INDIANAPOLIS–Four women who say Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill inappropriately touched them at a party last year have filed a federal lawsuit against Hill.

Those who filed the claims include State Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon; Niki DaSilva, Legislative Assistant for the Indiana Senate Republicans; Gabrielle McLemore, Communications Director for the Indiana Senate Democrats; and Samantha Lozano, Legislative Assistant for the Indiana House Democrats. All four are being represented by Katz Korin Cunningham PC.

They accuse him of sexual harassment, retaliation, gender discrimination, battery, defamation and invasion of privacy.

Hannah Kaufman Joseph is an attorney with Karz Korin Cunningham.

“These women all had one unfortunate thing in common. They had an interaction in which Curtis Hill sexually harassed and assaulted them March 15, 2018,” Joseph said.

Joseph says each of these women has faced retaliation and other unlawful employment actions as a result of the incident.

The state of Indiana has also been named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Hill’s accusers have filed four counts against the state and seven against Hill.

Neither a state ethics probe nor a criminal investigation led to formal charges against Hill, but he could have to pay if the four women’s civil lawsuit is successful.