The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, calls Hankinson a “sexual predator” who “used his police uniform and the employment of a secondary nightclub to prey on innocent women two decades younger than him.”
According to the lawsuit, Hankison is charged with assault and battery.
CNN reached out to Hankinson’s lawyer, Steve Matthews, for comment.
Hankson was among the officers who raided Taylor’s apartment apartment in March, a 26-year-old ER technician and aspiring nurse. After officers entered the home with Better Ram, Taylor’s boyfriend fired shots and officers blindfolded Ka – including Hankinson, who is accused of firing 10 rounds into Taylor’s apartment. Taylor was shot dead, sparking outrage.
Hankison was fired for his role in the shooting.
According to the lawsuit, Plaintiff Margo Borders visited the Teen Roof Bar in Kentucky in 2018 to meet some friends where Hankison worked as a security guard. Borders and Hankison met in 2017 and were a mutual friend; According to the lawsuit, Hankis was repeatedly “messaged” by “borders on Snapchat” and had “problems with his girlfriend” when approached.
Border was intoxicated that night, and when it was time to leave the bar and she had to call Uber, Hankis insisted that he drive her home and call himself to her apartment, according to the lawsuit. Borders went to her room and fell asleep, and when she fell unconscious, Hankins was “sexually assaulted intentionally, intentionally, painfully, and violently,” according to the lawsuit.
When Borders regained consciousness, she told Hankison to drive out; He then grabbed his uniform and walked out of his room as claimed. Later that day, Hankis sent a message to Borders to “try and suggest that the two have built a consensual relationship as claimed.”
Sam Aguirre, one of the Borders attorneys, said, “Margo and many other women think he believes the police officer is doing a good deed. He responded by risking his life.” “We are confident that this lawsuit will send a message that the community will hold the police accountable when the department itself fails to do so.”
Aguar is also one of Bruna Taylor’s family lawyers.
This was not a separate incident, according to the lawsuit; It includes the claims of nine other women, some of whom claim that they have had experiences with Hankison ranging from unwanted sexual development to sexual assault.
According to the lawsuit, Hankison’s internal police department released details of more than 50 internal reports, including “allegations of sexual misconduct in the investigation of at least two public integration units.” In one incident, according to the lawsuit, Hankison was deported after he was accused of seeking sexual favors in exchange for not filing criminal charges against the victim. In another, it was alleged that Hanks made advances and tried to date a woman while he was the subject of active investigation; He was also executed for the incident, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that Hankinson’s colleagues at the LMPD, including former chief Steve Conrad, knew about his behavior but did not report or investigate it. It also alleges that “multiple women claimed to have reported the incidents to the LMPD, but were not pursued.”
CNN reached out to LMPD for comment.
The lawsuit names five members of the LMPD, including Hankinson as well as Conrad, as defendants, accused of negligence in monitoring and reporting and failing to intervene, and the tin roof and tin roof manager, who is also charged. Careless supervision and vicarious liability. The lawsuit also names “unidentified defendants” who are “operated by the Louisville Metro Government” and is accused of failing to report and intervene.
CNN has reached out to former chief Steve Conrad, tin roof and tin roof manager, for comment.
According to the lawsuit, Borders and his attorneys are seeking compensation and penalties for the amount determined in the trial and for the attorney’s fees.
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