{"id":12177,"date":"2026-06-02T12:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12177"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:17:25","slug":"nypd-cops-allegedly-harassed-deaf-asian-department-techie-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12177","title":{"rendered":"NYPD cops allegedly harassed deaf Asian department techie: lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A deaf Asian NYPD techie endured a twisted two-year campaign of sick sexual and racial harassment from a pair of male cops who tried to coax her into seamy threesomes, a bombshell new lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n<p>Civilian computer worker Megan Kwan \u2014 who relies on hearing aids and lip-reading to communicate \u2014 says in Manhattan court documents that her nightmare culminated with one of the sex-obsessed officers pulling a loaded gun on her inside NYPD headquarters after repeated rejections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I had to tolerate was degrading in a way I still struggle to put into words,\u201d Kwan told The Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A civilian NYPD employee claims that she suffered two years of sexual and racial harassment from a pair of two NYPD officers, according to a new lawsuit. <span class=\"credit\">Paul Martinka for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat made it worse was that the people who were supposed to protect me saw it and laughed, or looked away. I kept thinking someone would step in. No one did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kwan says she started working at the Police Department as a college intern in 2021 and then became a full-time civilian employee in its IT department in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Her workplace hell began when NYPD Officer Quilbvio Espinal joined the Cyber Security Team in 2024, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe repeatedly told her he wanted an \u2018Asian wife,\u2019 called her his \u2018baby momma,\u2019 openly boasted of his \u2018Asian fetish\u2019 and sent her a steady stream of pornographic and racist videos, including one that mocked the way a deaf woman moans during sex,\u201d said Kwan\u2019s lawyer, John Scola, to The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Then-Sgt. Jayson Valentin was Espinal\u2019s supervisor at the time \u2014 and soon joined in on the psychological torture, court documents allege.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The detailed harassment included \u201cnear-daily\u201d racist and sexual comments, the suit claims. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kwan says in her suit that the horny cops proceeded to relentlessly bombard her with obscene sexual and racial texts, gross videos mocking her hearing disability and demands for nudes.<\/p>\n<p>Valentin sent her \u201cat least one\u201d X-rated picture himself \u2014 of his penis, court documents said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p><strong>Follow live updates on Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s socialist agenda and the latest in NYC politics<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cDoes it look like I would get a b\u2014 j\u2013 in private,\u201d said one of the several texts about oral sex sent to Kwan, according to the suit.<\/p>\n<p>Espinal also propositioned her for a threesome with his wife, the lawsuit claims.<\/p>\n<p>Valentin pestered Kwan for \u201csex and a threesome,\u201d too, the suit alleges.<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s office nightmare hit a terrifying point at police headquarters in March when a spurned Espinal pointed his loaded, department-issued firearm straight at her face, according to court papers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Megan Kwan claimed that an officer pointed a loaded gun at her in the NYPD headquarters. <span class=\"credit\">Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen he pointed that gun at my face, time stopped,\u201d Kwan told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy only thought was that I was going to die at my own desk and that I would never see the people I love again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Espinal was slapped with handcuffs that night and currently faces menacing charges from the Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kwan claims that\u2019s far from enough punishment \u2014 and notes that Valentin has since been promoted to lieutenant.<\/p>\n<p>Espinal\u2019s lawyer said, \u201cThis complaint is utterly preposterous, shameful, absurd, and entirely frivolous.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Valentin\u2019s lawyer was unable to be reached.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD, which is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit, was asked for comment by The Post and responded that Espinal has been suspended with pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery part of it was preventable, and every part of it has changed my life,\u201d Kwan told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am speaking out because no one should have to live through what I lived through and because I refuse to be made to feel ashamed for something that was done to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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