BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A woman who was sexually abused by a former Stallion Springs police officer when she was a child has filed a claim against Kern County.

The claim shows the woman is seeking over $25,000 from the county.

James Best Jr., a former officer with the Stallion Springs Police Department, sexually assaulted the victim from 2004 to 2016, while she was still a minor and continued until after she became an adult, according to the claim.

The claim says the police department and Kern County should have known about Best’s sexual abuse on the victim.

Best pleaded no contest to two felony charges in May: continuous sexual abuse of a child and oral copulation with a victim who couldn’t resist due to intoxication, court records show.

The victim came forward in 2023 and told

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