Bryon Hefner allegedly took "naked photos" of an elected official without his consent and distributed them to multiple people on Beacon Hill, according to a civil suit filed Friday.



Former Senate President Stan Rosenberg knew his husband had the photo, according to the suit, and watched him show it to another colleague at a house party in December 2014.



A former legislative aide is suing Rosenberg and Hefner saying that the former Senate President knew the risk his husband posed and still allowed him access to his political contacts.



The aide, named only as John Doe, says Hefner sexually assaulted him at least three times between 2015 and 2016 including one time when Rosenberg was within the same car.





At his April arraignment on, 10 criminal charges, details about the naked photo emerged, but the individual was not identified as an elected official. Hefner pleaded not guilty to all charges at that court appearance.



Hefner faces four counts of disseminating nude photos of an unsuspecting person without consent. These appear to stem from a night of drinking following a political conference in December 2013. Both Hefner and Rosenberg attended the conference with other Massachusetts elected officials, according to the civil suit.



"While on this trip, another elected official consumed a quantity of alcohol and awoke naked in his own hotel room bed with no memory of how he got there," lawyer Mitchell Garabedian wrote in the civil suit.

Later, that person learned that Hefner had "naked photos of this elected official from this trip" on his phone. Hefner showed the photos to "multiple other people," at least two of whom identified the official.



At Hefner's April arraignment, Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Snook named this elected official "person number four."



"He appeared proud he had those photos," Snook said, of Hefner.



The new suit makes specific allegations of Rosenberg's complacency around his partner's illegal behavior.



Garabedian describes a scene at the December 2014 house party that he says should've been a red flag for Rosenberg.



Hefner allegedly showed the host his phone, in front of Rosenberg, and the former senator saw that person "have a negative reaction."



Later, that person told Rosenberg he needed to "get rid" of Hefner. When Rosenberg asked Hefner what happened and he told the former Senate president he had shown the elected official a "picture of a naked man."



At a different point, a policy advocate saw one of the photos on another person's phone and confronted Hefner about it. He "claimed that Defendant Rosenberg was aware of the photograph."



The man also details times were Rosenberg and Hefner swapped inappropriate text messages sexualizing members of the Senator's staff.





In March 2016, the suit states, Rosenberg "initiated sexualized text messages" with Hefner "about the spouse of another elected official."



Rosenberg also texted his husband about a staffer that Hefner was "lusting over."

Rosenberg and Hefner are scheduled to appear in court to face the new allegations in July.

If convicted on all criminal charges, Hefner could face up to 30 years in prison.