Lawsuit portrays a culture of rape, sodomy and sexual harassment at the NYPD

A former NYPD cop was repeatedly raped, sodomized and mentally tormented by a cadre of officers over the course of five years but when her case was brought to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, it declined to prosecute, an explosive federal lawsuit filed Tuesday claims. 

Maria Mendez, who last worked in the 32nd Precinct and resigned from the department in January 2019 after a 14-year career, said she was raped by two officers, one detective and one FDNY firefighter and was regularly forced to ingest oxycodone, ecstasy and alcohol, her Manhattan federal lawsuit claims.  Mendez said the “incalculable” amount of rapes she endured were so bad, she suffered “physical deformities to her vagina and anus requiring surgical repair” and she was left suicidal and suffering from anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, the lawsuit alleges.