Ex-Tennessee cop Maegan Hall, fired over sex trysts with 6 other officers, settles fed lawsuit that will cost city whopping $500K
A former Tennessee cop who got axed for her trysts with six other officers on the job has settled her federal civil lawsuit against her former employer for a whopping $500,000, according to reports.
Maegan Hall, who claimed she was “sexually groomed” by a cadre of male colleagues on the force, sued the city of La Vergne last year after word of her raunchy romps made national headlines.
On Wednesday, the La Vergne board voted 3-1 at a special meeting to settle the suit, WTVF News said.
“The La Vergne Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted tonight to authorize the mayor to sign a settlement agreement between the City of La Vergne and former police officer Maegan Hall,” city leaders wrote in a statement, according to the outlet.
“The agreement was negotiated between the attorneys representing the city and Hall,” the statement said. “The City’s insurance provider will pay the sum of $500,000 to Hall as a gross settlement, which includes court costs, attorneys fees and expenses.
“The City denies any admission of liability and no taxpayer funds will be spent to settle this lawsuit.”
Hall, 28, made national headlines last year after her stationhouse sexcapades went public, including affairs with her supervisor, Sgt. Lewis Powell, and others.
According to an internal investigation, Hall hooked up with several colleagues, sent them nude pictures and went topless in a “Girls Gone Wild”-themed hot tub party — and even performed oral sex on two cops while on duty.
She also allegedly had a threesome with one of the cops and his wife, according to the city’s report.
The hanky-panky cost several of the male cops their jobs, including Powell.
The shocking investigation report included findings that then-Police Chief Burrell “Chip” Davis, who was fired over the scandal, not only knew about Hall’s hookups but joked about the situation with others in the city.
“Who dat?” Davis allegedly said when shown a vulgar photo of Hall by another cop, Ty McGowan, the investigation found.
“Hall… Lewis [Powell],” McGowan replied.
“He on it again,” the chief quipped.
The ex-top cop also joked about a 13-minute video that allegedly showed Hall masturbating, which was shared among some of the male cops inside the department.
In her lawsuit, Hall claimed that her encounters began with an affair with Powell, and led to others in the department targeting her until she gave in to their sexual advances.
“I know what most people are saying,” she said during her first public comments about the scandal in March 2023. “You know, ‘You could’ve said no.’ I get it. But my response to them is I did say no and [Powell] wouldn’t take for an answer. Eventually, I gave in from pressure.”
Hall’s lawyer, Wesley Clark, said last year that the young ex-cop never had a chance.
“Maegan wasn’t looked at like a rookie cop to be trained and promoted,” Clark said. “She was looked at like a piece of meat to be sexualized and exploited.”
Officials in La Vergne did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.
Hall blamed her randy behavior on a troubled marriage.
Despite La Vergne’s decision to settle the suit, one board member refused to sign off.
“What message does that send to all the other employees?” city Alderman Dennis Waldron wrote in a dissenting vote, according to WTVF.
“It’s sending a message out to everybody in the world [that says] come to La Vergne, sue La Vergne because they’re going to settle,” Waldron said.
