Attorney General Curtis Hill, who made history as the state’s first African-American Attorney General following his election in 2016, had been facing allegations of inappropriately touching multiple women at a party celebrating the end of the legislative session in March 2018.

Don Lundberg, Lundberg Legal, counsel to Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, said regarding the filing by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.

Following the allegations, many legislators throughout the state were calling for Hill to resign his post as Attorney General, with Senate minority leader Tim Lanane arguing that by remaining in the role Hill would discredit all decisions made by the office.

A group of four women, Niki DaSilva, Samantha Lozano, Gabrielle McLemore and State representative Mara Candelaria Reardon, filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Curtis Hill and the State of Indiana in June of 2019.

The group is pursuing these civil causes of action against Curtis Hill individually and as Indiana Attorney General, and the State of Indiana, as an avenue to achieve the plaintiffs’ two main goals, according to the law firm that represented the women.