Greenville County Council has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Sheriff Will Lewis, who last week admitted to having a "consensual encounter" with an employee he hired as a special assistant at the Sheriff's Office.

The public meeting will be held at Greenville County Square.

The meeting will include a discussion of Greenville County Sheriff's Office Operations and Administration, according to an agenda. Following that discussion, the agenda calls for an executive session to receive "legal advice where the legal advice relates to a pending, threatened, or potential claim or other matters covered by the attorney client privilege, settlement of legal claims, or the position of the public agency in other adversary situations involving the assertion against the agency of a claim relating to the Sheriff’s Office."

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County Council Chair Butch Kirven said the meeting will allow council members to make statements publicly, and potentially for the council as a whole to "take a position" on Lewis.

"That's why we put the opportunity for a resolution on there as well," Kirven said. "Whether they agree to that or not has yet to be determined."

The meeting comes a week after a former Sheriff's Office employee, Savannah Nabors, filed a lawsuit in Greenville County against Lewis that claims he raped her at a Charlotte hotel, stalked her and harassed her, eventually leading to her termination of employment.

Lewis denied the allegations when he read a statement publicly last Thursday but hasn't answered any questions related to the lawsuit or his actions. He said he planned to continue to serve as sheriff.

The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the claims.

The News does not typically identify victims of sexual assault, but Nabors went public with her allegations in a blog on a family member's website earlier this year.

Greenville County Administrator Joe Kernell is listed as a defendant in the lawsuit, as well as Greenville County, the Sheriff's Office and various John Does.

Several members of council have called for a forensic audit of Sheriff's Office spending but Kirven said that request would have to come at the council's next regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 7.

The forensic audit won't be the only item the council will explore related to allegations the lawsuit brought to light, Kirven said.

"We're going to look at this from beginning to end over the next weeks and months," he said. "There's a lot of information we need to get. Decisions need to be made, considerations of policies and that sort of thing."

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