The prosecutor sexually harassed me and supervisors did nothing, a New Jersey police officer’s lawsuit says

A Rahway police officer plans to sue the city for $1.5 million, claiming the prosecutor sexually harassed her and supervisors did nothing about it.

According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, prosecutor Carlos Jimenez allegedly called the officer – who is married with children – “mi amore” and made other comments that made the woman feel “uncomfortable and psychologically/sexually harassed.”

The officer claims Jimenez called her to his office on Jan. 8 to discuss a case. When she arrived, Jimenez allegedly said, “Come to my office and love me.”

“This was both appalling and shocking, not to mention unethical and disgusting,” the woman wrote in the statement.

“I then asked Jimenez to stop talking to me like that as this was not the first time he had made sexual innuendos towards me,” the statement said.

Jimenez did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the claim Wednesday. A city attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.

The notice states Jimenez approached the officer as he walked to her vehicle in the city parking lot and spoke and joked with her as she continued to walk to her car.

“This was simply scary and intimidating,” the officer wrote in the lawsuit. “Despite all of this alleged conduct, Rahway has not disciplined, suspended or terminated Jimenez.”

The statement said the woman reported Jimenez’s alleged behavior to his supervisor and other city officials, but no significant action was taken.

“(The) Rahway governing body that hired Mr. Jimenez never vetted, trained, supervised or terminated him because of his offensive behavior and deplorable sexual comments,” said the statement from the woman’s attorney, Patrick Toscano of Caldwell.

The notice alleges “deliberate indifference” on the part of city officials and says the woman suffered psychological abuse, professional embarrassment and humiliation, as well as sexual harassment and intimidation.

The notice also accuses the city and Jimenez of civil conspiracy, breach of the officer’s employment contract and violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.

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