The Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar has dismissed a professional misconduct complaint against Kennebec and Somerset County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney, concluding the matter without a hearing and with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.

The complaint stemmed from Maloney’s 2023 contact with a staff member of the Family Violence Project regarding Pamela Boivin, an Oakland woman who alleged she was drugged and sexually assaulted at a Waterville bar. Boivin’s lurid story about being drugged and assaulted at a popular Mexican restaurant in central Maine went viral online, but she declined subsequent interview requests from the Maine Wire.

Little came of Boivin’s salacious complaint until she accused Maloney of attempting to circumvent her attorney and influence her by contacting a friend who worked with the Family Violence Project.

Maloney has consistently denied any wrongdoing. In public statements and filings with the Bar, she said she reached out to the Family Violence Project contact out of concern for Boivin’s well-being, not to interfere with her legal representation or silence her criticism.

“I am pleased that all prosecutors will now feel comfortable working with our community partner advocates to give the best service possible to victims,” Maloney said in a statement. “The Bar has recognized that not only does Maine statute allow this collaboration… it encourages it.”

Attorney Joseph Jabar, who represented Maloney in the proceedings, linked the complaint to her campaign for attorney general, suggesting the allegations were weaponized for political purposes.

Maloney was the only Democrat who stepped forward to run against Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, an ally of Gov. Janet Mills (D), when the State Legislature voted on constitutional officer appointments in Dec. 2024.

“Now that the election is over, all charges have been dropped with prejudice and without a hearing,” Jabar said. “We have maintained from the beginning that DA Maloney acted in compliance with the law.”

Boivin’s allegations, which emerged in the left-leaning press in October 2024, claimed Maloney offered to share confidential information about both her sexual assault case and a separate criminal matter in which Boivin was charged. Boivin was arrested in April 2023 and later pleaded guilty to operating under the influence; other charges were dismissed. No charges were filed in connection with her assault allegations.

The Board’s dismissal brings an end to a months-long disciplinary process that had included a recommendation from an investigatory panel to hold a hearing.