Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, a Democrat, who admitted to an extramarital affair and reportedly used taxpayer money to fund trips during the dalliance -- resigned from office after pleading guilty to theft.
“Documents released by her office show that from January 2017 until present, over $30,000 taxpayer dollars were spent on Barry and Sgt. Forrest’s travel expenses. Barry took 30 trips in total, 7 of which were personal to visit her son or take vacation with friends, while 9 were with Sgt. Forrest alone, including a trip to Greece, reportedly for the Athens Democracy Forum,”
She faces three years of unsupervised probation and must reimburse the city $11,000 for what prosecutors called "unlawful expenditures." Another condition of her plea was that she had to resign from office.
Sgt. Rob Forrest also pleaded guilty to felony theft and will have to reimburse $45,000 that he was paid for time that he was actually spending with Barry.
Theft is just unacceptable.
Theft is just unacceptable.
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