US Cop Sues NYPD After Her Topless Pic From 12 Years Ago Goes Viral

A New York City police officer is suing the NYPD after a topless photo she sent to a former boyfriend, also a police officer, went viral within the department, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. The officer, identified in the lawsuit as Alisa Bajraktarevic, alleges that she sent the photo to Lieutenant Mark Rivera in 2012, the year she joined the force.

Bajraktarevic alleged that they dated briefly that year, claiming that Rivera shared the photo without her consent in a group chat with her colleagues and since then her image has been forwarded in many group chats on WhatsApp and text messages in the whole department. 

US Cop Sues NYPD After Her Topless Pic From 12 Years Ago Goes Viral

According to the lawsuit, the photo subsequently circulated widely among NYPD personnel, causing "immense emotional distress" to Bajraktarevic.

In her lawsuit, she also alleged that NYPD failed to take appropriate actions over the harassment against her as the delegates of the department urged her not to file a complaint saying, "You are not the first or last woman this has happened to or would happen to."

Bajraktarevic alleged that her exposed images resurfaced in April during the process of investigation against her where she was supposedly suspended for interfering in a traffic stop. It was at a time when the cops were investigating her ex-boyfriend who was a drug dealer. She was accused of trying to save him when he was caught selling drugs as she was hanging out with him at the time in the Bronx. 

Bajraktarevic claimed that as the word of investigation for the aforementioned spread, so did her pictures in the department. She added that her nude pictures were shared in group chats and text message chains along with her personal details and even her parents' address. 

Bajraktarevic was quoted saying to the New York Post, "It's pretty repulsive. For 12 years they decided to keep this on their phone. It spread like wildfire. It's bullying." She added, "I'm not the first and I'm definitely not the last but, when is it going to be enough? Because someone is definitely going to harm themselves over it."

She continued, "It feels like everything was swept under the rug" and also"You do things in confidence. It doesn't warrant you being treated like a piece of s**t."

The lawsuit claimed NYPD failed to investigate those who spread her private pictures shared in confidence without her consent, which is now against the law. 

Bajraktarevic is seeking unspecified damages from the city, Rivera, and another supervisor she claims had sexually assaulted her in 2022. The NYPD has declined to comment on the ongoing litigation.