Syracuse, N.Y. ― A former prosecutor has filed a lawsuit against the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office and her former superior, alleging she was sexually harassed, assaulted and retaliated against.

Cayley Young, a former assistant district attorney, is suing her former employer, former chief homicide prosecutor Shaun Chase and current senior assistant district attorney Alphonse Williams.

In the lawsuit filed Friday, Young is alleging that Chase groomed, sexually harassed and eventually sexually assaulted her in November 2022.

She alleges she was drugged and sexually assaulted by Chase after running into him at a downtown Syracuse bar on Nov. 23, 2022.

In a statement Monday, Chase said he “categorically and unequivocally” denies the accusations.

“I have not engaged in noncon

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