Former LMPD officer convicted for lying about cases arrested for soliciting prostitution

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Former Louisville police Detective John Green, who was sentenced to probation in 2023 for knowingly giving false testimony against two people, violated his probation after getting convicted in January for soliciting prostitution.

Earlier this month, Green was ordered by a Louisville judge to serve 60 days on home incarceration, undergo mental health treatment and pay $1,000 to Kentucky's Victim Compensation fund.

Green acknowledged violating his probation after being convicted of a misdemeanor, according to court records.

In November, Green was charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida after being arrested at a hotel by an undercover officer who was posing as a prostitute. He was convicted but sentenced to diversion, meaning he avoided time in jail.

An attorney for Green declined to comment.

In 2023, Green pleaded guilty to perjury in two cases, including knowingly giving false testimony after arresting a woman he said stole from the McDonald's where she was employed in 2018.

Green was sentenced to one year incarceration, which was to be probated for five years as long as he followed several conditions, including staying out of trouble and not owning a firearm.

The Louisville cases began in 2021 when a Jefferson County grand jury indicted Green for charging Shayla Simpson with theft in 2018 and then falsely testifying there was surveillance video showing she stole from her employer, McDonald's, even though the video clearly showed it was another employee.

Prosecutors argued that Green never watched the store surveillance video.

In January 2022, Simpson, who lost her job, was paid $150,000 by the city to settle a federal wrongful arrest lawsuit.

In addition, Green was indicted in another perjury case in December 2021 after prosecutors say he misrepresented statements of a victim that ultimately led to two women wrongfully being charged with assault.

The two women, Jorian Stigall and Christian Murphy, were charged with assault after Green wrote and testified that the pair jumped another woman and "stomped" on her until her leg broke in March 2017 at an apartment complex off Breckinridge Lane. However, according to prosecutors, the victim in the case actually told Green that she had no idea how her leg was broken.

Green was accused of repeating the lie during a probable cause hearing and during testimony to a grand jury. The grand jury chose not to indict Stigall or Murphy.

Those charges against Green were dismissed and combined with the other perjury case.

A lawsuit filed by one of the women against Green and the city was settled last year for $120,000.

The Jefferson Commonwealth's Attorney's office previously tried to revoke Green's probation after he was involved in a domestic violence incident and refused to quit drinking, according to court records.

The issue was later settled between the two and the order was dismissed.

Green retired from LMPD in 2021.

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