The plaintiffs, identified in the suit only by initials, made claims against officers that include sexual assault, stalking and harassment.

The city paid Joseph Bennett $35,000 earlier this year to settle a lawsuit filed in December claiming Officer Manuel Cruz "aggressively confronted" and then "sucker punched" him.

Kimberly Maffet claimed she was retaliated against in part because she learned a U of L coach (described only as “Coach 3”) “was having an affair with a co-employee,” violating the university’s sexual harassment policy.