Now, Rachlin accuses members of the NYPD of leaking her private information and details of the assault, as well as spreading damaging lies about her. The falsehoods, according to the complaint, include claims that she had lied about the 2017 rape, falsely accused a Black man of rape and was involved in 'gang activity.'
The lawsuit details an NYPD-involved smear campaign carried out in retaliation against Rachlin after she 'found herself openly at odds with high-level NYPD officials in 2020.' After her public criticisms of 'abusive' NYPD members receiving promotions, unidentified officers within the department set out to ruin her reputation and shared anonymous, defamatory letters about Rachlin with elected officials and community members.
"It's forced me to have conversations with people about my sexual assault when only a few (police) were supposed to know, but random commanders knew about it," Rachlin, a faculty member at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said at an April 9 news conference.
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