A veteran police detective just aired out the NYPD’s dirty laundry.
City cop Victor Falcon, in a federal complaint filed Wednesday, accused a half-dozen higher-ranking police officials of conspiring to drive him out of the department after he griped about a female boss shoving her filthy panties into his mouth last October.
The accused officers “launched a retaliatory campaign to silence the plaintiff and force him from the job by any means necessary,” read the 41-page complaint filed on Falcon’s behalf.
The defendants allegedly tried to get Falcon committed to a psychiatric ward this past January, wrote him up for bogus work issues, ignored his complaints and handed him lousy work assignments — all over his bizarre Brooklyn precinct showdown with Sgt. Ann Marie Guerra and her undergarments.
According to the court papers, Guerra lost her mind on Oct. 7, 2018, after Falcon complained about her habit of leaving dirty underwear hanging in the co-ed bathroom at the 72nd Precinct.
“In a fit of rage, defendant Guerra ignored all protocol, retrieved her soiled underwear and violently shoved them into Falcon’s mouth and then aggressively rubbed them all over Falcon’s face,” the suit alleged.
“The sexually-charged and violent gender-motivated assault left Falcon traumatized and in shock … Guerra screamed in (Falcon’s) face, ‘See? They are f—ing clean!'”
The lawsuit additionally charged that Guerra had previously made insulting comments about Falcon’s penis size, along with other inappropriate sexual banter – including a comment about inserting a dildo inside her husband during sex.
The alleged retaliation also includes a refusal to change his shift to allow Falcon to spend more time with his son, and denials of his requests for overtime, according to his court filing.
“The facts allege and the evidence shows a litany of retaliatory and adverse employment actions taken against Det. Falcon,” the court papers charged. “To this day, the defendants continue to retaliate against Det. Falcon in an effort to create a hostile work environment that forces (him) from his job.”
The plaintiff seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, along with damages for emotional distress, medical expenses and lost wages.
“I emphatically believe that most of the NYPD’s members display nothing but courtesy and respect,” said the plaintiff’s lawyer Paul Liggieri. “However the NYPD must do everything within its power to weed out the corruption and see to it that my client is never discriminated against ever again.”
The suit names Guerra, five other police higher-ups, the NYPD and the city as defendants.
“The NYPD cannot comment on pending litigation,” said Sgt. Mary Frances O’Donnell, a department spokesperson.
A spokesman for the city Law Department said the agency would “review the case when we are served and respond as we proceed in the litigation.”
