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FOXBORO - A federal jury has rejected the claims of a former standout Foxboro High School athlete in her sexual discrimination lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police.

Sgt. Jody Reilly's attorney, John Shek, says a jury on Thursday rejected on all counts the claims of his client, the state police's first female helicopter pilot and a 1988 graduate of Foxboro High.

Reilly had testified that when she turned down sexual advances by her supervisor, Lt. Michael Barry, he retaliated by telling her co-workers that she was improperly issued a pilot's license.

She sued in 2004, claiming that state police turned their investigation of her complaint into an unwarranted investigation of her personal life and pilot qualifications and eventually forced her out of the state police Air Wing unit.

State police attorneys countered by saying Reilly was transferred out of the unit because she lied about her relationship with a previous supervisor, who had showed her favoritism and caused resentment within the Air Wing. Reilly was an all-star point guard for the Warrior girls' basketball teams of the late 1980s, teams which made repeated trips to state tournaments. She later played basketball at St. Anselm's College in Manchester, N.H.

On Thursday, State Police Col. Mark Delaney thanked the jurors for reviewing evidence that he said clearly showed that police did not discriminate or retaliate against Reilly.

Reilly, 39, was seeking to be reinstated to the Air Wing and wanted unspecified damages for lost wages, mental anguish and emotional distress.

She currently works as a trooper at the state police barracks in Middleboro.

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