Nashville Mayor Megan Barry speaks to the media at a news conference at the Metro Courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Barry revealed Wednesday that she had an extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail, apologizing and indicating she plans to continue serving in office. (George Walker IV/The Tennessean via AP)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – State investigators have found a nude photo and partially nude photo of a woman that they believe were taken with the work cellphone of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s former lead bodyguard, with whom she has admitted having an extramarital affair, according to court documents filed Thursday.
In affidavits by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the agency says there’s probable cause to show Sgt. Rob Forrest shot those two photos while his timesheet says he was working and that the two were engaging in their affair while he was on duty. The photos were discovered in Forrest’s work email, the filings state. There were 260 deleted chats between Forrest’s phone and Barry’s phone number as well as 35 deleted call logs, the affidavit states.
The bureau stopped short of identifying who was in the photos. But in the affidavit, an agent says he believes a black purse in one nude photo is the same purse found in a different photo of Barry found on Forrest’s phone. The two photos were taken a day apart, the affidavit states.
The nude and partially nude photos were shot last May and October, on days that Barry’s travel schedule shows she was on separate Washington trips.
Barry said if those were photos of her, she hasn’t seen them and they were taken without her knowledge or permission and are a complete invasion of her privacy. She said the allegations of photos of her are “very troubling and infuriating if true.”