Ferguson C.O. Raped Pregnant Woman Before Sneaking Her Out of Jail: Suit
Ferguson corrections officer Jaris Hayden has been accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of having forced a pregnant inmate to have sex with him in exchange for her freedom.
The woman, who is only identified in the lawsuit by her initials, J.W., was apparently pulled over by Ferguson police last month for driving with expired license plates. She allegedly gave officers a fake name, leading to her arrest. Hayden, 29, the suit claims, told the woman, "you smell good" while booking her in jail.
According to the St. Louis Dispatch, the woman's boyfriend arrived at the jail soon after to post her bail. Hayden then apparently informed them that there were outstanding traffic warrants from other municipalities out on the woman. "I will do anything to go home," the woman claims to have said.
Hayden then led the woman to a boiler room where, KMOV reports, "he motioned for oral sex" before having intercourse with her. According to the suit, Hayden ushered the woman out of a side door of the jail without security cameras.
The woman then claims to have walked to a Subway restaurant across the street and put multiple pubic hairs she kept from sex with Hayden in a plastic bag; DNA testing, the St. Louis Dispatch reports, confirms the hair to be Hayden's.
Hayden has been charged with two counts of having sexual contact with a prisoner, one count of permitting escape and one count of acceding to corruption by a public servant. His attorney, Scott Rosenblum, told Reuters that Hayden intends to plead not guilty.