The Republican lawmaker has been accused of making rude comments and inappropriate advances to legislative interns.
at the Covenant School in Nashville a few days earlier when Audrey Hale, a former student at the school, shot and killed three 9-year-olds and three adults before she was killed by the police.
Jones and Pearson have been recently reinstated following public outrage over the expulsion, according to the Associated Press. However, Campbell faced no consequences for his actions as the lawmaker remained in his leadership position and continued performing his committee assignments. Both Campbell and the victim lived in the same apartment building, which later prompted legislative officials to reportedly pay money to ship the intern's furniture and relocate her to another part of the state for the remainder of her internship. No details were revealed about the amount of money paid in this process, but WTVF reported that potentially thousands of dollars were spent to protect the intern.
She added that he continued to describe"how sexually attractive he finds her," referring to the 19-year-old intern.
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