Bisexual female cop sues New York police department after she was assaulted, harassed by colleagues
New York cop is suing her department over ‘YEARS of sexual harassment and abuse’: Shocking bodycam captured ‘fellow cops laughing as male officer was grinding against her’
Greenburgh Police Officer Kristin Stein is suing the town, police department and 16 officers, alleging that she was subjected to sexual harassment for years Since 2017, she claims, faced a barrage of ‘constant sexual advances, humiliation and embarrassment’ from her male colleagues The abuse at the Upstate New York police department increased in severity after her coworkers learned she was bisexual and dating another womanOnce, the suit alleges, Cerrone asked Stein if she ‘was going to the beach with her girlfriend in a bikini and high heels’One of the most severe of the alleged incidents was captured by Officer John Pilla’s body camera in 2019, then shared by user @truthbetold2019 on TikTokHer night shift partner allegedly ‘grinded against her rear, rammed himself into her backside with his genitals, then threw her towards the middle of the room’After the alleged assault, other officers can be seen laughing and commenting on the display: one officer said that Stein ‘likes to play hard to get’‘They were witnessing something illegal and did nothing,’ Stein said. ‘[Their response] was mocking the situation and then lying about it when asked’When Stein tried to transfer, Greenbergh Police Chief Chris McNerny allegedly told someone at the new department that she was a ‘sexual harassment liability’ ‘My main priority is to get out the truth about what happened,’ she said. ‘I need and want things to change, particularly in the Greenburgh Police Department’The Greenburgh Police Department did not respond to Dailymail.com’s requests for comment on the pending lawsuit
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A bisexual cop is suing an upstate New York police department claiming she was sexually harassed for years after her sexuality became public.
Greenburgh Police Officer Kristin Stein claims she put up with years of inappropriate comments about her girlfriend, and even allegedly had a male officer grind up against her while fellow officers laughed and said she ‘likes to play hard to get’.
Stein is now suing the town, police department and 16 officers, alleging ‘constant sexual advances, humiliation and embarrassment’ from her male colleagues since she joined the force in 2017 that increased in severity after they learned she was bisexual and dating another woman.
On her very first day of work on July 12, 2017, the lawsuit alleges that she was told ‘not to sleep around’ and not to report any instances of sexual harassment that she bore witness or was subjected to by the officer training her.
‘At first, I was retaliated against because I was a woman, but it became a more hostile work environment once they found out that I had a girlfriend,’ she said.
The Greenburgh Police Department did not return Dailymail.com’s request for comment on the pending lawsuit.
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Greenburgh Police Officer Kristin Stein (pictured) is suing the town, police department and 16 officers, alleging ‘constant sexual advances, humiliation and embarrassment’ from her male colleagues since she joined the force in 2017 that increased in severity after they learned she was bisexual and dating another woman.
Officer Jeff Cerone (pictured on far left of right image) can be seen biting his lip in the footage before he moves off camera. There, the alleged abuse takes place outside of view: according to the lawsuit, he ‘grind[s] against [Stein’s] rear [and] ram[s] himself into her backside with his genitals.’ Then, Stein (pictured left) is seen shooting into the middle of the room, where Cerone allegedly ‘threw her’
One of the most severe of the alleged incidents was captured by Officer John Pilla’s body camera in 2019, then shared by user @truthbetold2019 on TikTok, according to the Daily Dot.
A group of seven officers, including Stein, are seen at police headquarters ahead of a roll call meeting. Officer Jeff Cerone, Stein’s night shift partner, is seen biting his lip, then moving off camera toward where Stein was earlier captured standing.
Then, lawsuit filed on July 1 alleges, Cerrone then ‘grinded against her rear, rammed himself into her backside with his genitals, then threw her towards the middle of the room.’
After the alleged assault, other officers can be seen laughing and commenting on the display: one officer said that Stein is ‘likes to play hard to get,’ and another said ‘I think he has a crush on her.’
‘He tries to assert his dominance to show that he has the penis in the relationship,’ another officer said as their shift supervisor looks on.
The sexual assault that they witnessed was a crime, but they merely looked on.
‘They were witnessing something illegal and did nothing,’ Stein told the Yonkers Times. ‘We are mandated to report and get involved. Their involvement was mocking the situation and then lying about it when asked.’
Officer Jeff Cerone (pictured), is accused of ‘grind[ing] against her rear, rammed himself into her backside with his genitals, then threw her towards the middle of the room’ and asking her if she ‘was going to the beach with her girlfriend in a bikini and high heels’
‘Every single word is truthful and factual,’ Stein (pictured) said of the lawsuit. ‘My main priority is to get out the truth about what happened. I need and want things to change, particularly in the Greenburgh Police Department. There are major, major issues with the Greenburgh PD’
Most of the officers denied participation in the humiliating stunt, even though they were captured on film.
‘I was in police headquarters with my uniform on and my badge, and I was treated worse than a criminal,’ said Stein.
One officer that not was laughing, according to the Yonkers Times, was her brother. Both he and Stein were inspired to become police officers, she told the outlet, by their NYPD cop parents and other blue-blooded family members.
‘It runs in the family, its hereditary,’ she told the outlet. ‘I looked up to my family and wanted to become a police officer since I was five years old.’
She was born and raised in the town of Greenburgh, and becoming a cop in her hometown, she said, was a ‘dream come true.’
Now, she said, she has been ‘blacklisted from ever being a police officer again.’
When she tried to transfer to eight different police department and got a job offer from the Westchester County Police, the lawsuit alleges it was quickly rescinded after Chief of Police Chris McNerney told someone in the other department that she was a ‘sexual harassment liability.’
‘What happened to me was never addressed properly by the Greenburgh PD,’ Stein said.
‘I was never spoken to again by my supervisors, to ask if I was ok or how I was being treated. Two supervisors, Lt. Martin, and Sgt. Fernandez followed protocol and reached out to me.’
‘All of the other officers either ignored me or engaged in talking poorly about me.’
After an investigation into the incident, Cerrone was merely docked two weeks of vacation time, according to the lawsuit.
‘I attempted to go through the normal way, by speaking with my supervisors, who opened an investigation. I want to be a role model for other women police officers so I’m willing to sacrifice and stand up for what is right and what is wrong.’
Kristin Stein (pictured left) was born and raised in the town of Greenburgh, and becoming a cop in her hometown, she said, was a ‘dream come true.’ Both of her parents were New York Police Department cops, and many of her family members are police officers. ‘It runs in the family, its hereditary,’ she said. ‘I looked up to my family and wanted to become a police officer since I was five years old’
Among other alleged forms of sexual harassment against Stein include lewd text messages, comments, jokes and remarks; sexual solicitations; negative work assignments; unwanted sexual attention; displaying pornographic photos; and the silent treatment.
Once, the suit alleges, Cerrone asked her if she ‘was going to the beach with her girlfriend in a bikini and high heels.’
‘Every single word is truthful and factual,’ Stein said of the lawsuit.
‘My main priority is to get out the truth about what happened. I need and want things to change, particularly in the Greenburgh Police Department. There are major, major issues with the Greenburgh PD.’
The 16 officers are named defendants in the lawsuit they are: 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 more than one year I was sexually harassed. I felt someone thrust their groin into me, but it wasn’t just that assault but the retaliation against me and my brother after it happened. He was transferred and I was blacklisted,’ said Stein.
Presently, Stein is still employed by the Greenburgh Police, but is using her accumulated sick and vacation days to stay at home. After they run out, she will be an unpaid employee of the department.
