Bisexual female cop sues New York police department after she was assaulted, harassed by colleagues

A bisexual cop is suing an upstate New York police division claiming she was sexually harassed for years after her sexuality grew to become public.

Greenburgh Police Officer Kristin Stein claims she put up with years of inappropriate feedback about her girlfriend, and even allegedly had a male officer grind up towards her whereas fellow officers laughed and mentioned she ‘likes to play exhausting to get’.  

Stein is now suing the city, police division and 16 officers, alleging ‘fixed sexual advances, humiliation and embarrassment’ from her male colleagues since she joined the power in 2017 that elevated in severity after they discovered she was bisexual and courting one other lady.

On her very first day of labor on July 12, 2017, the lawsuit alleges that she was advised ‘to not sleep round’ and to not report any cases of sexual harassment that she bore witness or was subjected to by the officer coaching her. 

 ‘At first, I used to be retaliated towards as a result of I used to be a girl, but it surely grew to become a extra hostile work surroundings as soon as they came upon that I had a girlfriend,’ she mentioned.

The Greenburgh Police Division didn’t return Dailymail.com’s request for touch upon the pending lawsuit.

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Greenburgh Police Officer Kristin Stein (pictured) is suing the city, police division and 16 officers, alleging ‘fixed sexual advances, humiliation and embarrassment’ from her male colleagues since she joined the power in 2017 that elevated in severity after they discovered she was bisexual and courting one other lady.

Officer Jeff Cerone (pictured on far left of proper picture) may be seen biting his lip within the footage earlier than he strikes off digital camera. There, the alleged abuse takes place outdoors of view: in keeping with the lawsuit, he ‘grind[s] towards [Stein’s] rear [and] ram[s] himself into her bottom along with his genitals.’ Then, Stein (pictured left) is seen capturing into the center of the room, the place Cerone allegedly ‘threw her’ 

Some of the extreme of the alleged incidents was captured by Officer John Pilla’s physique digital camera in 2019, then shared by consumer @truthbetold2019 on TikTok, in keeping with the Every day Dot.

A bunch of seven officers, together with Stein, are seen at police headquarters forward of a roll name assembly. Officer Jeff Cerone, Stein’s evening shift associate, is seen biting his lip, then transferring off digital camera towards the place Stein was earlier captured standing. 

Then, lawsuit filed on July 1 alleges, Cerrone then ‘grinded towards her rear, rammed himself into her bottom along with his genitals, then threw her in direction of the center of the room.’

After the alleged assault, different officers may be seen laughing and commenting on the show: one officer mentioned that Stein is ‘likes to play exhausting to get,’ and one other mentioned ‘I believe he has a crush on her.’

‘He tries to say his dominance to indicate that he has the penis within the relationship,’ one other officer mentioned as their shift supervisor seems to be on. 

The sexual assault that they witnessed was against the law, however they merely regarded on. 

‘They have been witnessing one thing unlawful and did nothing,’ Stein advised the Yonkers Occasions. ‘We’re mandated to report and become involved. Their involvement was mocking the state of affairs after which mendacity about it when requested.’

Officer Jeff Cerone (pictured), is accused of ‘grind[ing] towards her rear, rammed himself into her bottom along with his genitals, then threw her in direction of the center of the room’ and asking her if she ‘was going to the seaside along with her girlfriend in a bikini and excessive heels’

‘Each single phrase is truthful and factual,’ Stein (pictured) mentioned of the lawsuit. ‘My predominant precedence is to get out the reality about what occurred. I want and wish issues to alter, significantly within the Greenburgh Police Division. There are main, main points with the Greenburgh PD’

Many of the officers denied participation within the humiliating stunt, regardless that they have been captured on movie. 

‘I used to be in police headquarters with my uniform on and my badge, and I used to be handled worse than a felony,’ mentioned Stein.  

One officer that was laughing, in keeping with the Yonkers Occasions, was her brother. Each he and Stein have been impressed to grow to be cops, she advised the outlet, by their NYPD cop mother and father and different blue-blooded members of the family.

‘It runs within the household, its hereditary,’ she advised the outlet. ‘I regarded as much as my household and wished to grow to be a police officer since I used to be 5 years outdated.’ 

She was born and raised within the city of Greenburgh, and changing into a cop in her hometown, she mentioned, was a ‘dream come true.’ 

Now, she mentioned, she has been ‘blacklisted from ever being a police officer once more.’   

When she tried to switch to eight totally different police division and bought a job provide from the Westchester County Police, the lawsuit alleges it was rapidly rescinded after Chief of Police Chris McNerney advised somebody within the different division that she was a ‘sexual harassment legal responsibility.’

 ‘What occurred to me was by no means addressed correctly by the Greenburgh PD,’ Stein mentioned. 

‘I used to be by no means spoken to once more by my supervisors, to ask if I used to be okay or how I used to be being handled. Two supervisors, Lt. Martin, and Sgt. Fernandez adopted protocol and reached out to me.’

‘The entire different officers both ignored me or engaged in speaking poorly about me.’

After an investigation into the incident, Cerrone was merely docked two weeks of trip time, in keeping with the lawsuit. 

‘I tried to undergo the conventional means, by talking with my supervisors, who opened an investigation. I need to be a job mannequin for different girls cops so I’m prepared to sacrifice and arise for what is correct and what’s flawed.’

Kristin Stein (pictured left) was born and raised within the city of Greenburgh, and changing into a cop in her hometown, she mentioned, was a ‘dream come true.’ Each of her mother and father have been New York Police Division cops, and lots of of her members of the family are cops. ‘It runs within the household, its hereditary,’ she mentioned. ‘I regarded as much as my household and wished to grow to be a police officer since I used to be 5 years outdated’

Amongst different alleged types of sexual harassment towards Stein embrace lewd textual content messages, feedback, jokes and remarks; sexual solicitations; detrimental work assignments; undesirable sexual consideration; displaying pornographic pictures; and the silent remedy.

As soon as, the go well with alleges, Cerrone requested her if she ‘was going to the seaside along with her girlfriend in a bikini and excessive heels.’

 ‘Each single phrase is truthful and factual,’ Stein mentioned of the lawsuit. 

‘My predominant precedence is to get out the reality about what occurred. I want and wish issues to alter, significantly within the Greenburgh Police Division. There are main, main points with the Greenburgh PD.’        

The 16 officers are named defendants within the lawsuit they’re: Brian Ryan, Robert Gramaglia, Kobie Powell, Brian Matthews, Frank Farina, Dennis Basulto, Eric Vlasity, Patrick Grady, Michael Cookingham, Alex Rodriguez, Brian Doherty, Dyana Albano, Frank Kozakiewicz, and Cerone, Pilla and McNerney.

‘For a couple of 12 months I used to be sexually harassed. I felt somebody thrust their groin into me, but it surely wasn’t simply that assault however the retaliation towards me and my brother after it occurred. He was transferred and I used to be blacklisted,’ mentioned Stein.

Presently, Stein continues to be employed by the Greenburgh Police, however is utilizing her amassed sick and trip days to remain at house. After they run out, she can be an unpaid worker of the division.