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   The Democrat pleaded also pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony theft   
   over her misuse of city funds.   
      
   Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s soap opera-like affair with her   
   former police bodyguard—marked by early-morning private cemetery   
   trips and nude cellphone photos—on Tuesday culminated in a   
   felony guilty plea and a resignation for the Democrat.   
      
   Barry pleaded guilty to felony theft of property over $10,000,   
   for the time billed to the City of Nashville and that was   
   instead spent on a personal relationship with Sgt. Rob Forrest,   
   according to The Tennessean.   
      
   “Had this case gone to trial, witnesses are available who would   
   testify that in March 2016 and January 2018 Megan Barry caused   
   over 10K but less than 60K in Metro Nashville city funds to be   
   expended unlawfully on Mr. Robert Forrest,” District Attorney   
   Glenn Funk reportedly said in court.   
      
   Forrest pleaded guilty to the same charge on Tuesday, according   
   to local reports.   
      
   The now-ex-mayor—who before the scandal held an astonishing 70-   
   percent approval rating—has agreed to reimburse the city for   
   $11,000 and serve three years of probation.   
      
   In a Tuesday morning press conference, Barry called her brief   
   tenure an “honor and privilege.”   
      
   “While my time as your mayor concludes today, my unwavering love   
   and sincere affection for this wonderful city and its great   
   people shall never come to an end,” said Barry.   
      
   “No one is as excited about this city and its bright and   
   limitless future as I am," she added. “Nashville, with its   
   boundless energy, its infectious optimism, it has never   
   encountered an obstacle it couldn’t overcome attitude, will in   
   the years ahead continue its steady march toward the very top of   
   the list of great American cities. It’s a continued climb that I   
   will watch but I will watch as a private citizen.”   
      
   Vice Mayor David Briley will reportedly be sworn in as mayor in   
   her stead.   
      
   Both Barry and Forrest are married, though Forrest’s wife   
   recently filed for divorce after the scandal broke. Forrest   
   retired in January.   
      
   Months ago, Barry publicly admitted to the extramarital   
   affair—apologizing to her husband in the process—but has   
   repeatedly denied that romantic encounters took place while   
   Forrest was on-the-clock. According to an indictment, nude   
   photos on Forrest’s phone reportedly show that the two were   
   engaging in an affair while Forrest was on duty.   
      
   The two went on a total of 10 city-funded trips by themselves   
   without other staff present, including conferences in Greece and   
   Paris.   
      
   And in an odd turn, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation   
   announced last month that video footage showed Barry and Forrest   
   taking several early-morning trips to a historic graveyard,   
   normally around 7 a.m. local time.   
      
   Barry’s spokesman, Sean Braisted, claimed after the videos   
   surfaced that nothing inappropriate happened at the cemetery,   
   noting that Barry “finds it to be a peaceful place to start her   
   day.”   
      
   “Sometimes she would go for a walk, other times she would sit in   
   the car and either reflect, make calls, catch up on emails, or   
   report issues with vandalism in the cemetery,” Braisted said.   
      
   Bullshit.  She liked getting fucked up her fat ass in cemetaries.   
      
   https://www.thedailybeast.com/nashville-mayor-megan-barry-   
   resigns-over-scandalous-affair-with-ex-bodyguard   
             
      
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