West Virginia girl admits to trafficking woman, 17, to cop

A 28-year-old West Virginia girl has pleaded responsible to youngster sex-trafficking conspiracy fees after admitting that she supplied an underage relative to a former police chief in trade for $100.

Kristen Naylor-Legg provided up the 17-year-old woman twice in 2020 to then-Gauley Bridge Police Chief Larry Allen Clay Jr., who additionally had been working with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Division, in accordance with appearing US Lawyer Lisa Johnston.

She mentioned Clay paid her $100 on the primary event and promised to pay her $50 on the second however by no means did.

Naylor-Legg and Clay have been initially charged in March and indicted the subsequent month.

The previous chief, who has pleaded not responsible, faces trial Nov. 9 on sex-trafficking fees.

The woman additionally has sued him and the town of Gauley Bridge in federal court docket. She claimed she was 17 when she was repeatedly sexually assaulted in June 2020.

“Chief Clay’s heinous conduct on this case is without doubt one of the worst examples of police misconduct and abuse of energy conceivable,” her legal professional Russell A. Williams instructed the West Virginia File.

“We stay up for holding him accountable for his unconscionable violation of our shopper’s rights and breaching our collective public belief in legislation enforcement,” he added.

The teenager was dwelling with and within the custody of Charles Legg, her ex-stepfather, and his spouse, Naylor-Legg.

“Chief Clay expressed to Mrs. Naylor-Legg that he was sexually inquisitive about plaintiff, regardless that he knew plaintiff was a minor,” the grievance states, in accordance with the File.

“Chief Clay expressed to Mrs. Naylor-Legg that he would pay plaintiff to the touch herself in a sexual means whereas he and Mrs. Naylor-Legg had sexual activity,” it added.

The woman claimed that in June 2020, Naylor-Legg started taking cellphone images of her bare breasts and buttocks to ship to Clay and others in trade for cash.

At a highschool commencement get together, Clay allegedly started following her round, “frequently making an attempt to get bodily near her,” the grievance states.

After the get together, Naylor-Legg instructed her that Clay was inquisitive about her sexually.

“Naylor-Legg expressed to plaintiff that if she didn’t start exhibiting extra curiosity in Chief Clay, she would throw plaintiff out of the home, leaving her to dwell on the road,” the grievance says.

“Naylor-Legg instructed plaintiff that she wanted to have sexual activity with Chief Clay in trade for cash as a result of the household wanted the funds to maintain the utilities on of their house,” it states.

The on-duty chief drove his police cruiser to a location exterior Gauley Bridge to satisfy the woman, who had been pushed there by Naylor-Legg, the information outlet reported.

Clay allegedly unzipped his pants and ordered the woman to carry out oral intercourse on him earlier than bending her over the facet of the automotive to have sexual activity, the paper mentioned.

He then allegedly paid Naylor-Legg and instructed the woman to “hold her mouth shut.”

The second incident came about on the former Gauley Bridge Excessive Faculty, which now homes Metropolis Corridor and the police division.

“After Chief Clay completed, Mrs. Naylor-Legg gave plaintiff some paper towels to wash herself with. After cleansing herself, plaintiff threw the paper towels within the nook of the room,” in accordance with the grievance.

“The grotesque actions of Chief Clay … have been objectively unreasonable and have been in violation of clearly established legislation … violated plaintiff’s proper to liberty, bodily integrity, privateness and private autonomy … intentionally injured plaintiff in a means unjustified by any authorities curiosity … shock the aware … (and) have been illegal,” it mentioned.

The woman is in search of damages for extreme and everlasting bodily and emotional accidents.