A second amended complaint filed by a county probation officer who has accused the Butler County president judge of sexual misconduct and other county employees of workplace discrimination removes one county defendant and refines legal argument.

The amended civil complaint was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, expanding upon allegations made by Crystal Starnes against Thomas Doerr and Thomas Holman, court administrator and the 50th Judicial District.

The complaint also removes Douglas Ritson, chief probation officer, who was named in the original complaint filed in October.

Starnes had previously filed the original complaint as “Jane Doe” Oct. 10 alleging she and Doerr had been involved in a years-long sexual relationship that began shortly before she was hired as a county probation officer.

She was later ordered to reveal her identity by federal Judge Cathy Bissoon, and filed the first amended complaint on Nov. 8.

Bissoon allowed the second amended complaint to be filed following a stipulation by the parties. The named defendants will have 21 days to respond to the complaint filed Tuesday.

Starnes claims she met Doerr at a Christmas party in 2004, and discussed a possible job with the probation office in the county.

She eventually went to Doerr's chambers on a Friday evening in February 2005. The two were alone in the courthouse that evening and engaged in sexual intercourse, the lawsuit states.

Over the next several months, the lawsuit alleges Doerr used his influence to have Starnes hired in August 2005. After she was hired, the lawsuit claims Doerr continued a sexual relationship with her, and the woman “felt that she had little choice and did not resist his command,” when he summoned her to his chambers for sex.

When she ended the liaison with Doerr after four years she was subjected to workplace discrimination from the judge and several other people working in the county court system, the lawsuit alleges.

Starnes' attorney, Edward Olds, did not return a message left seeking comment Tuesday.