A Honolulu police officer is alleging she has been sexually assaulted, sexually harassed and discriminated against by Honolulu Police Department officers and the city.

Although a complaint containing the allegations was filed in First Circuit Court on March 31, they were only made public by attorneys for Officer Leilani “Pua” Conte on Friday.

“Officer Conte was afraid of possible retaliation” and didn’t feel comfortable until now, attorney Joseph Rosenbaum said. “After being grabbed and groped, the sad part is she didn’t want to speak out to fulfill her career dream of being a police officer,” he said.

Conte, who works in the Human Resources Division, sued the city and HPD in a complaint naming the alleged perpetrators of the misconduct and crimes.

An HPD spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the department does not comment on pending litigation.

Among the allegations, Conte said while going through the Honolulu Police Academy in March 2010 as the only female in the class of roughly 15, a fellow recruit groped her in a sexual assault.

She alleges being ostracized after saying in 2011 that a classmate had fabricated a report that a homeless person was littering, when in fact the person was sleeping. She alleges calling in to dispatch on multiple occasions when classmates failed to provide backup for her.

Conte claims being discriminated against by a lieutenant who gave pre­fer- ential treatment to male officers.

“After putting up with the sexual assault, sexual harassment and discrimination she had been through, Officer Conte couldn’t take it anymore” and went to human resources on March 17, 2016, to resign, the complaint says.

Her schedule was changed to avoid contact with the officers she had complaints against.

Conte requested to be transferred due to alleged retaliation, tension and stress in her department. She accepted a move to the human resources career center, but a physician for the city would not release her to work full-duty due to her epilepsy.

She asked for help from HPD to find another job within the city and was interviewed for an investigator position at Corporation Counsel but alleges she wasn’t hired because she had filed discrimination complaints.

She has also filed a discrimination complaint with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, alleging gender and disability discrimination.