A Los Angeles Police Detective claims she was raped and beaten by a fellow officer she had an affair with who threatened to distribute nude photographs of her if she ended the relationship - and her supervisors did nothing to help her.
Det. Ysabel Villegas filed her lawsuit on Wednesday against the LAPD for failing to act and defend her when Officer Daniel Reedy turned their once-consensual relationship into an abusive one and blackmailed her.
He threatened to distribute her sexually explicit pictures to her kids and husband if she ended the relationship, and eventually shared those pictures with the LAPD, the lawsuit says.
Villegas, who worked with the LAPD for 30 years, alleged Reedy assaulted, abused and extorted her, created a hostile work environment, and the police department failed to protect her from him, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Detective Ysabel Villegas, who worked for the LAPD for 30 years, filed a lawsuit against the agency on Wednesday for failing to protect her or report Officer Daniel Reedy after he allegedly became abusive in their relationship
On Wednesday at a press conference she said: 'One of the things that hurt so much is that my LAPD family has turned its back against me'
The lawsuit also accuses Reedy of sexually assaulting Villegas in a Pomona motel room back in July 2017.
In January of this year, she was granted a restraining order against Officer Reedy. He was banned from contacting her or owning firearms and the order stands for the next five years.
Villegas and Reedy began dating in 2013, while she was still married to her husband former Assistant Chief Jorge Villegas.
The couple had filed for divorce in 2009 but stayed together due to family obligations but mutually agreed to pursue their own romantic relationships, according to the lawsuit.
At first Villegas and Reedy got along until he became jealous and abusive in 2016, she alleges in the lawsuit.
She claims that the LAPD refused to act upon her complaints on Reedy and instead she was transferred out of the Robbery-Homicide Division
She claims that Reedy physically assaulted her at least three times and once raped her in a motel. When she tried to cut off the relationship, he threatened to send her explicit nude photos to her kids and husband
She accuses Reedy of physically assaulting her at least three times from 2016 to 2018, according to the court documents. In one instance he allegedly punched at while they were at diner and another he assaulted her in a motel room.
'Detective Villegas told Officer Reedy at the motel that she did not want to have sex with him. Nevertheless, Officer Reedy proceeded to rape her,' the lawsuit says on the motel incident on July 2017.
She also claims Reedy took explicit photos of her without her consent.
When she tried to end the relationship in 2017, he allegedly threatened to send her explicit pictures to her children and husband. Those pictures eventually circulated the LAPD, according to the lawsuit.
Villegas is married to former Assistant Chief Jorge Villegas who resigned in October 2018 following claims he had his own affairs with subordinates. The two were married but pursued other romantic relationships
He also allegedly sent her profanity-laced text messages and she was coerced into having sex due to the threat of sharing her nude pictures.
Jorge Villegas received one of those explicit pictures in a text from Reedy and the pictures later circulated throughout the police department, the lawsuit states.
Villegas' attorney Lisa Bloom says that Reedy's alleged distribution of her nude photos violates California's revenge porn law which was created in 2013 and incriminates those who intentionally disseminate explicit photos without the other person's consent and to cause emotional distress.
'With these photos, he emotionally terrorized me. He controlled and manipulated me,' Villegas said.
Villegas complained within the LAPD reporting his behavior to 'senior officers', including her husband and the supervisor of the Robbery-Homicide Division.
Pictures of their text messages show how he allegedly threatened her and extorted her with her nude photos
He also allegedly sent her profanity-laced text messages and she was coerced into having sex due to the threat of sharing her nude pictures
In January she was granted a restraining order against Officer Reedy. He was barred from contacting her or owning firearms and the order stands for the next five years
She says they then 'violated the law and LAPD policy by failing to report Officer Reedy.'
'LAPD officers are required to report known misconduct among their ranks and they failed to do that in this case,' attorney Bloom said.
Not only did they not do anything about Reedy, but Villegas was transferred out of the Robbery-Homicide division.
'One of the things that hurt so much is that my LAPD family has turned its back against me. To this day, I have not been contacted by phone, email or text by any LAPD manager to offer me anything,' she said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Villegas' husband Jorge later resigned in late 2018 after an undercover surveillance unit caught him in sexual activity with a subordinate female officer in a parking lot.
The LAPD says it will not comment on the pending litigation.
An anonymous law enforcement officer said that a search warrant for Reedy's home and his electronics was served in January.
Reedy was placed on administrative leave by the LAPD as he's the subject of an investigation by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
The case is just one of several sexual harassment allegations plaguing the LAPD over the past couple of years.
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Main photo article A Los Angeles Police Detective claims she was raped and beaten by a fellow officer she had an affair with who threatened to distribute nude photographs of her if she ended the relationship – and her supervisors did nothing to help her.
Det. Ysabel Villegas filed her lawsuit on Wednesday...
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