PHOENIX – The City of Phoenix faces a second lawsuit alleging that the police allowed a sex offender to continue working as a police officer.
ABC15 investigators have followed developments in the case against former officer Sean Pena.
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Last summer, he was charged with sexual assault and released by the Phoenix Police Department. Three women have reported as victims.
In the new federal lawsuit, the third alleged victim, a South Phoenix woman, claims she was forced to sexually abuse Pena while on duty in August 2019.
The lawsuit also blames the city and the police chief for allowing Pena to patrol alone after the first victim reported him in 2018.
Phoenix has already settled a lawsuit with Pena, paying the second alleged victim, Krystofer Lee, $ 425,000 last month.
Pena is awaiting trial on seven crime charges.
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