Staff Report The attorney for the former police officer suing Patterson and Mayor Rodney Grogan insisted Friday that Grogan maligned his client in public statements about a sexual harassment investigation. Former Assistant Chief Gary Stevenson alleges in a lawsuit filed this month in 16th Judicial District Court that Grogan mischaracterized his role in the harassment allegation lodged against another officer. The case centers on the harassment allegation from a police department dispatcher against then-Officer Kirby Madison. Stevenson said in his lawsuit that he investigated the allegation against Madison. But, the lawsuit said, Grogan linked Stevenson’s name to sexual misconduct when the mayor spoke to ...