#Protester accuses Denver cop of sexual assault during arrest

A Denver cop has been accused of using his baton to sexually assault a protester in police custody, a report said.

Police said Wednesday an internal investigation was launched into Michael Jacobs’ claims that he was inappropriately violated at a protest near the Civic Center on July 29, news station KDVR reported.

Jacobs, 23, was arrested after he allegedly pushed down a fence then violently resisted officers and tried to disarm a police officer of their pepper ball gun.

The protester said during the arrest, an officer used his baton to sexually assault him.

“As I was on the ground, and as I was completely helpless, someone took what felt to be a nightstick and just shoved it up my butt. After that it was pretty much done,” Jacobs told KDVR.

“It was the traumatizing experience I’ve been through in all 23 years of my life.”

He obtained a rape kit and doctors who evaluated him two weeks later found evidence of rectal and anal hemorrhage, KDVR reported.

“I’ve been having to go to GI doctors since and have them explain to me why I have hemorrhoids bleeding out of my [sic] rectum,” Jacobs said.

“I mean, the people that are there to protect you, to do something so wrong, it’s like I have panic attacks now, which I’ve never experienced before.”

Jacobs faces charges in the incident for disarming a police officer — which his lawyer has dismissed as bogus.

“This was a cover charge,” attorney Matthew Greife told KDVR. “They have to charge him with something to justify why they went to him in the first place.”