06:01 pm reed also claims she and phillips had a long-term sexual relationship from may 2017 - october 2019.
The lawsuit alleges the former inmate was also touched and harassed by deputies not named in the lawsuit.
The lee county woman also claims former sheriff terry grassaree knew about the sexual relationships but did not stop it.
Grassaree is also accused of demanding sexually explicit videos and pictures from reed, using her contraband cell phone.
The lawsuit claims the sexting with grassaree and sexual relationship with phillips continued until october 2019, when reed was moved out of the jail.
Reed is suing phillips, clark, grassaree, and noxubee county for alleged civil rights violations.
County leaders just learned about the lawsuit.
The shocking details have many around macon mortified.
Our stephanie poole has been following this story and was in noxubee county today.
She joins us live in the studio with more.
Just learned about the lawsuit.
The shocking details have many around macon mortified.
Our stephanie poole has been following this story and was in noxubee county today.
She joins us live in the studio with more.
Shocked, ashamed, mad, and curious... are some of the feelings folks in noxubee county have today.éé now, county leaders are ready to find out the truth and learning what's next.
" it makes our county look real bad whether any of it is true or not it's just a bad news for our county."
Noxubee county board of supervisors president eddie coleman says he and other supervisors are concerned about the claims made against the county in elizabeth reed's lawsuit .
"to even have some have a chance to be true like that but i don't know what happened or anything about it."
County leaders say they're embarrassed and concerned for those allegedly involved.
" i feel really bad for the reed family and the accused family.
I don't know who is wrong or right.
I feel sorry for if she's a victim of this my heart goes out to her and family.
And the accusers their families and the ridicule their going to have to go through until we get to the bottom of this because what we stand for is fairness and justice for all."
District 5 supervisor bruce brooks says regardless of what happened between reed, grassaree, phillips, and clark it's up to county leaders to keep people safe...even those behind bars.
" when we made the new investment on the building the new jail.
We did that to protect our citizens to give them a fair treatment and if that is not being done then we are going to have to re-visit that to make sure all policies are put in place to protect our people who are incarcerated."
But for now, all board members can do is wait... "all we gone is send it to our insurance company that's all we can do at this point."
" at our next board meeting we gone discuss it with our attorney and get some directions from there."
Reed's attorney was unavailable for comment today.
// sources tell wcbi that the fbi is investigating the claims. // a spokesman for the fbi released a statement saying in part..., quote... "we can neither confirm nor deny whether a matter is under investigation."
End quote.
// take vo off top elizabeth reed and three other people were arrested in connection with the shooting death of kristopher haywood in march 2015.
She was allegedly the boyfriend of jonathan shumaker.
Justin and joshua williams were also arrested in the case.
They were all charged with capital murder.
They were released from jail in november 2019, having never gone to trial, after new evidence was found.
