LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officer pleaded guilty to charges after investigators say he shared a sexually explicit photo of a woman without her consent.
LMPD issued a statement on Oct. 13 saying, "Officer Seeders is on administrative leave. The department is in the process of beginning termination proceedings against him."
Harry Seeders was ordered to undergo a mental health assessment, forfeit his law enforcement certification and he's to receive no jail time.
He was released from custody, according to court documents.
Seeders will appear in court Dec. 13 to prove he underwent the mental assessment and followed all other conditions of his release.
According to court documents, officers arrested Harry Seeders after a woman came forward, saying Harry Seeders shared the photos in a group chat with 19 people.
Some of the people whom the photo was shared was friends with the victim.
The woman reported the incident to Metro Police.
The charges were filed under Kentucky’s revenge porn law, passed in 2018.
Under the law, the first offense is a misdemeanor, but following offenses are felonies.
Shively Representative Joni Jenkins sponsored the law.
“I’m proud of the law. I think it’s good, common sense legislation and I hope it prevents a lot of bad things from happening and also gives them some recourse,” she said.
Seeders is also facing domestic violence charges from an incident in 2021.
He was charged with assaulting a woman he was dating.
According to the arrest citation, Seeders hit the woman in the mouth during an argument, and then choked her for approximately 30 seconds.
The woman reportedly suffered a busted lip and marks to her neck, according to court documents.
Those charges are still pending in Jefferson District Court. A hearing is scheduled in the 2021 case on Oct. 12.
The domestic violence charges came at the same time Seeders was on administrative leave after he shot and killed a man in the Portland neighborhood on Nov. 22, 2020.
In the body cam video, while the officer speaks to dispatch, the car's lights turn back on. He yells at a woman on the passenger side to "stay in the car." The passenger cannot be seen but can be heard yelling.
As Seeders walks behind the car toward the passenger, 49-year-old Brian Allen Thurman begins to back the car out of the driveway and into Seeders. Seeders yells "Stop!" multiple times as his camera is dislodged from his uniform. He fires into the car. Seeders tells dispatch "shots fired" and then waits for other officers to arrive.
When backup arrived, Seeders points them to the driver and says, "He's hit, he's hit, he ran over me with the car."
"You can actually hear it in that young man's voice, the criticality of the situation," police expert Alex Payne said.
He was on leave during the investigations, as is standard LMPD procedure.
Brian Allen Thurman was killed during the incident.
Seeders is currently on administrative leave.
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