TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Apr 13, 2016

The Tennessean reports Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch and a detective made “professional courtesy” calls to University of Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones about the investigation of rape allegations against team members A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams. The calls may have violated state law, according to a statement issued by the Knox County district attorney.  “A pre-arrest disclosure of sensitive information that is not made for the purpose of advancing the criminal investigation potentially could violate state law regarding the misuse of official information,” the statement said.