A political scandal, which involved a golf cart, has a former WWE Hall of Famer embroiled in scandal.
Knox County mayor Glenn Jacobs is in hot water. Better known to the WWE audience as Hall of Famer Kane, Jacobs has gotten himself in trouble for wild and, frankly, weird reasons. The calamities involve a golf cart.
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, a federal lawsuit has been pursued against Jacobs by the county. Jacobs allegedly made a number of critical errors and committed misconduct along the way.
Reporter Tyler Whetstone wrote, “Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs asked county employees to work at his home when they were on the clock, pressured a department head to lie to state investigators and cursed at him when he wouldn’t do it, according to a federal lawsuit the county settled by agreeing to pay $150,000 to former parks and recreation director Paul White.”
Whetstone then said that all of this began with a golf cart. Bryan Hair, Jacobs’ chief of staff, resigned after accusations that he used a county golf cart at his home according to the report. The fallout from that resignation led to the state’s investigation.
The allegations against Jacobs included encouraging White to lie to the state, that he “pounded a desk and cursed at White when he refused to lie to cover for Hair” after the shocking golf cart revelation, and that “Hair pressured White to lie and say he had the golf cart for only a few weeks. White said Hair threatened to fire him if he didn’t.”
Jacobs and his team denied any law-breaking activities. They completed the work while the employees were on break according to the team. And that the work done was the removal of a snake from the house.
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