During the plea hearing, Caruthers further admitted he conspired with several other people, including Stacy Bloodsworth, to cover up the fact that law enforcement officials and others had used excessive force against the three inmates. Caruthers acknowledged that the plan of the conspiracy was for the co-conspirators to prepare false reports and submit them to Wilcox County Sheriff's Office officials, and to make statements consistent with those false reports to anyone inquiring about the excessive use of force incident.