JERSEY CITY -- A disciplinary hearing has commenced for the rookie Hudson County Sheriff's officer who failed to disclose her prior work as a dominatrix, which included making videos and seeing private clients.

First-year Sheriff's Offficer Kristen Hyman was suspended without pay six days prior to her police academy class' June 1 graduation, but she was allowed to graduate after a judge lifted the suspension.

The sheriff's office also opposed her being sworn in with her classmates on June 8, but the department dropped its opposition hours before the ceremony.

The disciplinary hearing began on Nov. 14 and continued through the next day before a hearing officer in the Hudson County Administration Building Annex on Pavonia Avenue, an official familiar with the proceeding said.

When the county finishes presenting its case for discipline, Hyman will present her case at the closed hearing. The hearing officer will then make a ruling which can range from no discipline to termination, the official said.

The proceeding's format is similar to a that of a trial and the county and Hyman are represented by attorneys. The exact date for the resumption of the hearing was not available.

The sheriff's office characterized Hyman's activities, which took place roughly from 2010 through 2012, as conduct unbecoming a public employee. She was also accused of neglect of duty after an internal affairs investigation was triggered by allegations about Hyman's past.

The sheriff's office noted "the proliferation of video and audio records ... and or the promoting on social media ... has resulted in the Hudson County Sheriff's Office being the subject of inquiry and ridicule among law enforcement."

Court documents indicate Hyman told sheriff's office investigators she is aware she appeared in videos that are available online, but said she was never naked and never performed sex acts in the videos. The Bayonne resident -- who is currently on paid administrative leave -- noted that her real name was never used.

Hyman said violent acts portrayed in some of the videos were "staged" and her role was that of an actress. She said she was compensated for some of the videos, but does not receive money for their continued sale, the court documents say.

"I think it's pretty clear that you can see that nobody is injured," Hyman told the New York Post in an interview in June. "A number of videos involve the same people over and over again. There would be a costume change, and then we'd do another one."

As part of the investigation, the sheriff's office compiled screenshots of Hyman's appearances on video, including one that showed her "cradling unknown male's head with eyes closed who is possibly passed out," according to court documents.

On the same website, Hyman is described as "a true sexual sadist who hurts people not because she has to, but because it truly brings her pleasure," the court documents indicate.

A sheriff's office investigator said that in the videos, Hyman is seen using items "such as whips, and kicking the groin area to inflict pain upon the recipient. In most cases the recipient is naked and/or bound," court documents say.

A source said that the original Jersey Journal article on Hyman triggered a number of tips about her, including another alias under which she made at least one video.

"I don't know what it has to do with me doing the job," she said in the same New York Post interview.

Hyman's lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment this morning.