Hours after The Washington Post published an investigation into a New Orleans police officer who sexually abused a teen he met responding to a rape report, a judge delayed the trial for her civil case against the city.

The existence of the text messages, which The Post first reported Thursday, contradicts the city’s previous claims in federal court that there is no evidence that any NOPD policymaker had notice of any inappropriate behavior by Officer Rodney Vicknair, according to the victim’s motion.

The texts were part of a trove of information — hundreds of law enforcement records, video footage, court transcripts and other documents — that reporters gathered from multiple agencies, including the city of New Orleans.

They claim that Vicknair was not on duty at the time of the sexual assault he pleaded guilty to and was not acting on behalf of NOPD “while performing any of the inappropriate actions alleged against him.”

At the time, however, the judge dismissed a number of Nicole’s claims against the city, including that the department failed to properly supervise Vicknair after they were alerted to potential misconduct.

According to the motions filed Thursday, the victim’s attorneys may ask Barbier to revisit the question of supervision following The Post’s reporting on the text messages to police officials.

Saved 76% of original text.