Indiana attorney general must pay $19K in disciplinary case

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2019, file photo, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill arrives for a hearing at the state Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis. Indiana's Republican delegates are continuing to cast their ballots as the time nears to select who will run for state attorney general in November 2020. The spotlight is expected to be on incumbent Hill, who must convince delegates that he deserves a second term despite his misconduct allegations. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

(AP) – The Indiana Supreme Court has ordered state Attorney General Curtis Hill to pay more than $19,000 in expenses in a disciplinary case stemming from allegations he groped a state lawmaker and three other women during a party.

Friday’s order from the high court directs Hill to pay about $19,068 in a check made payable to the clerk of the court. That amount is one-third of the $57,000 Indiana’s attorney disciplinary commission had asked the court in September to order Hill, a Republican, to pay toward expenses in the groping case.

Hill had disputed the commission’s proposal and proposed that he pay a total of about $17,400.