Nashville sued for records in Vanderbilt rape case

By |2014-04-09T16:51:32-05:00February 8, 2014|Categories: crime records, public records lawsuits Tennessee|Tags: , , |0 Comments

From Associated Press: NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A coalition of news media organizations, including The Tennessean and The Associated Press, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Nashville to force the release of records in a case involving former Vanderbilt football players charged with rape. The lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks video surveillance and photographs that Vanderbilt University turned over to police. The media organizations are not seeking additional video or photographs believed to have been taken by defendants during the alleged attack. The suit says records obtained by Nashville police that were created by parties outside government should be public under state law. Four former football players are accused of raping an [...]