Mr. Eugene Douglas Wells Jr.

In 1995, Virginia Union University Police Chief Eugene Douglas Wells Jr. was arrested and later convicted of soliciting a prostitute in Richmond in a city sting operation that netted almost 30 arrests.

Police said Wells solicited the services of an undercover female police officer posing as a prostitute at West Broad and Ryland streets.

Eugene D. Wells Virginia Union University Police Department

The law firm of Thomas H. Roberts & Associates, P.C. joins with the dissent in expressing disappointment that a once respected institution of higher learning like Virginia Union University would suggest that the comment of the University's Chief of Police, Eugene Wells, "I bet she has good pussy" is simply a "man talk situation" and not powerful evidence of animus towards women. This firm and the public finds even more disappointing the suggestion by one of the Judges joining the majority opinion for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, that such a comment may be viewed as a compliment.

At all times relevant to this appeal, Eugene Wells (Chief Wells)

served as the Department's Chief of Police. In this position, Chief

Wells was responsible for the daily operation and administration of
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Chief Wells had input with respect to significant personnel decisions,

although the ultimate decision making authority rested with the

Department Supervisor. However, Chief Wells was authorized to
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In April 1993, Wells rated Taylor's communication

skills as "marginal" in a written performance evaluation and encour-

aged her to improve in that area. Wells rated Taylor's skills in all
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munication skills, Wells allowed Taylor to serve on a regular basis as
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November 1994, Chief Wells recommended to Department Supervi-
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that Chief Wells assured her that she would be sent to the Police

Academy. Nevertheless, Taylor claims that she was not sent to the
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or Lieutenant Terry) of the Department: "I asked[Chief Wells] one
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Furthermore, Corporal Harrell testified that Chief Wells had
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Chief Wells rated Johnson as
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In May 1994, Johnson sent a letter to Chief Wells expressing her
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Johnson, Chief Wells then told her, "I don't know why you can't be
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result of discriminatory animus held by Chief Wells toward women,

like Taylor, Johnson relies upon the exchange between Chief Wells
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during her tenure with the Department, Chief Wells: (1) talked to her

in his office with the door shut; (2) told her she would be promoted

if she "did the right thing"; (3) told her she looked good in her uni-

form; and (4) touched her on her arm or shoulder when he spoke to
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Wells once stated that he bet a certain unidentified woman had "good
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Mr. Wells, Chief Wells.
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refusing to admit evidence, over her objection, that Chief Wells once

stated that he bet a certain unidentified woman had"good pussy" and
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Chief Wells, whom she alleges harbored discriminatory animus
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Wells was instrumental in hiring Taylor in August 1992, and evalu-
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Wells would have falsely rated Taylor as marginal in one category in
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attend the Police Academy: "I asked [Chief Wells] one day was he
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attitude toward women, because Chief Wells made the statement in
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Chief Wells never sent any VUU officer to the Police Academy with
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cretion in excluding evidence that Chief Wells once stated that he bet

a certain unidentified woman had "good pussy" and evidence that

Chief Wells called a female VUU employee named Angela Sheridan
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Wells commented that he would never send a woman to the Police
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relied upon Corporal Harrell's testimony that Chief Wells referred to
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Johnson offered the evidence of Chief Wells' alleged"good pussy"
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ing that Chief Wells failed to recommend her for promotion to the
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evidence that was already before the jury on the issue of Chief Wells'
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that Chief Wells stated he would never send a woman to the Police
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ble, Johnson relied on her own testimony that Chief Wells touched
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Chief Wells, she stated that she "enjoyed very much working under
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employed by VUU of Chief Wells' "good pussy" comment or of his
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abused its discretion in excluding evidence that Chief Wells once

stated that he bet a certain unidentified woman had"good pussy,"

(J.A. 187), and in excluding evidence that Chief Wells called a female
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dence that Chief Wells solicited a prostitute in 1995, one year after John-
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Mr. Wells, Chief Wells.

Both women were supervised by VUU's Chief of Police, Eugene Wells.
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During her employment with VUU, Wells selected six officers to attend the Police Academy but refused to select her.He even said to a fellow officer that he would never send a female officer to the Academy.It was undisputed that Police Academy attendance positively impacted promotion opportunities.Ms. Taylor was ultimately terminated by Wells because, while off duty, she was discovered at a fraternity party in an all-male dorm.While she claims that she had not consumed alcoholic beverages at this party, she was nonetheless terminated for violating VUU's policies governing alcoholic beverages and coed visitation.

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The Court found that Ms. Taylor has presented evidence that male employees who had fraternized with students in even more egregious ways had not been disciplined for their misconduct, but that Wells had terminated her.