powell said I didn't check in and Patten said I know but there are cameras outside.

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After that Powell lowers his head and confirms that he and Hall had had a sexual interaction while

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on duty inside the police substation so he knew he was busted for lying about the plaintiff fitness

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thing and all of a sudden he just starts pouring out information and it met that he did have sexual

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relations on city property at that substation and Powell confirmed that Hall gave him a blow job.

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Powell also confirmed that he and Hall met at plaintiff fitness and he confirmed that they discuss

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the investigation and that Powell told Hall he denied all the allegations during his interview with H.R.

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Powell also confirmed that he had spoken and texted with officer McGowan.

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Another officer there and Powell told Patten that he and McGowan met down the street from

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McGowan's house. He confirmed that he and McGowan talked about the denials they provided to H.R.

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and that they would stick to the story. Powell also confirmed that he saw Hall's car at

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McGowan's house very recently and confirmed that McGowan told him that he and Hall had "hooked

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up" and Patten asked Powell if McGowan told him that they had sex and Powell said he never said that.

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He just said they hooked up. Patten asked Powell if he thought it was possible that McGowan and

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Hall had sex and Powell affirmed it by just nodding his head up and down. Powell also confirmed that

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Halliday told him that he and Hall had hooked up. So everybody's pretty much right and everybody

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out at this point. Then on December 20th of 2022, Mayor Cole stopped Patten to ask if the investigation

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was completed. So H.R. Director Patten tells the mayor that it was ongoing and very messy and during

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the course of that investigation, Mayor Cole said that he had recently ever heard that Powell had

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been a victim in a domestic disturbance with his wife who had "beat the shit out of him."

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Cole said that no police report report had been filed and Patten believed the mayor

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Cole had overheard this. However, in a further investigation, Powell believed this information came

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to the mayor from McGowan. So during that second interview with Powell, he wanted to bring that up

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and he asked if he had recently been involved in a domestic disturbance and Powell confirmed that.

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And he basically said, "My wife beat the shit out of me." Powell shared that he had told his wife

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some of the information regarding these concerns. Powell shared that his wife had a divorce attorney

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and he would most likely lose his children. Powell also confirmed that Patten that he and his wife

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did not report the incident to police. After the admission of sexual relations while on duty,

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Powell was again placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.

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So now we're going to go into Officer Durham, who was also interviewed on 12/13 of 2022,

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with Patten in Chief Davis. So Durham tells Patten he was aware of a suicide attempt

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concern regarding hall. And he said that information came from executive administrative assistant Amber

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Dixon. When asked about sexual relations within the second shift, Durham said he didn't have

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any information. When asked about a hot tub party with Eric Statz, if you remember that

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Girls Come Wild Hot tub party, Durham said that he and his family were invited to stay on Statz

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Houseboat Memorial Day weekend and Durham said his family arrived along with Statz family.

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The next morning, Durham woke up and said he saw hall on deck having breakfast.

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Durham reported that Magliaisau showed up a little later and Durham said there was heavy

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drinking on board and hall had fallen down the stairs drunk at one point. Durham reported that he,

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his wife and one child shared one bedroom. His other daughter and a friend shared another bedroom

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and he said hall was in one bedroom and Magliaisau slept on the couch. Durham reported that at one

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point Statz told him that Statz thought Magliaisau and hall had gone into the bathroom together.

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Later, Statz corrected the statement and he said that hall went in alone. Durham said that he

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had talked to Magliaisau and hall while on board about cheating on your spouse and Durham said

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that he shared a story of being unfaithful to his own wife with them. Later that night,

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Durham, Statz, Magliaisau and hall were all in the hot tub together. Durham reported that Magliaisau

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was pouring vodka down the throat of hall and Durham made him stop because of how intoxicated

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she already was. Durham confirmed that hall's top did come off and Statz helped her put it back

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on because he was trying to protect her. The next day, Magliaisau's wife came on the boat for a few

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hours but then she left. Durham denied any physical contact with himself and hall. So on December 20th,

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they called him in for a second interview and Patton asked Durham to clarify the information

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received throughout the investigation and then asked Durham if he vaped. Durham says, "Yeah, one or

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two times, not regularly." And Patton asked Durham if he went into hall's room on the houseboat to get

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her vape and he replies, "Yes, I liked the taste of the flavor of the vape and I went in and asked if I

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could take a hit off of it. I did and then I walked out." Patton asked Durham if he ever saw hall

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and Magliaisau go into the restroom together on that boat and Durham denied it saying only that Statz

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told him about it and then clarified it did not happen the way Statz thought it did.

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So on 1214, now this is these first interviews and on 1214 which is the day after they conducted

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the majority of these interviews, Patton speaks with holiday along with Chief Davis in that HR

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office and he signs those notifications of rights and holiday was asked by Patton if he knew any

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intimate relationships within the second shift. So this HR director is doing it right. He's

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starting off the same way with everybody. Hey, do you have any knowledge of anybody having sacks on

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the second shift? Same thing he did here and holiday replies, "No." And then Patton asked, "Holiday,

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if you knew of any mental health concerns among members at the LeVurm police department?" Holiday

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says that he had heard hall had some. Holiday reported that some time in the past but he wasn't sure

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of the day that hall had told him she was having a bad day. Holiday said he didn't think it was

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really anything of concern and he didn't report it to anybody. Holiday reported that he had ever

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you know some people to watch a football game and holiday said hall maglioso and officer

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Womack attended. And holiday reported, "Yeah, you know, we were doing some heavy drinking at the

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party." And Patton asked holiday to explain what happened at that party that could have been

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inappropriate, you know, something of an intimate nature. And holiday reported that there was

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talk of a threesome between him, hall, and holidays, X. Holiday reported nothing happened at that

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party, however. Patton asked holiday if he kissed hall at the party and holiday said, "I don't remember,

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it's possible." Patton asked holiday if he had sexual intercourse at any time with hall and he

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reported, "Yep, I sure did." And Patton followed up on the initial question of the investigation on

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if holiday was aware of their, you know, any intimate relationships with the department and said,

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"You told me no and now you're telling me that you had a sexual relationship with her." And

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holiday said he was thinking about others, not himself. So that was kind of his reasoning for lying

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right off the bat. And from that point, holiday reports multiple sexual encounters with hall at his

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house and at hotels. Holiday reported on one occasion he met hall at what was known as Sam's sports

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bar and David Durham walked in with his daughter and sat with him. Hall came in later and after

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Durham left, hall and holiday went to a hotel for sex. Holiday reported that the last sexual encounter

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with hall was sometime around the middle of November, which was about three to four weeks before the

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date of the interview that I'm telling you about now. So Patton asked holiday about the hot tub

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party and he denied having any information on that event. Now on December 27th, Patton calls

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holiday in for kind of a second interview and he asked holiday again about any knowledge of

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information that hall was intimate with other members of event himself of the Laverne police

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department. Holiday provided no additional information. He basically said, "I told you the first

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I don't know anything about it." Of course, he's likely, you know, I submit to you that he's probably

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lying. I don't know that for a hundred percent fact, but I mean, it's obvious all these people in the

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second shift talk, right? He was unaware of how other members got his name, but did not provide any

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additional names of people having sex with hall. He conducted, you know, these interviews on the

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13th and 14th. These were all initial interviews and I've read you some of those follow-ups.

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On the 13th of December of 2022, he did reach out to Mayor Cole and he requested that Mayor

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Cole meet with the source that was basically the person that blew this whole thing up. Nobody knew

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anything about this going on outside of the participants until the source contacted the Mayor.

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So he reaches out via text to the Mayor and wanted to meet with the source and the Mayor reported

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that the person was unable to meet because they were involved in a "bust" operation. That right

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there says that this person was a police officer. Now, Patton, through normal work, confirmed with

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Chief Davis that the operation scheduled for that day had been canceled. So if this was a police

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officer and he was involved in some sort of bust, there was an easy way to confirm that without

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you know, having direct knowledge of the person's name. However,

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the Chief says, oh, we canceled that bus. So Patton then texted Mayor again and he asked if the

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meeting could be set up because that bus had been canceled and Patton received no response, no

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immediate response. Well, later that day, he did receive a pin location at a restaurant at

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2 o'clock PM on December 14 for that meeting. So Patton arrives at that restaurant and

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Sergeant Ty McGowan pulls up next to Patton and rolls his window down and says, follow me. McGowan

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pulls out and Patton followed and then Patton and McGowan, they pulled behind baseball fields and

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the Tennessee National Guard facility and Patton and McGowan get into McGowan's truck.

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Patton asked McGowan why they had to meet here. You know why? Why are we this secret? And

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McGowan said he wanted to make sure he wasn't followed. McGowan said that he was there because

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the Mayor had asked him to meet with Patton and Patton tells McGowan that he was conducting

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an interview into a sensitive matter regarding the second shift and McGowan looked confused and he

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says, okay, that's not why I'm here. And McGowan tells Patton that he did not go to the Mayor on the

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morning of 1212 to report concerns. So he says, I didn't do that. I was told by the Mayor to meet you

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and Patton asked McGowan who was talking to the Mayor if it wasn't him and McGowan replies,

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I have no idea. And Patton tells McGowan that he was here to talk about concerns around

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office or hall and McGowan said he would tell the HR director anything he wanted to know and

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that everybody talks to me. I know everything about everybody he says and McGowan pulls out his

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personal phone and he shows Patton text between himself and Hall. Hall texted McGowan on December 4th

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of that year saying she did not want to be alone and asked if she could come over to his house.

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And after some text discussion it was confirmed that Hall could come over and Hall told McGowan

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that she wanted to talk about her mom who was suicidal and that her dad was not taking it seriously.

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McGowan told Patton that he knew about a get together at Hall's house with Hall, her husband,

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Maglioso and Maglioso's wife. McGowan also reported that Maglioso's wife

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and Hall's husband went to a backbed room together and that Hall and Maglioso took that to mean

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the swap was on and they proceed to have sex. McGowan told Patton that Hall's husband

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confronted her about cheating. McGowan also shared details on that famous hot tub party at Stats

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Bothouse. McGowan added that Stats placed Hall into her bedroom after the hot tub incident.

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Hall told McGowan that Durham came into her room and took a hit off her vape and walked out.

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McGowan said that he heard Sergeant Powell and Hall might have gotten together but never heard

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anything about it being on shift. McGowan had no information on Hall or holiday. When asked if McGowan

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had ever received a new photo or photos from Hall, McGowan says yes, McGowan handed his personal

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cell phone to Patton with permission to view the text exchanges. Patton viewed multiple nude images

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and also a few videos of Hall performing sexual acts on herself. Patton also read text messages

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where she was asking McGowan to quote "fuck her and drag her around by her hair." There was no

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visual evidence that McGowan ever engaged in those text exchanges. Now on 1221 of 2022,

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Patton again asked Mayor Cole if he had any new information on the case while he's investigating it

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and Cole said that no, he had not and then grabbed his personal cell phone and he shows Patton

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two missed calls that morning from McGowan. Cole told Patton that he was ignoring the calls from

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McGowan because he was still pissed at him for telling me he did not know why he was at that meeting.

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So the mayor is saying that he knew full well while he was meeting with you. However, he played it

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off like he didn't and I don't understand that. So Cole told Patton he had absolutely called me to

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tell me that information talking about McGowan and Patton told Cole that he should be cautious

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as Cole might be getting set up. So HR director Patton is basically saying to the mayor,

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they may be trying to set you up here. You need to be real careful. So he's believing the mayor,

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you know, in the mayor's story about McGowan saying he had all this information that McGowan

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absolutely denied to the HR director and he's thinking they're trying to set you up. Something's

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not right. Now in a second interview in the first officially inside the city on 1222 of 2022,

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Patton confronts McGowan about his inconsistency about that initial meeting. He basically said,

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you telling me one thing and the mayor is telling me another overall throughout the interview,

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McGowan was not being cooperative at all. He kind of was feeling like the jig was up. He was

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rude and extremely verbally aggressive. McGowan denies having sex with Hall. McGowan denied

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having communication with Hall regarding the investigation and Patton asked for any information

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that McGowan had regarding, regarding Powell having sex or sexual acts with Hall and McGowan

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finally admitted to knowing Powell had sex with Hall. McGowan denied knowing about it being on

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duty. He's basically the had sex, but I didn't know it was when they were working. McGowan denied

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the accusation of sending nude photos to Hall. At some point in it, Ben mentioned that McGowan had sent

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nude photos actually to Hall. Then McGowan asked Patton to leave the room, this interview room,

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because he's like, I want to speak with Chief Davis alone. And Patton says, all right, that's fine.

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So Patton leaves the room. He says there a little while and then Patton is asked to come back into the

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room. So McGowan struggled to share that when Hall was a candidate and in the process of being hired,

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so it was kind of like her trial period, Hall and her husband, McGowan and another female,

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they all meet up at Hall's house. And during that meeting, Hall was naked. The other female got naked

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and Hall's husband gets pissed. He's pissed off about this. His wife's naked with another female,

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and there's another male in the room being McGowan. During that visit, McGowan admitted to taking

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out his penis with Hall in the room and taking a photo of it. He then sends that picture to Hall.

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So McGowan continues to be verbally aggrossive. He keeps interrupting Patton and basically saying,

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I don't want to answer any more questions. You need to ask me questions. McGowan eventually gives

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in to answer more questions. And Patton asked McGowan if in the past, he told Hall that if she ever

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wanted to just use him for sex, let him know. And McGowan continued to deny that. And McGowan

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confirmed that Hall had been to his house on December 5th of 2022 and provided details of the

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visit, including that she was in his bedroom at one point. So then on 1215 of 2022, Bethany Smith,

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who was a HR department worker, goes to Patton, her boss and explains a situation regarding McGowan

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in the HR office. Smith provides a written statement on what happened. And she said one afternoon about

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a month ago, time McGowan had come into human resources. He spent time chatting and cutting up with

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leopressally in myself. After about 10 minutes, I turned back around in my desk to go back to work. The

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next thing I know, he came up behind me, placed his hand around my throat and began to squeeze.

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I froze. I could not say anything. I just sat there. I felt uncomfortable. Like a major

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boundary of being crossed and I had been violated. I just wanted to crawl in a hole and cry

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and he was smiling and laughing. So Patton gets this information and he reaches out to leopressally

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also an HR department worker and she provides a written statement as well. And she said

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sometime in September, time McGowan came in the HR office to talk with Bethany in myself.

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It was a casual talk, shit chat about nothing out of the ordinary. Bethany was sitting in her desk and

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I was sitting in mine after about 10 minutes. I was getting back to work and Bethany was too. All the

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sudden, Ty stands up from the office chair. He was sitting in and he grabs Bethany's throat. I could

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not see her face and did not hear her say anything while this was happening, but he was smiling and

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talking to her about something. I didn't even hear the words he was saying as I was taken a back

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by him grabbing her throat. It happened for a few seconds or so and then he lets her go.

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Bethany was laughing and cutting up after the initial act. So initially, to me, it really didn't

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seem that alarming. Immediately after he let go, he came into the back office where I was sitting and

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tried to like hug me. I did not engage with those type of things and said something along the lines

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of you got the wrong girl, pal. He respected that, chatted a few more words to Bethany before

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exiting the human resource office. Bethany and I did not discuss the event until recently,

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in which I learned she felt threatened and uncomfortable. I wish I had reported the incident

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when it initially happened. This was a learning experience for me and in the future, I will make

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the decision to report it regardless of the impact. I apologize for not doing so. So Patten

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armed with this information, he goes to McGowan and he says to explain what happened in that HR

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office. In McGowan's life, and he said, he didn't know what happened. Patten told him that he came into

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the HR office and placed his hands around the neck of Bethany Smith and McGowan laughs and he says,

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yeah, it happened. I was playing around. He's pretty sure that a member of the maintenance staff

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might have seen him joking around, but he claims it was just playing around and Patten tells McGowan

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that the act was reported to him by a witness and when Patten spoke with Smith,

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that she confirmed that the event happened and that it was strange and odd. So if you were playing

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around, why did she feel like it was strange? And Patten spoke to Leah Presley as well. He let McGowan

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know and also let McGowan know that she could not figure out why somebody would do that. And then

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Patten starts pressing McGowan a little bit more about the meeting with the mayor. He found it very

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strange that McGowan was denying knowing about that meeting or knowing the reason for the meeting.

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And McGowan continued to deny knowing why he was asked to meet with Patten. And Patten asked

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McGowan multiple times if he was saying the mayor was lying and McGowan kind of refuses to answer

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that question and Patten told McGowan that he knew that McGowan called the mayor twice on

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December 21st and that the mayor did not pick up. Remember the mayor showed Patten the messages.

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The miss calls, rather. And McGowan confirmed that he did call the mayor and the mayor did not pick

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up and he says, well, why do you think the mayor is suddenly knowing your phone phone calls? And

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McGowan said, I have no idea why. So the reason Patten was sharing this information, y'all, was to show

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McGowan that Patten kind of knew the truth behind how the information was first revealed and then

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it came from McGowan to the mayor directly. He's kind of trying to show him. I know that you're in

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contact with the mayor. McGowan gets placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome

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of that investigation. And we're going to stop it right there. We're about an hour in, but we got a

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long way to go, y'all. We got a long way. We're going to we're going to definitely wrap up

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Patten's investigation into all these instances that we are covering and believe me, it's really crazy

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as we move forward and then we're going to move into Hall and her lawsuit against the

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LeVern police department. You're not going to believe the stuff that comes out in that lawsuit

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and we got it all for you. Thank you so much for listening to episode one of exposed scandalous

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files of the elite, the infamous exploits of police officer, Megan Hall, much love.

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