Ex-NYPD Chief Jeffery Maddrey’s lawyer attacked the police lieutenant who accused Maddrey of a lurid sex-for-overtime association, saying she lied in regards to the former prime cop to get away with a “scheme” to gather time beyond regulation pay — although the legal professional admitted the 2 had a “consensual” sexual relationship.
Maddrey was the town’s highest-ranking uniformed police officer till his resignation final week after the bombshell allegations from NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps, who mentioned he sexually harassed her and compelled her to carry out “unwanted sexual favors” in return for time beyond regulation pay.
“We can tell you now, those allegations are a lie,” Maddrey’s lawyer, Lambros Lambrou, mentioned. “They’re not true. We deny every aspect of them.”
Lawyer Lambros Lambrou, left, chatting with the press together with his consumer ex-NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, proper, concerning accusations that Maddrey pressured a subordinate right into a quid professional quo of intercourse in return for time beyond regulation pay, at 45 Broadway, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (Shawn Inglima/New York Every day Information)
Epps filed a proper grievance with the U.S. Equal Employment Alternative Fee on Saturday.
She alleged Maddrey repeatedly demanded intercourse in trade for her getting time beyond regulation hours, and that when the lieutenant started to reject Maddrey’s advances, he retaliated by including her identify to a listing of the division’s prime time beyond regulation earners, in response to the grievance.
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NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps. (NYPD)
However Maddrey’s lawyer mentioned Epps got here out with the allegations towards him to get away with submitting for tons of time beyond regulation, together with $204,000 simply this yr.
“Lieutenant Epps got caught with her hand in the cookie jar and is trying to deflect her own wrongdoing by making these allegations against Chief Maddrey in the hopes that she will get away with part or all of her scheme,” Lambrou mentioned.
Lawyer Lambros Lambrou, heart, chatting with the press together with his consumer ex-NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, proper, who’s the topic of an EEOC grievance by a former subordinate, at 45 Broadway, on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (Shawn Inglima/New York Every day Information)
The legal professional additionally mentioned that, as NYPD chief of division, Maddrey had no oversight of time beyond regulation requests.
“He’s going to take the gloves off and fight for his good name going forward, and he looks forward to proving that these allegations are nothing more than an attempt to skirt criminal liability,” Lambrou mentioned of his consumer.
The previous police chief appeared blank-faced standing alongside Lambrou on the legal professional’s downtown Manhattan workplace on Friday. He didn’t deal with reporters.
Ex-NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey at a press convention together with his lawyer at 45 Broadway on Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (Shawn Inglima/New York Every day Information)
Lambrou mentioned Epps and Maddrey had a “consensual adult relationship,” indicating this could be confirmed with “tons” of “X-rated and racy videos and photographs” despatched by Epps, whom the legal professional known as a “self-professed swinger.”
In the meantime, Eric Sanders, an legal professional representing Epps, slammed the previous police chief as a “degenerate.”
“This clown is a f—ing disgrace,” he countered. “We have a treasure trove of digital data that will hopefully bring this degenerate to justice.”
Maddrey has been beneath quite a lot of scrutiny previously, together with for a confrontation with a police officer named Tabatha Foster, who claims she was concerned with him. Sanders additionally represented Foster and mentioned Lambrou was utilizing the “same old dilatory tactics” towards Epps that he used to defend Maddrey versus Foster.
Epps filed for retirement earlier this month, however she was suspended shortly afterward, after an inside investigation into her time beyond regulation pay started.
Maddrey has been named in a number of different fits, together with one sexual harassment swimsuit he was added to a couple days earlier than Epps’ allegations got here to gentle.
“Jeff resigned and retired upon hearing of this last meritless complaint, because he’s been through this before,” his lawyer mentioned of Epps’ grievance. “The city has enough going on without these allegations swirling around.”
Initially Printed: December 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM EST
