A state trooper was fired for sending a intercourse tape she filmed with one other lady to fellow officers.
Former Mississippi Freeway cop Ivana Williams, 36, was let go in January, and the opposite lady within the tape is suing her in federal court docket.
The petition alleges Williams sexually assaulted the unnamed lady, videotaped it, and shared the clip with different troopers.
Williams has since sued again, on the grounds the alleged sufferer broken her popularity and enterprise relationships by saying she was assaulted.
The opposite lady additionally claims she was advised the clip could be deleted, whereas Williams claims her firing was retaliatory. She has filed an enchantment, claiming the choice violates guidelines designed to guard state staff.
Former Mississippi Freeway cop Ivana Williams, 36, was let go from her legislation enforcement job again in February, as one other lady is suing her in federal court docket
She was fired for sending a intercourse tape she filmed with one other lady to fellow officers, and has filed an appea, claiming the choice violates guidelines designed to guard state staff
‘A lot of that night time is a blur,’ the unidentified sufferer writes within the lawsuit.
‘I turned unusually and very intoxicated.’
‘The following morning I wakened in mattress with out my garments on… I used to be conscious a sexual encounter had taken place however had issue remembering any of what occurred.’
The petition provides that whereas questioning the trooper about what had transpired, ‘it was revealed to [the petitioner] that [Williams] had recorded the encounter together with her cellphone with out [the petitioner]’s information or consent.’
The petitioner then demanded the trooper delete the video and never share it with anybody, however the trooper allegedly had already shared it with different officers.
She heard nothing else in regards to the video till Could of final 12 months, when Williams advised the sufferer the spouse of her boyfriend on the time had found the video on her husband’s cellphone or electronic mail.
‘Throughout that dialog,’ the go well with states ‘[Williams] knowledgeable [the petitioner] for the primary time that she had transmitted the video to her boyfriend.
‘Throughout that very same dialog,’ it provides, ‘[Williams revealed] that at the very least one different particular person additionally had possession of the video.
Over the subsequent couple of months, the alleged sufferer discovered the video had been despatched out a number of occasions, and that many individuals have been in possession of it.
Others had at the very least seen it, and the trooper was allegedly nonetheless sharing the video.
The petition from the opposite lady alleges Williams sexually assaulted the unnamed lady, videotaped it, and shared the clip with different troopers
Williams frequently posts pictures like these to her greater than ten thousand followers on social media. She has maintained her innocence, saying the intercourse seen within the tape was consensual
The alleged sufferer, at that time, stated she filed complaints with the Mississippi Legal professional Basic’s workplace and native authorities, however has been left unaware of the standing of any potential investigations.
The previous trooper has argued the encounter was consensual, and that she solely shared it with one different particular person.
The lady submitting towards her, in the meantime, is reportedly representing herself within the proceedings, after two of her attorneys withdrew.
Williams – who has greater than ten thousand followers on social media – has maintained she is ‘harmless’, claiming her firing for circulating the clip was ‘retaliatory’, in response to her submitting a grievance with DPS in January.
She additionally stated it was ‘discriminatory’ resulting from her being a lady, regardless of two different troopers – Julius Hutson and Jeremy Lott – additionally being fired in connection the incident.
Cops, in flip, have additionally claimed she visited porn web sites on her state-issued cellphone.
After Williams was named within the lady’s lawsuit, she was transferred from Rankin County to Bolivar County, which she stated was achieved with out clarification
The transfer put her greater than 100 miles away from her kids, she argued in her January enchantment. She was fired six days later.
‘The following morning I wakened in mattress with out my garments on… I used to be conscious a sexual encounter had taken place however had issue remembering any of what occurred,’ it provides of the night time someday in November 2022
Williams, nevertheless, has described the battle as ‘she-said, she-said’ state of affairs, promising to combat it court docket
A letter from state officers now contemplating her enchantment from again in February accused her of unprofessional conduct and misuse of state property, in accordance with WBLT.
Williams, nevertheless, has described the battle as ‘she-said, she-said’ state of affairs, promising to combat it court docket to her followers on Fb and Instagram.
‘I’ve advised you all that I’m harmless and I am unable to wait till my day in court docket so I can show my innocence,’ Williams said.
‘Currently in society, it isn’t till you are confirmed responsible. No, you are responsible till confirmed harmless.’
She has additionally claimed to have already met with investigators to provide them her private cellphone for forensic testing, from which they discovered “No proof… in help of the Plaintiff’s claims.’
Each fits are at the moment being thought-about. The opposite lady has sued Williams for $11million, and the previous trooper is suing for $20million.
No court docket dates have been set.
