"Starting December 2015, Officer Heath makes it his priority to call out (the son) in front of (the boy's) teammates, peers, and faculty members," the lawsuit states. Suit accuses Heath of harassing mother's sonĪt the same time, the mother noticed that her son was being held out of wrestling matches, the lawsuit states. "Based on this message, it is believed that (the mother) is not the only woman Officer Heath harasses and intimidates," the lawsuit says.Īfter the mother told Heath no numerous times, the nature of his texts "changes from being nice in hopes of getting naked photos to angry and retaliatory," the lawsuit says. 2, telling the mother, "You know I tease you because I love you." When the mother confronted Heath about being a married man, he replied, "So," and, "Not happy," the lawsuit says. The case contends that Heath continued to send the mother text messages requesting that she send photos of herself to him and described the request as "good clean fun. The mother chose to send her son to Blackman Middle so he could be involved in the wrestling team that Heath coached, the federal lawsuit says. Lawsuit suggests Heath may have harassed others Heath accepted a job from former Sheriff Truman Jones in August 2008 and became a school resource officer in March 2009. 12, 2016, while Arnold was still sheriff.Ī review of Heath's personnel file did not reveal anything related to the lawsuit. The case involves Heath's past oversight of the sheriff's office youth wrestling after-school activities, which began after convicted ex-Sheriff Robert Arnold won a four-year term in 2010. More: Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh demotes two former SRO supervisors Convicted ex-sheriff appointed Heath to oversee wrestling Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes agreed to dismiss the SRO association as a defendant June 7. The Daily News Journal does not name possible victims in sex-related cases. The case initially named Heath, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, Board of Education, county government and the Rutherford County School Resource Association as defendants. Before I go to bed,' and states, 'Come on,' twice more in an effort to get (the mother) to send him a 'topless' photo," the lawsuit states. "Officer Heath then begins pleading with (the mother) to 'Send me one. 15, 2015: "U (sic) are gonna have to change your mind on that pic." The lawsuit contends that Heath had "lustful feelings" toward the mother and initiated a text message request starting on Oct. The mother and son's lawsuit asks for $1 million in compensatory damages, as well as jury awards that include physical and mental pain and suffering, medical bills and attorneys fees, according to their complaint filed by Nashville lawyers William B. "In federal lawsuits, the magistrate pretty routinely sets cases for trial at the case management conference," McCreary said. More: Rutherford County seeks to settle sex harassment case involving school resource officer 28, 2019, in Nashville after County Attorney Josh McCreary was unable to settle the lawsuit filed about a year ago. District Court Judge Judith Levy recently scheduled a jury trial at 8:30 a.m. Watch Video: Mother accuses SRO of sexual harassmentįormer Blackman Middle school resource officer John Heath faces a January 2019 trial after being accused of seeking nude photos from a mother and retaliating against her son.
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