Louisville Police Chief Who Charged Scottie Scheffler Resigns After New Controversy Comes to Light
The Kentucky police chief who was in charge when golf champ Scottie Scheffler was arrested last month has resigned.
Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel resigned Tuesday, less than two weeks after being placed on administrative leave over a sexual harassment case, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Her resignation came after a recording was released that seemed to show she promoted a major in the department to a leadership role less than a minute after a female major complained that he had “sexually harassed and attacked” her, according to the report.
Since that incident, two other female LMPD officers filed lawsuits against the department, documenting allegations of sexual harassment in the department,
