The lawsuit said the woman was a prospective tenant who met with Hatfield three different times about leasing one of his houses. In late January 2015, the woman met with Hatfield about a house and as the two toured the property, Hatfield tried to grope the woman’s breast, the lawsuit alleged.

Hatfield also tried to grope the woman’s stomach; the woman was pregnant at the time, according to the lawsuit. Hatfield also told the woman she had a wonderful body, the lawsuit alleged.

The woman removed Hatfield’s hands off her and tried to leave when Hatfield told her that if she did not give into his sexual advances, he would call the county’s social-services department to have her children removed from her custody, the lawsuit said.

The woman also alleged in the lawsuit that Hatfield had grabbed her breasts during earlier meetings with him and had threatened to call social-services officials. Hatfield also told the woman that his penis did not function properly because of a medical procedure, the lawsuit alleged.

Hatfield is also alleged to have told the woman that other women who had leased his homes had agreed to Hatfield’s sexual advances.

Hatfield has denied all allegations in court papers and in interviews with news organizations.

No trial date has been set for the trial, and attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice have ceased work on the case because of the federal shutdown, according to court papers.

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