A former assistant Tim Boyce, the Delaware County veteran The emergency services director said in a lawsuit Friday that he kissed, grabbed, repeatedly groped her and masturbated in front of her in his office.

Maille Bonsal said that Boyce, who was fired in may After two other women accused him of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching, she was routinely subjected to “unwanted verbal, physical, and sexual harassment during and after work hours.”

Outside of work, Boyce once forced her into his vehicle and once encouraged her to drink champagne that she believes was drugged, according to the lawsuit, filed Friday against Delaware County. The lawsuit says county officials knew about Boyce’s inappropriate behavior and did nothing about it.

The abuse began when Boyce hired her in 2019 and ended only when he was fired amid a criminal investigation into his treatment of two other employees.

Bonsall’s attorney, Mark Schwartz, wrote in the lawsuit that she did everything she could to keep her boss in line.

“Her goal was just to survive and get through each day, finding new ways to keep him away from her,” Schwartz said. “He became callous and dissociated himself from his circumstances in the vain hope of avoiding worse things.”

The lawsuit names members of the Delaware County Council and other high-level county officials, claiming they “facilitated and protected Boyce regarding his well-known and inappropriate sexual behavior.”

In a statement Friday, a county spokesperson said officials would not comment on pending litigation, but that they take “the safety, respect and well-being of all employees” seriously.

“The county is steadfast in its commitment to fostering a workplace that upholds these standards, where harassment, discrimination and retaliation are neither tolerated nor ignored,” the spokesperson said.

Last month, another woman, Jacqueline Kahler, filed a federal lawsuit with similar allegations against Boyce. Kahler said in the lawsuit that Boyce called her into his office and tried to kiss her. When she rejected him, the lawsuit says, he said, “You have a really nice butt. Let me feel it,” and he groped her as he walked away.

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Boyce has been charged with indecent assault and related offenses against Kahler, and that case is pending in Delaware County Court. He is also accused of assaulting another former employee, who she alleged lifted her skirt and asked her what sexual positions she preferred.

Andrés Edelberg, a lawyer representing Boyce in his criminal casesHe said Friday that Bonsall’s allegations are “completely fabricated.”

“All the facts will come to light at trial,” he said. “This is another situation that is not corroborated or substantiated.”

According to Bonsall’s lawsuit, Boyce behaved as if the two were in a relationship, often telling her that he loved her and understood her better than her husband. Boyce gave her money and expensive gifts, despite her protests, and rejected her attempts to return it, according to the lawsuit.

In September 2019, Boyce invited Bonsall to a conference in New York City that he told her other county staff members would attend, but no one else attended, according to the lawsuit. After Boyce drove them into town in his car, he forcibly kissed her, complained about their marriage and suggested they “get a room,” according to the lawsuit. She rejected his advances and asked him to take her home, according to the lawsuit.

On the way back to Delaware County, Bonsall said, Boyce stopped at a rest stop and pushed her into the back seat of his vehicle, where he put his hands down her pants.

In the years that followed, she said, other members of the emergency services department treated her poorly amid rumors that she and Boyce were having an affair.

She said she witnessed Boyce downplay sexual harassment complaints made by other female employees against their male co-workers. But she was “too intimidated by (Boyce’s) authority and her fear of losing her job” to speak out, according to the lawsuit.

More than once, according to the lawsuit, Boyce exposed himself to Bonsall and masturbated while she worked at a computer in his office, according to the lawsuit. Sometimes, according to the lawsuit, he would ask her to participate in the sexual act.

In July 2023, Boyce walked into Bonsall’s office and handed him a coffee mug filled with champagne as he prepared to leave the office to attend a wedding, according to the lawsuit. “He repeatedly asked her to drink from it, calling her a “bad girl” and asking her if he needed to “punish” her when she refused,” the lawsuit says.

She drank some to placate him, according to the lawsuit, then woke up hours later, feeling disoriented and having gaps in her memory. By then Boyce had left the office and she believed he had drugged her, according to the lawsuit.

Even after Boyce was fired, Bonsall said, his workplace mistreatment continued. According to the lawsuit, Boyce’s successor and other county employees have made it difficult for him to do his job by changing his access to certain computer systems and functions.