KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A lawsuit alleges a Kansas police cadet was fired after pressing sexual battery charges against her supervisor.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Kansas contends the Kansas City, Kansas, cadet delayed reporting the abuse for fear of retaliation and found that fear justified when Police Chief Terry Zeigler fired her for “exaggerated cause” following the criminal prosecution of her attacker.

Police officer Steven Rios was sentenced in December to a year’s probation for misdemeanor battery of a young cadet whom he supervised.

The Kansas City, Kansas, police department and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It is unclear whether Rios is still employed by the police department.