ST. PAUL — A Democratic state senator from Minnesota under pressure from his own party to resign over sexual harassment claims has hired an attorney, suggesting he has no plans to quit and intends to fight any ethics charge.

The allegations against Sen. Dan Schoen, who has served in the Legislature since 2013 and also works as a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Cottage Grove, were first reported by the online news outlet MinnPost . Schoen, 42, is accused of having made unwanted advances toward women and groping a woman from behind.

Lindsey Port was running for a Burnsville-area House seat in 2015 when she met Schoen at a Democratic Party event. Port said Schoen, then a state representative, stepped behind her and commented that he could tell she was good at door-knocking because of her rear end. Soon afterward, he grabbed her behind and repeated the comment.

State Rep. Erin Maye Quade, a freshman Democrat from Apple Valley, said Schoen repeatedly texted her soon after she had announced her campaign for the state House, at first offering campaign advice but later inviting her to his house, assuring her that his children weren’t home. Maye Quade had not met Schoen in person at that point.