Anish Vij
The X-rated text messages sent by the now-fired chief of the Tennessee Police Department have been revealed in court as the ongoing sex scandal continues.
Former La Vergne Police Chief Burrel 'Chip' Davis lost his job after encouraging another officer to share explicit pictures of married officer Maegan Hall, 26, who admitted to having sexual encounters with six other colleagues.
The 47-year-old was allegedly sent ‘pornographic images’ by Sgt. Henry 'Ty' McGowan to his burner phone that he named ‘Ole Boy’.
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Davis’ alleged actions of which he claimed he was unaware of came to light following an internal investigation. After being questioned, he had no choice but to come clean, according to court docs.
Records of the text messages between Davis and McGowan show that the chief joked about a picture of Hall, which shows her engaging in sexual activity with another sergeant, Lewis Powell, with whom she was having an affair with.
McGowan sent the former chief a photo of a ‘Black male foot inside Officer Hall’s mouth,’ saying that the foot in the picture belonged to Powell.
In a text message exchange on October 25, court records reveal Davis asked: “Who dat?”, to which McGowan replied: “Hall… Lewis."
The chief then sent: “He on it again," and McGowan responded: “He swears he ain’t.”
Davis wrote: “She nor her husband took that picture.”
“She has a tight little a** tho,” McGowan sent back, to which Davis replied: "Yep."
The chief and McGowan then chatted about Hall’s affair during another text message exchange on October 28.
“I saved her for the last time,” the former chief wrote. “I wish I could tell her who she f**king cant do s**t for her.”
“I wish I could too,” McGowan replied. “Then we both could play.”
“Can’t f**k Lewis tho cause the pics are [flame emoji]” Davis replied.
The suit argues: “As demonstrated in his October 28, 2022, text exchange, Chief Davis became frustrated by his comparative failure to groom Ms. Hall for sexual exploitation.
“Chief Davis repeatedly attempted to seclude Ms. Hall so that he could use the authority of his high office – or as he described it, 'normal pimp s**t,' to induce Ms. Hall to gratify his own sexual desires.”
Davis and Powell were fired over the scandal. Police officer Juan Lugo-Perez and detective Seneca Shields were also let go. Three other officers; Patrick Magliocco, Larry Holladay and Gavin Schoeberl, were suspended.
Last month, Hall sued the department, claiming she was 'sexually groomed'.
“My supervisors worked together to take advantage of my vulnerabilities and my mental health,” Hall told WTVF in her first interview since the scandal broke.
“And they used it for their gain and sexual favor.”
UNILAD has contacted La Vergne Police Department for comment.