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Indiana attorney general gains groping claims case records

Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill returns to his desk following a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, July 9, 2018. Hill is rejecting calls to resign, saying his name "has been dragged through the gutter" amid allegations that he inappropriately touched a lawmaker and several other women. The Republican said during the news conference that he stands "falsely and publicly accused of abhorrent behavior." (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s lawyers have won their fight for records of the state inspector general’s investigation into allegations that Hill drunkenly groped four women.

Hill’s attorneys sought the records as they defend him in attorney disciplinary proceedings he faces that could lead to his disbarment as a lawyer.

Former state Supreme Court Justice Myra Selby is the hearing officer for Hill’s case. She ruled that Hill’s lawyers had shown they couldn’t obtain from another source the information contained in the inspector general’s report.

Inspector General Lori Torres had argued against the release, but said she accepted the ruling.

The inspector general’s report cited eyewitnesses who called the former Elkhart County Prosecuting Attorney’s behavior at an Indianapolis bar inappropriate and “creepy” but said he didn’t break any state ethics rules. Hill has denied wrongdoing.

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