A woman involved in a domestic violence case prosecuted by recently resigned Centre County Assistant District Attorney Lance Marshall said she received sexually explicit text messages from the former prosecutor.

Marshall, a 10-year veteran of the Centre County District Attorney's Office, announced his resignation Dec. 30. Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira said he accepted Marshall's resignation after discussing the handling of certain cases and refused further comment on a "personnel" issue.

But the woman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Marshall's resignation came soon after she told Madeira about the dozens of explicit text messages Marshall sent to her during the prosecution of her case.

The woman said she received up to 20 text messages a day from Marshall -- the most inappropriate ones usually sent after 9 or 10 p.m. -- something which began after a Dec. 4 meeting with Marshall.

She once received a picture message of a man with his shirt off and pants down, she said, though his penis was not visible.

The messages became increasingly inappropriate as time went on until she shut off her cell phone on Dec. 28, she said. She had 140 messages from Marshall saved on her phone, ranging from mundane discussion of her case to sexual messages, the woman said.

About half the messages she received pertained to the case, the woman said, adding she also received phone calls from Marshall that were generally about the case or related subjects.

By the end of December, she had had enough, she said -- she approached Madeira and told him the situation was getting "out of control."

The woman said State College Police told her Madeira called Marshall into his office Dec. 30 and told the prosecutor he had to resign by 9 a.m. Dec. 31 or he would be fired.

State College Police declined to comment on the allegations.

When contacted regarding the allegations of the text messages, Michael Madeira reiterated he discussed "certain things" with Marshall and that the "handling of the matter is an internal personnel matter."

Asked if he could confirm or deny the existence of any inappropriate text messages, Madeira declined to comment.

"I'm not commenting on the text messages at all," he said.

Madeira would not say if the allegations were linked to Marshall's resignation.

Madeira said he "couldn't comment on an investigation or the existence of an investigation," adding he did not discuss Marshall's resignation with the woman.

"Obviously, I wouldn't have discussed with her how I would have handled a personnel matter like that," he said.

Marshall declined to comment. His resignation went into effect Dec. 31.