PARIS — Oxford County commissioners and their attorney have no plans to meet with Sheriff Wayne Gallant about the sexual harassment allegations he is facing, County Administrator Scott Cole said Thursday.

Cole said commissioners will meet with their attorney, Bryan Dench, during an executive session at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Oxford County Commission office to discuss their next steps.

The commission is investigating two complaints of sexual misconduct against Gallant, who has been sheriff since 2006. The complaints were made to county officials, according to Ray Cote, business agent for Teamsters Local 340, a union that represents 23 officers of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Department.

In one complaint, Gallant is alleged to have sent sexually explicit photographs of himself to a male deputy’s girlfriend with a request that the three of them have sex together. When the deputy rebuffed the offer, he claims, Gallant threatened his job, Cote said.

Gallant is also alleged to have a typed a message on a cellphone indicating he wanted to perform oral sex on a male employee, and then showed the person what he had typed, Cote said.

Gallant’s attorney, Jim Martemucci of Portland, said Wednesday his client “absolutely” denies sexually harassing any employees of the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office.

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