Two women are suing the city of Columbia, the Columbia Police Department and a former police officer alleging they were sexually assaulted while being transported to jail.
In two separate suits filed Monday, Jane Doe 2 and Brittany Brown allege the city, police department and former officer Caleb Hickmon-Payne are responsible for gross negligence and recklessness, Constitutional violations under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery after they were sexually assaulted by Hickmon-Payne during arrests on Sept. 6, 2024 and Oct. 27, 2024, respectively.
The filings mark the third lawsuit with similar allegations against the city, police department and Hickmon-Payne…