FILE – In this July 9, 2018, file photo, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. The four women who accused Indiana’s attorney general of drunkenly groping them at a party are holding a news conference with their lawyers. The law firm representing the women says an announcement is coming Tuesday, June 18, 2019, about legal action regarding the allegations against Hill. The women’s lawyers said in October they intended to sue Hill, who has denied wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general is being sued in federal court by four women who say he drunkenly groping them during a party last year.
The women and their lawyers announced the lawsuit against Republican state Attorney General Curtis Hill during a Tuesday news conference. The women’s lawyers said in October that they intended to sue Hill after a special prosecutor declined to pursue criminal charges against him.
Hill is accused of touching the backs or buttocks of a state lawmaker and three legislative staffers in March 2018 at an Indianapolis bar. Hill has denied wrongdoing and rebuffed calls from Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb to resign.
He faces an October hearing on possible sanctions from the state Supreme court, which could include up to disbarment as an attorney.
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