Claims
Taylor Cadle alleges that after she reported years of sexual abuse by her adoptive father Henry Cadle to the Polk County Sheriff's Office at age 12, detectives Melissa Turnage and William Rushing accused her of lying and she was charged with filing a false report. The suit alleges coercive interrogation, malicious prosecution, failure to investigate, and systemic failures to protect child sexual abuse victims. Defendants include Sheriff Grady Judd, Detective Melissa Turnage, Detective William Rushing, and Henry Cadle.