(27 Dec 2024)
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New York – 27 December 2024
1. Former NYPD chief Jeffrey Maddrey walking into breifing with lawyers
2. Mid of Maddrey
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Lambros Lambrou, attorney for Jeffrey Maddrey:
"There’s a lot of stuff we can’t tell you because we are anticipating litigation in the civil context. But there is a lot we want to tell you to set the record straight, because there’s a lot out there in the media that is just not correct or is only telling half of the story. And that’s why we called this press conference."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lambros Lambrou, attorney for Jeffrey Maddrey:
"There was a complaint filed in the Office of Employment Opportunities setting forth certain allegations by a Lieutenant Quathisha Epps against Chief Maddrey. Those allegations included sexual abuse, taking advantage of her fragile situation and using overtime to pay for sexual favors. We can tell you now those allegations are a lie. They’re not true. We deny every aspect of them."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lambros Lambrou, attorney for Jeffrey Maddrey:
"Lieutenant Epps had a consensual, adult relationship, albeit for a short time with Jeff. And we have tons of evidence by way of text messages, photographs, videos, phone records and X-rated and racy videos and photographs from Lieutenant Epps, who is a self professed swinger. And we have all this evidence because she sent it to Chief Maddrey in her attempts to have him begin a relationship with her."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lambros Lambrou, attorney for Jeffrey Maddrey:
"And somehow reporters think it’s okay to call Jeff a sexual predator. Nothing is further from the truth. He has never hurt or harmed anyone in his life, and that Tabitha Foster case had no legal merit. And although it took six years, was completely dismissed. And that’s the only other legal action involving allegations of any type of sexual conduct."
7. Maddrey and his lawyers leaving briefing
STORYLINE:
A former top New York City police official admitted through his lawyer Friday that he had a sexual relationship with a subordinate, but denied her claims that he demanded sex in exchange for extra pay.
Jeffrey Maddrey stood silently as his lawyer, Lambros Lambrou, addressed allegations that culminated in his resignation a week ago as chief of department, the NYPD’s highest-ranking uniformed officer.
Lambrou, speaking to reporters at his Manhattan law office, said that the 33-year NYPD veteran had a “consensual, adult relationship” with Lt. Quathisha Epps and had no authority to sign off on overtime pay.
Epps raised allegations against Maddrey last weekend in a complaint she filed against the city with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
In it, she claimed Maddrey engaged in “quid pro quo sexual harassment” by coercing her to “perform unwanted sexual favors in exchange for overtime opportunities in the workplace.”
Epps, who held an administrative post in Maddrey’s office, was the NYPD’s top earner in fiscal year 2024, according to payroll data, pulling in more than $400,000 — more than half of it in overtime pay.
Epps contends that when she finally pushed back at Maddrey’s demands, he retaliated by claiming she was abusing overtime, prompting the department to launch a review.
Lambrou said Friday that the timing didn’t add up because Epps was already under investigation before she filed her complaint.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted Maddrey’s resignation on Dec. 20, effective immediately.
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