A lawsuit filed last week in district court is seeking to fire a Stripes employee accused of raping a customer.

Irma Moreno filed the lawsuit against 7-Eleven — Stripes’ parent company — on Jan. 4.

The lawsuit seeks to “protect the community” by requiring Stripes to terminate the employment of the accused store clerk.

“So we can all feel safe in the community,” Moreno said at a Wednesday news conference

According to a police report obtained by Channel 5 News, officers with the McAllen Police Department responded to a sexual assault at the Stripes convenience store on the corner of Ware Road and Dove Avenue on Nov. 23, 2023.

That same day, Juan Francisco Briones was arrested. He was charged with sexual assault and posted the $50,000 bond three days after his arrest.

The police report states Briones was the only worker at Stripes the night of the assault.

In the report, police said surveillance video shows Briones locked the front door of the store before following Moreno into the women's restroom, where he allegedly assaulted her.

“I'm afraid, I have been putting cameras all over my house,” Moreno said.

Moreno and her attorney — Israel Perez — claim Briones was not fired after his arrest.

“He is no longer working at the Ware Road Stripes; he is now working at a different Stripes,” Perez said.

The lawsuit calls on 7-Eleven to fire Briones, and update their sexual assault reporting policy.

“We want to look into whatever policies they did have in place, and let's look through a list of them and let's change them so that this never occurs again,” Perez said. “There needs to be some investigation to look into it to take a sexual assault serious."

A court date is currently not listed for Briones on the sexual assault charge.

Moreno told police in November that she met Briones before the alleged rape when she applied for a job. She told officers Briones sent her unsolicited and inappropriate images.

Channel 5 News reached out to 7-Eleven multiple times since Tuesday for comment on the lawsuit. We are still waiting to hear back.