The state legislature’s top administrator is being sued by former state Rep. Scotty Campbell, who claims he was forced out amid a workplace harassment complaint filed by an intern in 2023.
Campbell, an East Tennessee Republican, filed a lawsuit Tuesday saying he was “forced to resign upon threat of being expelled — that day — and losing his health insurance” by House Republican Caucus Chair Jeremy Faison. The filing also says Faison was believed to be conspiring with others to keep the media from finding out a similar complaint had been filed against him.
Campbell filed a public records petition Tuesday in Davidson County Circuit Court against Connie Ridley, director of Legislative Administration, court documents show. The filing contends Ridley and others refused to disclose state records Campbell requested and is entitled to receive under state law.
Campbell resigned April 20 after a subcommittee investigation found he sexually harassed an intern.