Former NYPD Commissioner Jeffrey Madrid's allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation of female police officers over the years were an “open secret,” according to law enforcement officials and whistleblowers.
The sex scandal rocking One Police Plaza began Saturday when the Post reported the sordid story of Officer Kwatisha Epps, 51, who accused Madley, 53, of forcing her to have sex in exchange for staggering overtime pay. When the charges were revealed, they were exposed to the light of day.
At least two women from other departments have accused Mr. Madrid of wrongdoing.
“He's a predator,” a police official at NYPD headquarters told The Madrid newspaper. “It's an open secret. Everyone knows who he is.”
Mr. Madeley abruptly resigned before Epps' accusations became public. He denied all allegations against him.
Former police officer Tabitha Foster
In 2016, Tabitha Foster, a 49-year-old former New York City police officer, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Madeley, her boss at the 75th Precinct in East New York, dragged her into a years-long affair that began while she was pregnant. insisted. It amounted to physical and mental abuse, she alleged in court documents.
Foster, who said she suffered from PTSD from childhood abuse, said Madeley used his “martial arts issues and knowledge of his childhood trauma” to take advantage of her, according to court documents. insisted. The charges are similar to the emotional manipulation Epps suffered.
At one point, Foster went so far as to say, “The craziest ones are the best,” according to Foster's complaint.
When the two met in a Queens park in December 2015, Madley punched her, pushed her to the ground and pointed a gun at her, she claims in the lawsuit. After taking the gun from her, Madley allegedly strangled her before disassembling the gun, according to court documents.
Foster went public with the affair soon after, accusing Madley on Facebook of “chasing pregnant married women around the department,” and an internal affairs investigation was launched.
Madley ultimately received internal reprimand and was placed on 45 days of administrative leave for failing to report to a patrol supervisor that Foster had pointed a firearm at her. A federal judge in Brooklyn dismissed Foster's lawsuit at her request in 2019, citing “irreconcilable differences” between the former officer and his attorney, according to court records. That same year, she refiled the case in Manhattan Supreme Court, but the case was dismissed in November.
Foster could not be reached for comment.
Mr. Madeley denied Mr. Foster's claims in court documents.
Captain Gabriel Walls
Days before Mr. Madrid resigned Friday night, New York City Police Department Inspector Gabriel Walls asked that Mr. Madrid be added as a defendant in a sexual harassment lawsuit he filed against another NYPD chief in July, according to court records. I asked the judge for permission.
“I've been praying for this day every day,” Walls, 53, told the Post on Saturday, adding that he felt “vindicated” by the news of Madley's departure.
“There are many others among us who would like to come forward.”
Court records say Madeley repeatedly harassed Walls between 2015 and 2022, including drunkenly trying to kiss her at parties and police functions and stopping by her command at the 88th Precinct.
“He basically kissed me at a party and commented, 'I want you so much, you smell so good,'” she told the Post.
According to court documents, Madley hid from the alleged predator during a stop at the station where Walls, then a police lieutenant, was assigned.
“I had to hide in my office and turn off the lights and close the door,” she said.
After she filed her lawsuit, the 24-year NYPD veteran was transferred from command of the 79th Precinct to the 114th Precinct in Queens, according to her and her attorney John Scola. claims it was retaliation.
Madley's lawyers have not filed a response in court to the pending lawsuit.
nameless detective
Ms. Epps claimed that Ms. Madley ordered her to “look after” another official in the director's office.
Epps had to help a female detective find an apartment and was billed for overtime, the lieutenant said.
Madley also ordered Epps to splurge on household items and other items for the officers, she claimed. Detectives withdrew more than $150,000 in fiscal year 2024, according to the SeeThroughNY database.
Epps said Madley gave Epps the keys to the third-floor NYCHA apartment complex on Eldridge Street, where the detective once lived and was later occupied by other family members. It is said that he even gave instructions to hand over the item to the government. .
Neighbors said the detective moved into Epps' old apartment in October and had seen Madley in the building several times.
A man who was in the building Saturday confirmed detectives lived there. Detectives did not answer the apartment door.
unidentified detective
Epps alleged in the EEOC complaint that Madrid had an “inappropriate sexual relationship” with another woman during his tenure. Records show the unidentified woman earned more than $300,000 last year.
