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TRIGG COUNTY, KY â A teenager is claiming in a lawsuit that she was groomed for sex while working as an intern for the Trigg County Sheriff s Office.
The lawsuit was filed against former Trigg County Sheriff Jason Barnes, three members of his department, a former Cadiz Police Officer, the Trigg County Fiscal Court, the Trigg County Board of Education, and the director of personal and student services for the Trigg County School system.Â
The 16-page lawsuit says the girl was a 17-year-old high school student when she was accepted into an full-time internship program with the Trigg County Sheriff s Department and that she worked directly under Barnes, Michael Parker, Major Jimmy Godair, and Jeff Arena.
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An attorney who filed a lawsuit alleging a Trigg County High School student was groomed and pressured to have sex with county law enforcement during an internship says the lawsuit is directly connected to an indictment of the former sheriff.
The lawsuit, filed on Dec. 17 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, states Layla Kunkle as a then 18-year-old high school student faced sexual advances and messages via various apps during her internship at the Trigg County Sheriff’s Office from multiple former deputies, a Cadiz Police Department officer, and former Sheriff Jason Barnes.
One evening âafter this period of groomingâ Barnes invited Kunkle to his home. When she arrived, the lawsuit stated, he offered her a mixed drink containing strawberry rum. The drink âcaused her to become very intoxicated.â
The lawsuit claims that once Kunkle was intoxicated, Barnes had sex with her in his living room. After the act, Kunkle passed out on Barnesâ couch.
Later in the evening, Barnes allegedly asked Kunkle if she wanted to sleep in the bedroom. He âhad to help her as she held onto the wall to be able to walk.â
Kunkle passed out again in Barnesâ bed, the lawsuit stated. She woke up âas he got in bed and began having sex with her again before stopping.â