A former Multnomah County inmate who says her defense attorney fondled her during jail visits has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the county, her former attorney and his law firm.

The woman is suing Christian Day, who was convicted of misdemeanor harassment for inappropriate sexual contact with the woman while she was in jail in 2015. Day's law license has been suspended for three years.

The lawsuit also faults Multnomah County, claiming that after the woman reported Day had sexually touched her during an attorney-client visitation meeting in jail, county law enforcement employees convinced her to take part in a sting. The woman, then 39, was assured that if she met with Day "one more time," they would protect her from further touching, the lawsuit states.

But during the visit, Day sexually touched her again, the suit states.

Multnomah County sheriff's spokesman, Chad Gaidos, declined comment because of the pending litigation.

Day and his former law firm, known as Warren & Sugarman at the time, couldn't be reached for immediate comment Friday.

After the woman reported Day, his law firm fired him and an Oregon State Bar investigation began.

Day admitted in a handwritten letter to the bar in 2015 that he touched the breasts and fondled the clothed vaginal areas of the woman and another female inmate.

Day wrote in another 2015 letter to the bar that he has received sexual addiction counseling in the past, has visited pornography theaters and has watched pornography "sometimes for hours on end."

He said he was used by the 39-year-old woman.

"I was stupid and had everything to lose, and she was in jail for allegedly burglarizing her mother's residence and desparately (sic) wanted out," wrote Day, then 49. He was married with several children at the time the woman complained to authorities about him.

Day was sentenced in September 2015 to two years of probation and possible mental health and drug and alcohol treatment for touching the woman.

"Defendant Day used his status as an attorney to threaten and intimidate Plaintiff, including the threat to Plaintiff that her failure to cooperate with his demands would result in a negative outcome for her pending court case," the lawsuit states.

The suit states that in addition to grabbing the woman's breasts, Day forced her to sit on his lap, rub herself against his leg and touch his genitals.

The lawsuit seeks the $500,000 for her "emotional harm including worry, strife, fear, anxiety, mental anguish, pain, sleeplessness, discomfort and depression."

The suit was filed Wednesday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Portland attorney Jeff Napoli is representing the woman.

-- Aimee Green