OAKLAND — A probation officer and her husband sued this city and five police officials Friday, claiming they were “terrorized” by officers during a drunken home invasion followed by “an attempted multi-level cover-up” by the police department.

The incident occurred the evening of Dec. 7, when police Officer Cullen William Faeth was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and assault. He is suspected of attacking Nemesio and Olga Cortez, a probation officer for Alameda County.

A second man, identified in the lawsuit as an Oakland police official, allegedly ran up the couple’s driveway, gesturing that he had a gun before he ran away from the house.

Oakland police visited the residence twice later that evening. The Cortezes claim that police tried to persuade them to downplay the incident.

“An officer tried to convince Olga Cortez to change her story and relay that the first man was simply knocking on the front door, instead of the reality that he was banging, rattling the door, pushing the door and demanding entry,” according to the lawsuit. “The officer was also trying to get Olga Cortez to say that the first man simply knocked her over while falling down, instead of the reality that the man put both arms around her in a bear hug and knocked her to the ground.”

The lawsuit named four police officials who were placed on paid leave after the incident: Faeth, Sgt. Joe Turner, Officer Trevor Stratton and Officer Bryan Budgin. One of them is suspected of running from the scene, and the other two were in the vehicle that helped him flee.

Lt. Roland Holmgren was also named in the lawsuit, which claims that he told Olga Cortez that the officers “mistakenly went to her house” looking for a party. She said she called him to ask about the incident and express that her family was terrified, but he said the officers were just “being silly.”