Former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison, who was the only officer charged in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in April 2018, according to a lawsuit filed in Jefferson County, Kentucky on Tuesday.
Louisville resident Margo Borders claims that Hankison assaulted her after giving her a ride home from a local bar. According to the filing, Hankinson allegedly entered Borders’s apartment and assaulted her after she fell asleep on the couch.
Borders was allegedly “physically injured, mentally horrified and remained in emotional duress over both the assault and the feeling that any efforts made to hold Officer Hankison accountable for his actions would backfire,” according to the lawsuit.
“Brett Hankison’s conduct was absolutely terrible,” said Borders’s attorney Sam Aguiar in a Tuesday statement reported by WDRB. “What’s just as terrible is how protected he was within the department. The man ruined lives for years and was never held accountable.”
Other Louisville police officers were named as defendants, including former Louisville Police Chief Steve Conrad. The lawsuit claims that the other individuals were aware of Hankison’s behavior but did not attempt to prevent it.
Newsweek reached out to Aguiar’s office for comment.
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