TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 11, 2026

A retired FBI analyst has sued the City of Knoxville and a local police officer after saying she was wrongfully arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a minor crash last year. According to Knox News, the federal lawsuit was filed April 27 by the Nashville law firm of Brazil Clark PLLC on behalf of Allison Tsiumis. The suit alleges that a Knox Police Department (KPD) officer incorrectly administered field sobriety tests and fabricated evidence in the affidavit filed about the incident. Tsiumis is suing both the city and the KPD officer for unlawful arrest and malicious prosecution, asserting that her constitutionally guaranteed 14th Amendment rights were violated. KPD has opened an internal investigation into the allegations according to the paper.