Dareh Gregorian
January 17, 2001, Wednesday
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The New York Post
January 17, 2001, Wednesday
(NEW YORK) -- A cop who was fired for having sexual relations with a prostitute in a district attorney’s office bathroom says the NYPD should stop making him pay for it and give him his job back.
In a Manhattan Supreme Court suit, Troy Jackson said his “very stupid” rendezvous with a hooker in the Manhattan DA’s office was “a lapse of judgment” - but his being fired is “shocking to the conscience.”
“They gave him the harshest penalty they could and they didn’t have to,” said Jackson’s lawyer, Howard Sterinbach. “He was an officer for seven years with a perfect record, except for this.”
Police spokesman Tom Antenen refused comment because of the pending litigation.
Jackson argues in the court papers that he was technically off-duty during the 1999 incident.
Having finished testifying before a grand jury, he started chatting with a woman who said she was a prostitute. He said he was a cop. They “talked about sex,” the suit says “and engaged in consensual sexual relations” in a women’s bathroom.