The mayor of Nashville apologized Wednesday for having an affair with the head of her security detail, a police officer. Megan Barry, 54, a Democrat who was elected mayor of Tennessee’s bustling capital in 2015, disclosed the affair to the media. “Today I acknowledged publicly that I have engaged in an extramarital affair with the former head of my security detail,” Barry said in a statement. “I deeply regret that my professional relationship with Mayor Barry turned into a personal one,” Forrest said in a statement provided by lawyer David Raybin. “Chief Anderson has nothing to add to what Mayor Barry has already said and will say later this evening.

Source: Washington Post February 01, 2018 03:42 UTC