The mayorette of Nashville has resigned after being arrested for jacking $10,000 from somebody and being caught in a sex scandal with her bodyguard. Who says government servants are lazy!?!?
[Megan] Barry pleaded guilty earlier Tuesday morning to felony theft of property over $10,000, according to court documents obtained by CNN. She agreed to reimburse the city of Nashville $11,000 and serve three years of probation.
Also on Tuesday, the former head of Barry’s security detail, Rob Forrest, pleaded guilty to theft of property over $10,000. He has agreed to serve three years supervised probation and to repay the city of Nashville $45,000, court documents obtained by CNN show.
In January, Barry admitting to having an affair with Forrest in 2016 and apologized.
Barry also offered her support to former Vice Mayor David Briley, who will serve as acting mayor of Nashville.
It’s unclear whether Tuesday’s guilty pleas are related to the affair, and a message left with the Nashville district attorney’s office was not immediately returned.
According to The Tennessean, the two were often partaking in domestic and international travel for work, which led Forrest to rack up $33,000 in expenses and $50,000 plus in overtime in 2017 on top of his $84,500 salary. Nine of the trips were only attended by Barry and Forrest.
Wow. And you thought politics was boring!! Nothing like a good’ol sex scandal to reinvigorate our blood pressure.
Here’s when she admitted to the affair: