VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Lawyers for the RCMP are denying all the allegations made by a Vancouver Mountie in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the force.

Constable Karen Katz is suing the force, saying she suffered years of bullying and eventually sexual harassment from one of her colleagues.

Her lawsuit, which contains unproved allegations, claims Corporal Baldev (David) Singh Bamra complaining about her to other officers, engaged in inappropriate roughhousing and on one occasion pinned Katz on a desk and pushed himself against her.

The federal government’s statement of defence says Katz never complained to her bosses until April of last year and also failed to follow medical advice.

“If the plaintiff was dissatisfied with any administrative decisions or actions of (an) RCMP member or a responsible officer, the plaintiff was obliged and had opportunities to grieve those in a timely way,” says the statement, filed in BC Supreme Court last week.

Katz also launched a second lawsuit in July, alleging more widespread harassment and abuse, but no statement of defence has been filed in that case.