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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 23, 2024

As parallel criminal and civil cases move forward against the Johnson City Police Department over its interactions with alleged serial rapist Sean Williams, new accusations have emerged that a co- conspirator laundered money to make extortion payments to police. The payments, according to women suing, came from Williams’ business partner, who made weekly payments of $2,000 using a complicated scheme to disguise the source of the funds. Police are accused of protecting the business partner and Williams in exchange for the payments. The new claims come as part of a suit filed last year alleging that officers failed to investigate sexual assault complaints against Williams. Tennessee Lookout has more.