An NYPD worker says her boss-turned-lover sexually assaulted her, sought threesomes \u2014 and threatened to throw her in front of a train if she ever spoke about their relationship, according to new court papers.
Ammy Ventura \u2013 a 40-year-old single mom of two and civilian employee with the Police Department \u2013 worked in the NYPD\u2019s Property Division handling case evidence when her cop supervisor, Widler Lucas, began romantically pursuing her in 2021, says a Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit Tuesday.
Lucas, 41 \u2013 a NYPD lieutenant and integrity-control officer for department property \u2013 first struck up a friendship with Ventura in February 2021 over the fact he was supposedly going through a divorce at the same time she was, the court papers claim.
The pair then started dating in April 2021, with Ventura believing Lucas was divorced, her suit says.
They broke up around September 2021, after Ventura started seeing a different side of Lucas, the suit alleges.
For example, the pair had a date \u2014 where the officer taught her to shoot at a shooting range \u2014 May 22, 2021, and as Lucas was driving Ventura home, he \u201cinsisted\u201d she give him oral sex and became angry, yelling, \u201cShut the f\u2013k up!\u201d when she refused, the court documents claim.
Right before they split, Lucas also invited Ventura on a trip to the Dominican Republic, where she discovered \u2013 after they landed \u2013 that he had brought three other women on the getaway and proceeded to largely ignore Ventura, the filing alleges.
While on the island, Lucas told Ventura to leave him alone and called her \u201cf\u2013-king annoying,\u201d the papers say.
Weeks after the trip, Lucas told Ventura, \u201cI can\u2019t talk, I am a married man,\u201d the court documents allege.
But despite no longer dating, Lucas continued to flirt with Ventura at work, the filing claims.
Nine months after the pair\u2019s break up, during a shift in August 2022, Lucas then grabbed Ventura by her hair, pulled her behind his desk and forced her to give him oral sex while his office door was wide open, the suit claims.
The incident was \u201cagainst her will,\u201d but Ventura felt \u201cparalyzed and completely powerless to stop the violent attack,\u201d the suit charges.
Lucas, who still oversees Ventura, never \u201cattempted to explain his behavior towards\u201d her, the suit claims.
Ventura felt \u201cpowerless\u201d to speak out about what happened, while Lucas continued to talk inappropriately to her, constantly telling her he wanted to have a threesome with her, the filing alleges.
Lucas \u201copenly enjoys\u201d making Ventura uncomfortable and knowing she couldn\u2019t do anything about it, the court papers claim.
Around the end of 2022, when another worker told a higher-up that Ventura and Lucas were sleeping together, Lucas told Ventura never to speak about the affair, saying, \u201cI\u2019ll f\u2013-king kill you\u201d and threatening to \u201cpush [her] in front of a train,\u201d the suit claims.
Lucas told Ventura to delete all evidence of their relationship from her phone and from the cloud \u2013 which she did out of \u201cfear for her life,\u201d the documents claim.
\u201cAs a single mother, [Ventura] lives in constant fear of her financial situation deteriorating as a result of Defendant Lucas\u2019 threats that he could terminate her employment given his position,\u201d the suit charges.
Ventura\u2019s lawyer, John Scola, told The Post, \u201cMy client was treated with contempt as a sexual object, harassed, sexually assaulted, and had her life threatened repeatedly at work by her supervisor who felt he could act with impunity due to his position.\u201d
She is suing Lucas and the city for unspecified damages under claims of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Lucas told The Post, \u201cI have no idea what you\u2019re talking about,\u201d before hanging up the phone Tuesday.
An NYPD rep said in a statement, \u201cSexual discrimination is prohibited by federal, state, and city laws as well as Department policies, and the NYPD takes seriously all accusations of such behavior.
\u201cThe NYPD thoroughly investigates all complaints it receives, and offers several reporting options for NYPD employees, including anonymously.
\u201cThe Department does not tolerate discrimination in any form and is committed to respectful work environments for our diverse workforce,\u201d the representative said, adding that the department couldn\u2019t comment further as the case is pending.
A city Law Department spokesman said the agency \u201cwill review the lawsuit once served.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n